Ilaiyaraja Tickets

Ilayaraja is a Musical Genius He has composed more than 6500 songs and provided film scores for more than 1000 movies. Unlike some so called composers Ilayaraja writes his own Original Music. Ilayaraja doesn't copy others work. Anyway I went to see his concert in Connecticut and I was not satisfied and I wanted more So I went to see his concert in Virginia. The songs he played were different. There were all mesmerizing beautiful songs. He played for 4 hrs. How can you expect anyone to play continuously for more than 4 hrs. Of course he can't satisfy all of the audience. By the way he can speak English very fluently, I would say he can speak English better than the one who complained over this forum. He spoke in Tamil and Telugu because most of his fans are Both Tamils and Telugu speaking people. Trust me Ilayaraja writes his own Original Music unlike others ( for instance AR and GV Prakash) Ilayaraja should have been awarded Oscar and Emmy long time ago , The only Reason AR got award because Hollywood always gives Oscar for the movies which don't t do well at the Box office, (in theaters). So that's the only reason AR. Rahman got award. However Ilayaraja Got award in heaven and from everyone all over the world . He won everyone's heart and soul. There is no way he could have satisfied everyone at the concert. I would go and watch his concert every year from now onwards. He is a musical genius. Ilayaraja also can sing very well and when he sings people can listen to him and they feel peace in their heart and mind. Unlike other so called composers when they start singing I have to turn off the TV (AR).Give me a break. I would advice some musicians Please don't open your mouth unless you can sing, for (AR Rahman), May be I spent more than $1200.00 to see his both concerts but every penny I spent was worth it. I would do it every year from now onwards.

Here is my rant. About Chicago concert. Ilayaraja is a genius. I would still go. But I have to share this concern. For some of the iconic Tamil tunes IR used Telugu version. Bharati raja Tamil. Sri Devi Tamil. 16 ayathinile Tamil. National award won for Tamil version of senthoora pover. Such a let down they sang in Telugu. Same with Ninnukkori Varnam. Don’t mind adding a few Telugu numbers. Use exclusive Telugu tunes. Not superhit Tamil tunes. Even Sridevi tribute song was s Telugu song. Dhal Dhak Telugu version. He could have used Johnny song. Also some random songs rather that iconic hits. All said and done Overall concert experience was good.

DO NOT GO UNLESS YOU KNOW TAMIL PROBABLY HE DOES NOT SPEAK ENGLISH , HE SPOKE IN TAMIL ONLY, 40 % OF ATTENDEES ARE NON TAMILIANS HIS MUSICAL ORCHESTRA TROUPE IA AWSOME SINGERS ARE MEDIOCRE

The song selections were very poor. Not many big singers except Mano and Chitra. Some of the songs are shocking like "Kanmani Anbodu". No songs from popular movies like Nayagan, Kozhi Koovuthu, Mouna Raagam, Sindu Bairavi etc. Overall, the money was not worth except that I can say I attended one of the Mastero's concerts.

Simply stunning show! Mellifluous from beginning to end!

Excellent !!!!! Unforgettable !!! Every song was good !!!

I have watched Ilayaraja and his brother Gangai Amaran, performing together way back in 1988 @ The Music Academy, Madras. Much has happened since... Rahman rose...and with that Ilayaraja fell....its not as if Ilayaraja did not get opportunities - he did dozens of movies, maybe hundreds after that...it's just that Ilayaraja took a huge blow to his mind, so much so that he lost his mojo...and just couldn't reach up to the genius of old.. So, I eagerly went to this event....the following were outstanding 1) Venue 2) Orchestra support - both from India; and from the Hungary Philharmonic led by Laszlo Kovacs 3) Singers and singing 4) Seamless flow of songs from one to the other....there was almost no pause...as if everyone knew what songs should come, in which order etc., 5) Conducting What could have been better 1) Song selection - thought I could have come up with a better collection of songs. Some songs selected were puzzling ....these were good songs, but there were so many other outstanding songs from which could have been picked ? 2) Ilayaraja introduced Hungary Philharmonic Orchestra, but made no mention of his troupe from India !!! Its usually the issue isn't it....take your people for granted; but go overboard with foreigners !!! 3) There was some jarring, screeching noise from the sound system - not too much; but it was noticeable All in all....a spectacular performance...I was searching for any nearby city, where I could go and watch again...but no more in Texas... As I left the venue, I was filled with a deep sadness...maybe, just maybe, this is the last time I had watched Ilayaraja - the greatest composer of all forms of Music, that I had ever known and listened to - in person

Show was very short, only 3.5 hours, in other cities, the show was 5.5 hours long

Awesome concert. Very fortunate to see the legend so close. A dream come true.

Excellent show by god of music Isaignani. I am blessed to be a part of this show