N.R. Prashanth sang for Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha on the 28th of May. The occasion was 154th Jayantyotsava of Mysore Vasudevacharya, in whose name the auditorium is built. He was accompanied by Nalina Mohan from Bengaluru on the violin, Cheluvaraju, also from Bengaluru, on mridanga and S. Manjunath from Mysuru on the ghata.
Prashanth has many major assets to his credit — good coaching from stalwarts like Titte Krishna Iyengar, Neela Ramgopal and R. Vishweshwaran, a masculine and yet controlled voice, perfect shruti alignment, a powerful voice, sense of using gamakas in the right proportion, good imaginative skills, dignified stage manners, a commendable hold on laya and the experience of performing for prestigious concert platforms.
