Festivals(1,702)

Hard Rock/Metal(36,194)

Jazz and Blues(36,005)

Latin(25,799)

Miscellaneous(702)

More Concerts(19,092)

New Age and Spiritual(20,001)

R&B/Urban Soul(90,261)

Rap and Hip-Hop(32,983)

Rock and Pop(614,366)

World Music(46,598)

Sports

Find Tickets

World Music or

Choose a Category

Customer Reviews for Ilaiyaraja

Ilaiyaraja

Read Ilaiyaraja concert reviews and post your own reviews and ratings.

Average rating:

3.1

(52 Reviews) 52

Rating Snapshot (52 reviews)

5 stars

4 stars

3 stars

2 stars

1 star

27 of 52(52%)customers would recommend this to a friend.

Ilaiyaraja Fan Reviews - Ticketmaster

Review 1 for Ilaiyaraja

1 / 5

Pitiful Scam

Prudential center @

- Newark @

, NJ @

Posted 03/31/2013

by venkymusicfan1

Horrendous unplanned mess.....

Was this a concert. My local bar has a better handle on what they plan to sing. Completely chaotic, no flow from song to song. Singers didn't know who was singing next. Ilayaraja sounded extremely narcissistic and dismissive of singers and the audience. Huge disappointment for the telugu fans, nothing against Tamil songs but when a show being advertised for both languages then there should have been some effort to balance the song distribution. Come on Raja, you can do better than this.
Disappointed "music" fan

Prudential center @

- Newark @

, NJ @

0 of 1 found this review helpful.

Share this review:

Review 2 for Ilaiyaraja

2 / 5

Poorly Organized show

Prudential Center @

- Newark @

, NJ @

- Sat, Feb 23, 2013 @

Opening act(s): Very poor. All they did was talk and not sing anything. They were not professionals. Heard that they were arranged at the last moment and that it was an afterhought. @

Posted 03/02/2013

by Dadhi

The advertisement was deceptive. The program listed at least 5 performers who did not show up with the result that the show was not organized very well. There were lot of pauses and confusion between songs. Moreover Ilaiyaraaja was very arrogant as he could not deal with the crowd requests.

Prudential Center @

- Newark @

, NJ @

- Sat, Feb 23, 2013 @

Opening act(s): Very poor. All they did was talk and not sing anything. They were not professionals. Heard that they were arranged at the last moment and that it was an afterhought. @

0 of 1 found this review helpful.

Share this review:

Review 3 for Ilaiyaraja

1 / 5

ilaiyaraaja

Prudential Center @

- Newark @

, NJ @

- Sat, Feb 23, 2013 @

Favorite moment: Nothing paid 100 for a waste show @

Posted 03/02/2013

by shanth

Location:nj

One of the worst performance. Everybody came here for money and not charity. The behavior on the show is as if they came for charity. If you are reallly a tamil speaking and hate telugu go to the show

Prudential Center @

- Newark @

, NJ @

- Sat, Feb 23, 2013 @

Favorite moment: Nothing paid 100 for a waste show @

0 of 1 found this review helpful.

Share this review:

Review 4 for Ilaiyaraja

1 / 5

waste of money and time

HP Pavillion @

- san jose @

- 03/01/2013 @

Favorite moment: None @

Posted 03/02/2013

by sjckay

Location:san jose

I was really disappointed by some of the comments he made during the show. I don't think that he knows hat he is an entertainer and people paid loads of noney to watch his show. Throughout the show he wanted to control when people should clap and when to remain quiet to listen to his songs. He acted like my 2nd grade teacher during the performance, His main point was, "you all waited all these years to see me...now shut up and listen to me". He thinks that he is still in the India of the 70's and he was singing for free. That said..here are the highlights...
- Chinna kuyil was the #1 attraction with her mesmerizing voice - most # of claps)
- SBP got #2 kudos
- Karthik is good...tried to lighten up the audience...maybe he didn't get a chance to hear what the master said (stay quiet and listen to what we sing)...after all the comments the crowd did not respond to his enthusiasm

Nothing noteworthy to say about the show, outside of waste of time and money..

