HYDERABAD: It requires an aficionado to differentiate between G Minor and A Major, and it takes a near-to-perfection pianist to play Beethoven or Chopin’s compositions. Anand Seshadri, the rising pianist played different sonatas and ballads at Goethe Zentrum Hyderabad to a packed audience with whose thunder claps the hall roared. It was interesting to see the pianist explaining about the pieces to the audience by singing rhythms “Taaaaaa raaaaaaaaaaa raa.” He played Brahms Rhapsody Op. 79 No. 2 followed by Beethoven’s Sonata Op 31 No. 2. The Chopin’s ballade No. 1 in G Minor that he played was close to the original with the notes right in place.
Based in Chennai, Seshadri hails from a non-musical background, yet he was the youngest at the age of 21 to complete Master of Music in Piano Performance with distinction at Birmingham Conservatoire, UK. He wants to be a full-time performer and on seeing the full house shares, “It’s healthy to see so many people turning up for Western Classical Music.” He plans to use Indian raagas with piano notes. “I want to compose music later taking hints from Upanishads. When one listens to Beethoven’s music it’s evident how close he must have been to God while he composed the notes.” He has performed in Birmingham, Budapest, Hanover, Pune, New Delhi, and Goa.