At the Trinity College of Music, Lydian was the youngest in his batch. It was a piece of advice that Lydian took to heart.Īt the age of 10, in 2016, Lydian successfully completed his grade 8 piano examination.
“Even if you clean a bathroom, you should be the best at it,”his father told him. Varshan always advised Lydian to be the “world’s best”at whatever he did.
His father used to take him for every orchestra and light music show after Lydian turned three, where he used to play the drums while watching others sing, play string instruments and the keyboard. The next day he got Lydian a small Rototoms drum set. Amazed, Varshan gave him a makeshift card board box to play the beats. When the family was celebrating his elder sister Amrithavarshini’s birthday, Lydian played a beat on the floor with his hands and two xylophone sticks. Lydian began his musical journey at the age of two. And he surprised everyone when he played Chopin’s ‘Petit Chien Valse’. The raga would always elicit a smile or chuckle from the toddler.Īt the Trinity College of Music, Lydian was the youngest in his batch. When he was a baby, his father, Varshan Satish, would make him listen to the song ‘Kaatril varum geethame’which is in the Lydian raga. I have always felt proud about being named Lydian.” My father used to say that Lydian is the kalyani raga. It is a raga, a mode among the seven modes in music. I learn from everyone around me, from every bit of music I hear.”Ask him why he was named Lydian and he replies, “In India, people know the nadhaswaram it is a wind instrument. “I can’t live without it,”he says with a humble smile. It is from this studio that Lydian recreated Illayaraja’s tough compositions (he is the maestro’s only student), composed his own music and practised for CBS’s The World’s Best, which he won in 2019. Next to the many guitars and violins is a harpejji (an electrical, stringed instrument, which is a combination of a bass guitar and a lead guitar, but it is played like a piano). A huge teddy bear sits on the grand piano. A few string instruments hang on the side wall. As the wooden door swings open, you are met with a picture of Ludwig van Beethoven gazing serenely at the Steinway grand piano in the room. Anne's Park is Pulp on Friday June 9th.Lydian Nadhaswaram’s small studio, tucked behind a swanky bungalow in Chennai’s Saligramam, is as lively as his music. The other (previously-announced) gig for St. Anne's Park on June 4th with support from The Human League. Anne's Park, Dublin on Friday June 2nd, with support from Sigrid and Vance Joy (tickets from €49.90 on sale this Friday at 10am), while Lionel Richie will also play St. 'Thrift Store' rapper Macklemore will bring his 'Ben Tour' to Dublin's 3Arena on April 4th 2023 tickets are on sale this Thursday at 10am.įolk troupe The Lumineers will play St. Tickets are from €59.50 and on sale this Friday at 9am. The Prodigy have just announced three Irish dates for June 2023: Cork's Musgrave Park (June 28th), Dublin's Fairview Park (June 29th) and Belfast's Belsonic festival (June 30th). The past two Christmases have been difficult to tick that box (there are only so many livestreams one person can endure, after all) - but a slew of new gigs have been announced in recent days that might offer you some ideas. If you're looking for a Christmas present for the live music lover in your life, there's good news.
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