HP Pavillion @

- san jose @

- 03/01/2013 @

Favorite moment: None @

Share this review:

Review 5 for Ilaiyaraja

3 / 5

llaiyaraja

HP Pavillion, San Jose @

- San Jose @

, CA @

- 03/01/2013 @

Posted 03/02/2013

by akum

Music Legend was great. His performance and team were excellent. But the sound at HP Pavilion wasn't setup properly to capture the magic of his music. Orchestra sound was overpowering most of the time to shadow the singer's voices. Mic was screechy a lot of times.

Overall, I couldn't enjoy the magic, due to the sound effect setup at the HP Pavillion. I stood outside most of the time to listen. I can't believe that there were so many babies in that level of sound. Left the concert after few hours.

I have been to SPB's concert at HAYWARD,CA few times in the past years. The sound setup was much better compared to this concert. Also mixing both language (Tamil and Telegu) songs doesn't seem like fun. It would have been nice, if it was two separate times for difference languages, so both audience would have felt so much magic of his music.

Hope next time the sound setup will be looked at properly before we invite these legends. Otherwise there is no justice to those wonderful music which is supposed to take you to serenity.

HP Pavillion, San Jose @

- San Jose @

, CA @

- 03/01/2013 @

Share this review:

Review 6 for Ilaiyaraja

5 / 5

Prudential Center @

- Newark @

, NJ @

- Sat, Feb 23, 2013 @

Favorite moment: every minute @

Posted 02/28/2013

by Anonymous

One of a kind ... terrific event ...must watch. Ilayaraja sir's dedication was written all over the show.

Prudential Center @

- Newark @

, NJ @

- Sat, Feb 23, 2013 @

Favorite moment: every minute @

Share this review:

Review 7 for Ilaiyaraja

1 / 5

A major letdown

Prudential Center @

- Newark @

, NJ @

- Sat, Feb 23, 2013 @

Posted 02/26/2013

by Shiva2

Location:New Jersey

Raja's concert was a major letdown. Very shoddy event management and the sound mixing was terrible.

Prudential Center @

- Newark @

, NJ @

- Sat, Feb 23, 2013 @

1 of 2 found this review helpful.

Share this review:

Review 8 for Ilaiyaraja

5 / 5

Ilaiyarajah concert was amazing!!!

Prudential Center @

- Newark @

, NJ @

- Sat, Feb 23, 2013 @

Favorite moment: Ilaiyarajah and karthiks songs. @

Posted 02/26/2013

by Srilankan

Screen in center should have been hd like the two smaller screens on the side...ilaiyarajah was definately superior and outstanding.karthik, mano, and chitra were also great. Very good and rememberable concert overall.

Prudential Center @

- Newark @

, NJ @

- Sat, Feb 23, 2013 @

Favorite moment: Ilaiyarajah and karthiks songs. @

Share this review:

Review 9 for Ilaiyaraja

2 / 5

More Tamil songs and lots of Telugus for the event

Prudential Center @

- Newark @

, NJ @

- Sat, Feb 23, 2013 @

Posted 02/26/2013

by Srinivas

Location:New Jersey

I travelled almost 300 miles to watch the great Illayaraja concert but disappointed because of more Tamil songs.Iam not against to Tamils but there were lesser Telugu songs when compared.It was advertised that Hariharan and Yesudas are coming but didn't find them.

Need to have good singers along with the harmonium box.I would never attend any concert if at all,very boring.

