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Madurai Ponnuthayi
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Special Lifetime Achievement Award for Shri T.H.Vinayakram
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M Balamuralikrishna
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Mayadhar Raut
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Devotion of Vaggeyakaras book released by natyacharya V.P. Dhananjayan
The book titled "Downpouring Devotion of Vaggeyakaras" written by Prof. P.P. Ramakrishnan was released on 23 June 2018 at the Kasturi Srinivasan Hall of the Music Academy, Chennai. The function was presided by N. Murali, President of the Music Academy. The first copy of the book released by natyacharya V.P. Dhananjayan was received by Sangita Kalanidhi T.V. Gopalakrishnan, in the presence of the publisher Dr. (Prof).Kartikeyan Nair Director of Kerala State Institute of Languages, and the author P.P. Ramakrishnan (Retd. Principal of the Swathi Thirunal College of Music, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala). All the speakers paid rich tributes to Prof. Ramakrishnan on his completing 50 years as a music teacher and having taught over 7000 students during his tenure in Carnatic music colleges in Kerala. The proceedings concluded with a full-length vocal concert by his disciple 12-old prodigy Ram Manikandan.
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Astad Deboo conferred Living Legend Award
Astad Deboo, a pioneer of Contemporary Dance in India, was conferred the 'Yagnaraman Living Legend Award' by Sri Krishna Gana Sabha during the valedictory function of the Yagnaraman July Fest on 1st July 2018. The 'Yagnaraman Award of Excellence' was conferred on versatile percussionist V. Selvaganesh. Senior dance critic and writer Leela Venkataraman presented the awards and Fazal Quereshi felicitated the awardees. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti, R. Venkateswaran and Saashwathi Prabhu of Sri Krishna Gana Sabha also participated in the proceedings.
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SNA’s Yuva Puraskar awardees
The Central Sangeet Natak Akademi has selected 34 artists to receive the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar 2017. The award was introduced in 2006 with the objective of identifying and encouraging outstanding young talents in diverse fields of performing arts and giving them national recognition early in life, so that they may work with greater commitment and dedication in their chosen fields. It is given to artists below 40 years of age and carries a purse money of 25,000 rupees.
In the field of music, eight recipients of the Yuva Puraskar are: Aditya Khandve and Sawani Shende (H-vocal); Rimpa Siva (H-tabla); Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash (joint awardees) (H-sarod); Prasanna Venkatraman (C-vocal); Trivandrum N. Sampath (C-violin); Kotipalli Ramesh (C-mridangam) and Mayanglanbam Sobhamani Singh (nata sankeertan).
In the field of dance, the eight recipients are: Parshwanath Upadhye (Bharatanatyam); Vidha Lal (Kathak); C.M. Unnikrishnan (Kathakali); Adhikarimayum Radhamanbi Devi (Manipuri); Bhavana Reddy (Kuchipudi); Janhabi Behera (Odissi); Sudesh Adhana (Contemporary dance) and Sai Shravanam (music for dance).
In the field of theatre, the eight recipients are: Kuldeep Kumar (playwriting); Vyomesh Shukla and Quasar Thakore Padamsee (direction); Daksha Sharma and Devaki Mark (acting); Bijender Tank (lighting); Rajesh Singh (scenic design); Tadepalli Satyanarayana Sarma (Yakshagana).
In the field of Traditional/ Folk/ Tribal Music/ Dance/ Theatre and Puppetry, the eight recipients are: Hemant Vaishnav (folk theatre, Chhattisgarh); Kutle Khan Manganiar (folk music - kartal, Rajasthan); Kalamandalam Hariharan (maddalam, Kerala); Manzoor Ahmed Shah (folk music - Chakkri, Jammu and Kashmir); Asha Negi (folk music - Neoli, Uttarakhand); Sarbeswar Bhoi (folk dance and music - Sambalpuri, Odisha); Nooran Sisters Jyoti Nooran and Sultana Nooran (joint awardees, folk music, Punjab); Gopal Singh Habbi (mask making, Himachal Pradesh).
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Remembering MDR
Vandeham Varadadasam, a celebration of the music of Carnatic music legend M.D. Ramanathan (MDR), was organised recently by his son Balaji Ramanathan at Raga Sudha hall in Chennai. While Sangita Kalanidhi T.V. Gopalakrishnan spoke about the emotional connect, the “Sound, music and meaning in MDR’s art” were “deconstructed” by the erudite musician Sriram Parasuram. It was followed by an impressive concert by Ramakrishnan Murthy, who was ably accompanied by Mysore Srikanth (violin) J. Vaidyanathan (mridangam) and K.V. Gopalakrishnan (khanjira).
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Indira Parthasarathy
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S R Janakiraman
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O S Arun
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Astad Deboo
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| 13.7.1947 |
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Kesarbai Kerkar
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K N Dandayudhapani Pillai
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| 14.7.1921 |
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Kartik Rajagopal Memorial Award for Mrs. YGP
Kartik Fine Arts honoured veteran organiser, educationist, writer and connoisseur of the arts Mrs. Y.G. Parthasarathy with the Kartik Rajagopal Memorial Award comprising a purse and a memento, on 3 July 2018, at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall in Mylapore, Chennai. Chief guest Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti presented the Award to Mrs. YGP as the two secretaries D.S. Rajagopalan and Rajagopal Sekar (Secretary) and president K.M. Narasimhan look on
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Vinjamuri Varadaraja Iyengar
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Mogubai Kurdikar
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R N Thyagarajan
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Music Academy announces awards for Season 2018
Sangita Kalanidhi - Aruna Sairam
Sangita Kala Acharya - Thanjavur Ramadas and K. Omanakutty
TTK Award - Kalyani Ganesan and S.R.G. Rajanna
Musicologist - Dr. Premeela Gurumurthy
Nritya Kalanidhi - Shanta Dhananjayan
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