Live Concert by Gokul Chandramouli, Kamalakiran Vinjamuri & Praveen Sparsh, 13 Dec 2025 | #Sabha

SABHA by Vaak: Episode 2
Continuing the series, this second episode presents a live concert held on 13 December 2025 for a select and intimate audience. Conceived as a gesture of gratitude to the community that has supported Vaak’s archival and curatorial work, SABHA seeks to recreate the essence of a traditional concert experience: unhurried, attentive, and deeply rooted in listening.

Episode 2 features a carefully curated Carnatic recital that unfolds in a chamber-like setting, allowing for close engagement with both music and musician. The concert reflects Vaak’s ongoing commitment to presenting classical music in its most honest form, where repertoire, raga, and rhythm are given space to breathe, and where the shared act of listening becomes central to the experience.

This episode stands as a continuation of SABHA’s larger intent: to celebrate live music not as spectacle, but as dialogue: between artist, listener, and tradition.

Vocal: Gokul Chandramouli @goks2777
Violin: Kamalakiran Vinjamuri ‪@kamalakiranvinjamuri6249
Mridangam: Praveen Sparsh @PraveenKumar

00:00:00 - Sloka
00:00:38 - Yadukula Kambhoji - Kamalakshi (Varnam) - Khanda Ata - Tiruvottiyur Tyagayya
00:08:33 - Mayamalavagowla - Alapana Sketch
00:09:19 - Mayamalavagowla - Vidulaku Mrokkeda - Adi - Tyagaraja
00:26:27 - Begada - Alapana
00:37:44 - Begada - Tyagarajaya Namaste - Tisra Ekam - Muthuswamy Dikshitar
00:48:55 - Ghanta - Sri Kamalambike Avava - Adi - Muthuswamy Dikshitar
00:57:28 - Nalinakanthi - Manavyalakinchara - Deshadi - Tyagaraja
01:05:22 - Mukhari - Alapana
01:17:33 - Mukhari - Emani Ne - Adi (2 Kalai) - Subbaraya Sastry
01:36:49 - Tani Avarthanam - Adi (2 Kalai)
01:48:44 - Nadanamakriya - Payyada (Padam) - Tisra Triputa - Kshetrayya
01:56:43 - Kurinji - Talachukonte (Padam) - Misra Chapu - Kattupallavaru
02:02:56 - Yamuna Kalyani - Adi Neepai (Javali) - Adi - Dharmapuri Subbarayar
02:06:09 - Mohanam - Vadiga Gopaluni (Padam) - Mishra Chapu - Kshetrayya (Disputed)
02:14:17 - Ragamalika - Varali, Behag, Atana - Puzhuvai Pirakkinum (Thevaram Viruttam) - Tirunavukkarasar
02:19:45 - Atana - Tiruvottiyur Tyagarajan (Padam) - Rupakam - Ghanam Krishnayyar
02:26:36 - Sri - Sri Abhayamba Ninnu - Adi - Muthuswamy Dikshitar
02:30:50 - Madhyamavathi - Uruvai Aruvai (Thiruppugazh) - Adi - Arunagirinathar

About the artists:
Gokul is a disciple of Smt. Kalyani Sharma, Shri Neyveli Santhanagopalan, and Smt. Bhagavathi Mani. He has acquired a vast repertoire of traditional compositions of the trinity and their parampara from his Gurus. In particular, he has learned many compositions from Smt. T Brinda’s repertoire from her senior disciple Smt. Kalyani Sharma. Gokul has also benefited greatly from his association with Prof. B Balasubrahmanyan and Shri Harish Neelakandan who are other disciples in the Dhanammal bani. Gokul is a sought-after teacher and performer.

Kamalakiran Vinjamuri‘s initial guru was his grand-father, Shri Parthasarathy Iyengar. Then he had some training from Smt. Malladi Vijayalakshmi. His father Shri Subhash Vinjamuri, a violinist himself started teaching him violin at the age of 7. When he is in the U.S., he gets his training from his father and when visiting India, he is under the tutelage of the maestro A. Kanyakumari. Kamalakiran has been performing in all major sabhas in India since 2009. In 2014 Spirit of Youth series, Kamalakiran was selected as the best violinist in Music Academy. Kamalakiran has accompanied many senior artists including Shri M. Balamuralikrishna, Shri TN Seshagopalan, Shri TK Govinda Rao and Smt. Suguna Varadachari.

Praveen Sparsh is a leading Carnatic mridangam exponent, multi-percussionist, and music producer, trained from the age of five under Maestro Guruvayur Dorai. He hails from a distinguished lineage of percussionists, being the grandson of Shri Tanjore Upendran and great-grandson of tavil vidwan Shri Valangaiman Shanmugasundaram Pillai. A highly sought-after accompanist, he performs regularly with eminent artists such as Shri TM Krishna, Smt. Aruna Sairam, Smt. Bombay Jayashri, and Smt. S. Sowmya. Praveen has toured extensively across the USA, Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Australia. As a composer and producer, he has scored for theatre, films, and advertisements, collaborating with artistes such as Dr. Gowri Ramnarayan and Rajeev Menon.