Prudential Center @

- Newark @

, NJ @

- Sat, Feb 23, 2013 @

Share this review:

Review 10 for Ilaiyaraja

3 / 5

Review by telugu audience

Prudential Center @

- Newark @

, NJ @

- Sat, Feb 23, 2013 @

Favorite moment: Botany pata by balu and Mano @

Setlist: Lalita priya kamalam, ninnu kore @

Posted 02/26/2013

by Anonymous

Location:East Rutherford

Two complaints that prevented me from fully enjoying the show
1. Very little effort was made by the maestro to translate his Tamil commentary throughout the show, he didn't even show it on his face how telugu audience would understand all of his Tamil commentary. Ilayaraja should realize he is just not a Tamil entertainer with few telugu fans,he is equally big in both industries. If he doesn't want to explain or let someone explain his heart in telugu then don't ask telugu people to come to the show
2. There should be atleast 50 -50 distribution of telugu and Tamil songs , I think he managed a 35% telugu songs in the end

Other than these two issues, he is just a musical wonder and chitra was the best singer of the show

Prudential Center @

- Newark @

, NJ @

- Sat, Feb 23, 2013 @

Favorite moment: Botany pata by balu and Mano @

Setlist: Lalita priya kamalam, ninnu kore @

Share this review:

Review 11 for Ilaiyaraja

4 / 5

Ilayaraja was excellent

Prudential Center @

- Newark @

, NJ @

- Sat, Feb 23, 2013 @

Posted 02/25/2013

by gopaldmp

Nice show with good music and lights. Ilayaraja is awesome should have done shows earlier

Prudential Center @

- Newark @

, NJ @

- Sat, Feb 23, 2013 @

Share this review:

Review 12 for Ilaiyaraja

1 / 5

waste of time

Prudential Center @

- Newark @

, NJ @

- Sat, Feb 23, 2013 @

Favorite moment: absolutely NONE @

Posted 02/25/2013

by Anonymous

This program is very disappointing for telugu people and time waste

Prudential Center @

- Newark @

, NJ @

- Sat, Feb 23, 2013 @

Favorite moment: absolutely NONE @

Share this review:

Review 13 for Ilaiyaraja

5 / 5

Ilaiyaraja Event

Prudential Center @

- Newark @

, NJ @

- Sat, Feb 23, 2013 @

Posted 02/25/2013

by Chida85

Location:Miamisburg, Ohio

The event was very well organized. That too for the short duration it was well done. The arena is really good and the soundings were good. I really enjoyed the show.

Prudential Center @

- Newark @

, NJ @

- Sat, Feb 23, 2013 @

Share this review:

Review 14 for Ilaiyaraja

5 / 5

Every single Song selection were quite amazing !!!

Prudential Center @

- Newark @

, NJ @

- Sat, Feb 23, 2013 @

Favorite moment: Raja sir started singing Naan Thedum Sevvanthi Poovithu when I was exactly expecting at that moment :) @

Posted 02/25/2013

by Padmapooshanam

Location:Boston, MA

First, I'm so blessed to be in the live concert where Maestro performing an extra-ordinary show. I thoroughly enjoyed all the songs and the selection of songs, sequencing were also thought really well. Wonderful execution for 5 hours non-stop musical delight and made my weekend. Absolutely I have got all my favorite songs what could be covered in that duration.

Raaja sir, please keep coming to US and I'm looking forward for more shows.

Prudential Center @

- Newark @

, NJ @

- Sat, Feb 23, 2013 @

Favorite moment: Raja sir started singing Naan Thedum Sevvanthi Poovithu when I was exactly expecting at that moment :) @

1 of 1 found this review helpful.

Share this review:

Review 15 for Ilaiyaraja

1 / 5

Prudential Center @

- Newark @

, NJ @

- Sat, Feb 23, 2013 @

Posted 02/25/2013

by NikDD

The event was supposed to be bi-lingual. But it was mostly tamil and not telugu.

