Chitravina N Ravikiran (born 1967) is a prodigious musician and prolific composer. Ravikiran has handled various traditional Carnatic forms like kriti, varnam, tillana, javali and padam as well as North Indian forms like bhajans and folk forms like chindu. He has also innovated a form called swarakrti. He is also a rare example of a composer to have used five languages – Sanskrit, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi. Most of his compositions include the signature phrase (mudra), Ravi-Shashi and a few rare ones sport the word, Ravikiran. He has also composed practice forms for students such as geetams. Some of his popular compositions are included here.
Learn the beautiful Hindolam geetham, Kalaimahale, a composition of Shri Chitravina N Ravikiran taught by the composer himself. The notation is provided in the Perfecting Carnatic Music Level 1 e-book.
Learn the rare Devamanohari varnam, Manchi samayamaide, a composition of Shri Chitravina N Ravikiran taught by the guru himself. The notation is provided in the Perfecting Carnatic Music 2 ebook.
Learn the beautiful composition, Santoshamuga, in raga Abheri, set to Misra chapu, taught by guru Shri Chitravina N Ravikiran.
The notation can be found < a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wlko77lX_reHKF5UbOSrcOubjsv9hs_7/view?usp=sharing"> here
Learn the beautiful tamil composition of Shri Chitravina N Ravikiran in Raga Kuntalavarali, Om sharavanabhava, set to Adi tala.
The notation can be found < a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1twtcDtYm6y0e2FAYbqKQ2cIc0EqjIJAB/view?usp=sharing" > here
Sangeet Samrat Chitravina N Ravikiran teaches his composition Sankatahara, in the raga Malayamaruta, set to Misrachapu talam.
Learn the beautiful Thillana composition of Chitravina N Ravikiran, in the Raga Katyayani set to Roopakam.
This is a composition in Raga Saranga, set to Rupaka Tala, composed and taught by Sangeet Samrat Chitravina N Ravikiran
Learn the beautiful Thillana composition of Chitravina N Ravikiran, in the Raga Begada set to Roopakam.
Guru Chitravina Ravikiran teaches his composition in Raga Todi, Mampahi, set to adi tala, which has a unique structure.
Guru Chitravina N Ravikiran teaches his own composition, a javali, Moha mataladi, in the raga Vasanta.
Sangeet Samrat Chitravina Ravikiran teaches his composition in the rare raga Kalanidhi, Kalanidhim Bhajami, set to roopaka tala.
Notation for this composition is available here.
This is the geetham in 72 mela ragamalika, composed and taught by Sangeet Samrat Chitravina N Ravikiran.
Sangeet Samrat Chitravina N Ravikiran teaches his composition Tirumaname, in ragamalika, set to Adi tala.
Sangeet Samrat Chitravina N Ravikiran teaches his composition in the raga Kapi.
Sangeet Samrat Chitravina Ravikiran teaches Sarasangi tillana.
Sangeet Samrat Chitravina N Ravikiran teaches his composition in Raga Mohana, Mohanangi.
In this session, Udayalur Dr K Kalyanaraman introduces the Bhajana Marga Sampradaya.This is a zoom session conducted for the benefit of students worldover.
Sangeet Samrat Chitravina Ravikiran teaches a bhajana marga kriti, Sree Ganeshwara in the raga Revagupti. This is a zoom session conducted for the benefit of students worldover.
Lyrics for this composition can be found here
Sangeet Samrat Chitravina N Ravikiran teaches a composition Kalyaname in the raga Punnagavarali, set to Khandachapu.
Sangeet Samrat Chitravina Ravikiran teaches a bhajana marga composition, Rama Rama, in the raga Poorvikalyani set to Trishra Nade Adi tala.
Lyrics for the compositions taught in this masterclass can be found here
Sangeet Samrat Chitravina Ravikiran teaches a bhajana marga kriti, Prem Karo, in the rare raga Rasali. This is a zoom session conducted for the benefit of students worldover.
The lyrics can be found here
