3/17/2024 0 Comments Ramayan title song raag![]() ![]() The lyrics for a few of his compositions can be found online. He has also composed practice forms for students such as geetams. Most of his compositions include the signature phrase (mudra), Ravi-Shashi and a few rare ones sport the word, Ravikiran. He is also a rare example of a composer to have used five languages - Sanskrit, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil and Hindi. In addition to employing North Indian music forms like bhajans and folk forms like chindu, Ravikiran has also innovated a form called swarakrti. He has handled various traditional forms like kriti, varnam, javali, tillana and padam and also composed what he refers to as Shirup-pugazh - meter-based lyric-centric Tiruppugazh style songs inspired by 15th Century poet Arunagirinathar. Ravikiran's composition traverse through almost every prominent musical form in Carnatic music and dance and also cover creations for Symphonies, Quartets, Quintets, Jazz and World music. ![]() He has subsequently discovered ragas like Snehapriya, Keshavapriya, Shivanandini, Andhakarini, Shivamanohari, Mohini, Garudapriya and Katyayini. In 1969, two-year-old Chitravina N Ravikiran became the world's youngest performer and in the process was bestowed with the blessing of sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar's words, “If you don’t believe in God, just look at Ravikiran.” Ravikiran's first attempt at new creations was also around this age of 2 when he discovered musical scales that had not been used before such as the Indian raga, Choodamani (named after his mother). ![]()
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