Vishnudev K.S.: At his creative best

Vishnudev is among the rising crop of young musicians who raises the bar with each concert

Listening to Vishnudev K.S. at two concerts has reinforced the impression that he is among an emerging bunch of young musicians who try to raise the bar with each performance.

A majority of the kritis he sang in his 70-minute performance at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan had brisk kalpanaswaras. A similar streak could be seen in his recital for Charsur on the theme, ‘Sarvam Vishnu mayam’. The common feature in both concerts were the brisk starts and the exploring of innovative ideas.

In his concert at Bhavan, he began with a refreshing ‘Saketha nikethana’ by Tyagaraja in Kannada with madhyamakala swaras at the pallavi lines set to Rupaka tala. He chose to present a brief Simhendramadhyamam alapana with abundant brigas in the kriti ‘Ninne nammithinayya’ by Mysore Vasudevachar. He displayed remarkable ease at rendering interesting patterns in the swarakalpanas, in both slow and fast speeds.