They’re young, but their talent knows no bounds
L'nne, Shamvruthi and Nilanjanaa
Age is certainly no bar for talent — and these musically-minded youngsters from Bengaluru certainly prove that. Take Anjana Padmanabhan for instance. As the winner of the first edition of Indian Idol Junior and having performed concerts in Ghana, Dubai and Indonesia, the 12-year-old sets the bar high.
“I never expected to win,” she confesses. “I didn’t know a word of Hindi but ended up mugging up over 60 Bollywood songs.” Having done an opening act for Tajdar Junaid, Alexis, An Ode to the Blues Festival and performing alongside popular bands like Girish and the Chronicles, Mad Orange Fireworks, Mahesh and the Mix and Thermal and a Quarter, L’nne Golay is yet another songstress who’s setting the stages on fire. A Class 10 student, she is now writing her own songs and is on her way to forming a band.
“I don’t really like studying. I love singing and I know it’ll turn into my profession someday,” she says. “Of course I feel nervous on stage. It helps to shut my eyes or sing even louder. I’m now working on that,” she confesses.
What these kids seem to have in common is a streak of confidence mixed with equal parts of humility. “I got 90 per cent in my junior Carnatic music exam, but I chose to take up Hindustani because I knew it would be helpful for a singing career in Bollywood,” says 15-year-old Shamvruthi Pethi. Having performed to a room of 2,500 at Infosys Mysore and Toastmasters, Sam as she’s popularly called, even took up I Love Mondays’ workshop at A.R. Rahman’s KM Music Conservatory to learn how to read and compose her own music.
“Music will always remain a part of my life but I’m also looking to study law and psychology simultaneously,” says the student of Vidyaniketan, who plays football for her school’s team. Ask 12-year-old Nilanjanaa Jayanth if music is her calling and she shrugs, “I still have a long way to go before I decide.” Nilu has belted out covers of Celine Dion, Duffy, Whitney Houston and Christina Aguilera at everything from the Fête de la Musique and the Freedom Jam to Alliance Francaise and the Metro Art Centre. “It makes me happy,” says Nilu, who is the lead vocalist of the band Sandstorm. “I don’t enjoy anything more.”
( Source : deccan chronicle )
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