Prudential Center @

- Newark @

, NJ @

- Sat, Feb 23, 2013 @

Share this review:

Review 16 for Ilaiyaraja

5 / 5

Great Event

Prudential Center @

- Newark @

, NJ @

- Sat, Feb 23, 2013 @

Favorite moment: When Chitra and SPB sung songs together. @

Posted 02/25/2013

by vrangasw

Location:New Brunswick

Wonderful and nostalgic 5 hours of non stop entertainment filled with moments that brought memories of the past when I heard those songs. Illayaraaja is indeed a great mastero who created authentic music that has power and melody to last thru the years

Prudential Center @

- Newark @

, NJ @

- Sat, Feb 23, 2013 @

Favorite moment: When Chitra and SPB sung songs together. @

Share this review:

Review 17 for Ilaiyaraja

5 / 5

Excellent Show

Prudential Center @

- Newark @

, NJ @

- Sat, Feb 23, 2013 @

Favorite moment: last 15 min of the show !!!!!!!! @

Posted 02/25/2013

by IlayarajaFan

Location:NJ

Excellent 5 hr show of Music... and enjoyed and had moment of life.

Prudential Center @

- Newark @

, NJ @

- Sat, Feb 23, 2013 @

Favorite moment: last 15 min of the show !!!!!!!! @

Share this review:

Review 18 for Ilaiyaraja

4 / 5

Couple of tamil songs added to my playlist

Prudential Center @

- Newark @

, NJ @

- Sat, Feb 23, 2013 @

Favorite moment: When Illayaraja explained why he doesn't give more concerts. @

Posted 02/25/2013

by Anonymous

Location:Boston

As SPB said "Music has no language." I think where we telugu people felt bit disheartened is that each of Illayaraja Sir's songs have an attached story along with them. We wished to go through those beautiful moments again as we see our Illayaraja garu playing those songs in front us. But said that, I was here only for Illayaraja, SPB, Chitra and Yuvan. I will never forget this wonderful day. I feel lucky enough to be present at the concert. And had opportunity to explore illayaraja's tamil songs and listening again and again couple of songs since yesterday.

Prudential Center @

- Newark @

, NJ @

- Sat, Feb 23, 2013 @

Favorite moment: When Illayaraja explained why he doesn't give more concerts. @

Share this review:

Review 19 for Ilaiyaraja

3 / 5

Prudential Center @

- Newark @

, NJ @

- Sat, Feb 23, 2013 @

Posted 02/25/2013

by Anonymous

I feel the concert was fair. Just because of the exceptional performances of SPB, Chitra and Kartik Raja I am giving it Average. I felt the songs were good and well sung but the planning/practice was lacking. There were couple of times when they started a song they made a mistake and had to restart. In between the concert Ilaiyaraja blasted the audience for shouting. The lights in the auditorium were annoying as they kept flashing the light into our eyes (this is definitely Raja Sirs fault). I would still recommend people to watch it but dont go with huge expectations like I did.

Prudential Center @

- Newark @

, NJ @

- Sat, Feb 23, 2013 @

Share this review:

Review 20 for Ilaiyaraja

3 / 5

Mixed feelings...

Prudential Center @

- Newark @

, NJ @

- Sat, Feb 23, 2013 @

Favorite moment: Watching both the Music Legends on the same stage... @

Posted 02/25/2013

by Solomonv

Location:Connecticut

Happy to see my Guru's Ilayaraja and Balu on the same stage as its one of my dream to see them live.... But at the same time totally disappointed as the sound system was not that much clear as I can understand what song they are singing but the voice was not clear... As am a fan of ilayaraja I don't mind it's a telugu or Tamil song but most of the telugu audience were disappointed a lot as it went like a 60% tamil and 40% telugu songs and most of the good numbers in both languages are missed...
It would have been better if they have performed both language songs alternately and even saw some coordination problem with the musicians...

Finally even though am a BIG fan of ilayaraja and Balu i dont want to be biased so in my point of view it's an average show but really happy to see the Legends live so am happy....

Prudential Center @

- Newark @

, NJ @

- Sat, Feb 23, 2013 @

Favorite moment: Watching both the Music Legends on the same stage... @

Share this review:

1 2 3 next>>