Ancient/contemporary. Indigenous/global. Bowed/strummed.
The chitravina ("the wondrous veena"), a slide lute with a deep resonance and textured glides, echoing in the Indian subcontinent for thousands of years
The violin, with a beautiful voice-like timbre, that found a firm home in the Indian classical soundscape two centuries ago.
Unfretted brings together these two instruments for a rich, creative dialogue in the Indian Carnatic classical style. The musicians, Vishaal Sapuram and Sruti Sarathy, are acclaimed in both traditional and global music circles for their powerful and nuanced music.
Videos and more below
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Speed kuraippu
A gentle kuraippu ft Akshay Anantapadmanabhan on mrdangam
A twin presentation of Carnatic & Hindustani
Tillana ft Kulur Jayachandra Rao on mrdangam
Raga exchange
Namo Namo
Voice & violin
Single by Sruti & Vishaal (violin, chitravina, and vocals)
Booking Inquiries: unfrettedCarnatic@gmail.com
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The musicians
Sruti Sarathy
Sruti Sarathy is a leading Carnatic violinist, singer, and composer. A rare artist who possesses both mastery in the rigorous classical form as well as a boundary-pushing musical vision, she animates the stage in diverse contexts across the globe. Her soulful and genre-defying original music is a meeting place for Indian ragas, improvisational forms, speculative historical crossovers, South Asian diasporic experience, and literature…
Vishaal Sapuram
Vishaal Sapuram is an acclaimed exponent of the chitravina, a rare fretless lute, from the Indian classical Carnatic tradition. He began his performing career at the age of nine and has over the years performed extensively in India, the USA, and around the world. His music has been hailed by critics as ‘mesmerising’ and ‘showing his musical wisdom’, its ‘sonorous sound taking the audience into a trance’…