Parassala Ponnammal @ Ramaseva Mandali, Fort High school , 2008
Sunday Morning , 13th April, 2008 - Vocal - Smt Parassala Ponnammal Violin - Dr Jyotsna Srikanth Mridangam - Sri Ravishankar Sharma Ghatam - Sri Dayananda Mohite My first impression on seeing Smt. Parassala Ponnammal was of a grandma with a sweet smiling face. She is one of Semmagudi SrinivasIyer's senior disciples and blessed with a rich, deep and sweet voice which belies her age. (She is almost 85) I am of the opinion that vocalists like T.N.Sheshagopalan, whose was the most dismal perfomance at the RamaNavami festival this year(more on that later), ought to listen to veterans like her to know what Shruti Sudhdham is all about. My grandma was an avid fan of her music and used to listen to her performances on AIR regularly. There were hardly 10-15 people in the audience and I was saddened at the like warm support provided by Bangalore audiences to such a senior artiste. It was their loss anyways as they missed one of the best concerts at the Ramavanami festival. 01 Varnam - ...