- Bombay Jayashri
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Name = Bombay Jayashri
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Origin =India
Instrument =veena
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Genre =Indian classical music Playback singing Carnatic music Bhajan
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Years_active = 1989 – present
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Notable_instruments =Bombay S Jaishree was born to
Shri N N Subramaniam andSmt Seetha , who groomed her incarnatic music in her initial years. Her regimented initiation into music was under her father's guidance at the age of four and she is now one of the promising carnatic vocalists.Jaishri started her learning under the tutelage of Smt
T R Balamani Ammal . She was quickly into concert performances in her teens and in 1989, she had the rare privilege of enrolling herself as a disciple of the legendPadmashri Lalgudi G Jayaraman. Since 1989, she has been under the guidance and tutelage of the renowned violin maestro.Jayashri has performed in all the major institutions, festivals and
sabha s in India and has won rich acclaim from critics andrasika s. Bombay Jaishri is an ‘A’ grade artiste ofAll India Radio and is a regular performer onDoordarshan .She is also a student of
veena , under ShriG N Dhandapani Iyer .Jayashri is a commerce graduate from
Bombay University . While at university, she collected an impressive array of awards and titles in the fields of music, dance and dramatics. She also received aDiploma in Music from theGandharva Maha Vidyalaya .She was the recipient of the first award given by
CMANA to the best artiste under 25 years of age. She was awarded the title ofYuva Kala Bharathi ("youngpoet of thefine arts ") byBharat Kalachar in the year 1992.Profile
Bombay S Jayashri is an exciting young star of Carnatic music. She hails from a musical family. Therefore, it was only natural that she received her initial training from her parents. Her inborn skills and flair for Carnatic music were further honed by Smt
T R Balamani Ammal of Bombay. This opportunity and her subsequent move to Madras, provided her with increased avenues and wider perspectives on music. Since then, she has been continuously and devotedly applying her musical talents and interpretations to perfection.She has released several cassettes and CDs on major labels, like
HMV ,Sangeetha andInreco and is a popular favourite at the record stores.She is the recipient of several awards from reputed institutions like
The Music Academy ,Shanmukhananda Sabha (Bombay ),Krishna Gana Sabha (Madras ) andIndian Fine Arts (Madras).She has performed extensively in India at the above organisations and also at others such as
Mylapore Fine Arts Club, (Madras),Kalangan, (Delhi ),Ramakrishna Bhajana Mandali, (Bangalore ),Gayana Samaja, (Bangalore),Seshadripuram Rama Seva Samithi, (Bangalore) and Indian Fine Arts (Madras).According to many critics, Jayashri's music is as much an emotionally enriching experience as it is a satisfying essay in musical artistry. In the words of SVK, the renowned critic who writes for The Hindu newspaper, "In the ultimate analysis, good music is not acquired, it is gifted as in the case of Bombay Jayashri." Her music contains conventional decorum, exquisite musical quality,
"bhava" laden richness and an exquisite tonal texture which is sustained right through her concert. She has, under the guidance of her illustrious"guru" -s, fined tuned the art of projecting her sweet voice, along with her erudite interpretations of Carnatic music in an immensely popular and knowledgeable framework to produce enjoyable music.Gaining deeper insights into the richness and beauty of this great art form, from a Guru who has demonstrably mastered every aspect of Carnatic Music, Jayashri's career took wings. She has been growing from strength to strength. Harnessing a facile and mellifluous voice with great restraint and dignity she presents her music with a rare charisma which invariably draws a large listening audience to her concerts. Today, Jayashri occupies an important place in Carnatic Music's hierarchy and makes bold to becoming, along with an exclusive band of colleagues in the profession, a name to be reckoned with and remembered well into the next millennium.
From Newspapers
She feels deeply and consistently and communicates her art in chaste melody…her music is more of esoteric languor. [SR, "
Indian Express "]Some artistes are endowed with a good voice, some with gnana, but Bombay Jayashri is blessed with both. She has an intuitive feel for the ingredients of musical excellence. (SVK, "
The Hindu ", 10 Jan 1993){Jayashri's rendition of}
Dikshitar ’ songSri Lakshmi varaham , not in common use, breathed the fragrance of aesthetic authenticity. She has realised thatsangitam becomessukham when it looks askance at the gross and clings to the subtle. [SVK, "The Hindu", 10 Jan 1993]For over three hours, music "rasikas" of Delhi were transported to Indralok by Bombay S Jayashri…her voice, an alchemy of the veena, violin and nadasvaram, gripped the audience totally…
Kapi andShakarabharanam sparkled like theKohinoor in her crown of delineations. She delineated the Kapi in both the Carnatic and the Hindustani styles… Thealapana had its due share of the reposefulvilambit , the soothingmadyama and the tempestuousbravura passages… All without a single tonal slip. [Subbudu, "The Statesman ", 24 November 1994]{Jayshri's} recital at the Mylapore Fine Arts Club had a touch of class – melodious and professional. In her two hour recital, never once did she strike a false note. [Subbudu, "Indian Express", 20 December 1992]
Endowed with a sweet voice, Jayashri displayed the happy results of her training in distinguished classical schooling… [RV, "The Hindu", 25 December 1992]
{Bombay Jayashri} is aware that each song has a distinctive personality of its own and should be sung with such a consciousness. She realised the objective by the total receptivity with which the jampacked audience melted with the
Ahiri melody.Discography
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Shambho Mahadeva " (1993,Sangeetha Records /Koel Records 014)
*"Rare Blend of Raga & Sahitya " CD (1997,Magnasound Records /OMI Records 5046)
*"Paalinchu Kaamaakshi " CD (1997, Koel Records 070)
*"" CD (2000,CDW Records 6235)
*"Nekkurugi Irnagalada " CD (2000,Saregamma Records 6234)
*"" CD (2001,Charsur Digital Workstation 018)
**reissue d in 2003 onOrchard Records
*"" CD (2003, Orchard Records)
*"Ksetra Kanshi " CD (2004, Orchard Records)External links
* [http://www.bombayjayashri.com/ Personal Website]
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:gbfixqwgldde~T0 Bombay S. Jayashri] atAllmusic
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