It started with a call from my teacher Deepa Sriram last weekend to ask if I would want to sing in an event the coming Saturday, at Kennesaw State University. It took me a while to decide as it happened to clash with our company’s annual event.
“So what are we singing?” I asked.
“We’ll be doing a medley of Tamil and Hindi songs of AR Rahman”, came the reply. (It’s another matter that the song Aaj ki Raat somehow crept in).
So that settled the matter. Along with the 13 years old Vineet, another student of Deepa, I was to sing a medley on the 20th of November. We had a few rehearsals last week and were good to go. Though it turned out that stage is a different experience altogether, at least for me. Voice struggled to hit notes that appear smooth and easy at home and I ended up feeling I could have done a lot better. Sharing the better part of our performance here anyway.
The event in general was a well strung ensemble of some brilliant artistic presentations, including pieces on Violin, Sitar and Tabla, a Bharatnatyam performance and some light music.
Here go some glimpses of our part ! Thanks to my room mate Nandita for the videos!
amazing performance … !!!
amazing Diya! I mean really really great! i cant believe you can sing tamil songs with such ease…wow!!
Thanks a lot Pavitra and Ityam
Glad you liked it.
Diya! That was a superb performance, loved all the songs, but Jai Ho was my pick. The way you sing tamil songs is also very cute. Hoping to catch your next performance live!
Thanks Mahadevan. Will let you know when I perform somewhere the next time.