Ashwath Narayanan was a featured artiste on Day 1 of the FEA-curated and presented CUSP festival in early 2020 in Chennai.
His second piece of the evening was a Thyagaraja composition called Naadupai Balikeru Narulu in Ragam Madhyamavathi.
Ashwath was accompanied by B Ananthakrishnan on violin and Praveen Sparsh on mridangam. Tambura support was provided by Smt. Latha.