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Kishan Maharaj
3.9.1923 - 4.5.2008Birthdays & AnniversariesBorn in 1923 in Varanasi, he is a disciple of the renowned tabla exponent of the Benaras gharana Kanthe Maharaj. In a career spanning five...
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C.K. Balagopalan
Birthdays & Anniversaries4.9.1939The Natyarangam award (see p. 50) could not have gone to a more worthy artist. For decades during the Rukmini Devi era, Balagopalan was one of the star performers...
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Why Carnatic music matters more than ever
By Ludwig PeschListening to French radio one night in 1977, I noticed a recording by Ramnad Krishnan being discussed at great length. This happened to follow a daily poetry session I loved listening...
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World Music Day in the Twin Cities
By NAVYA CHITTARVUIt has become an annual feature for the twin cities to celebrate World Music Day with great enthusiasm. All the artists of the area come together to celebrate the universality of...
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Trinity and Nandhikeshwara festivals in Melbourne
By SOUNDARAJAN IYERNarmatha and Ravi Ravichandira, acclaimed long-time principals of the Academy of Indian Music and Cultural Studies, have been organising the Mum-Moorthigal festival in Melbourne for...
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Devoted to her father’s legacy
Geetha Bennett (1950-2018)By ANJANA ANANDGeetha Ramanathan Bennett, musician (and Tamil short story writer), passed away on 7 August 2018 after a long battle with cancer. A daughter of Sangita...
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Sikkil Neela
Birthdays & Anniversaries 6.9.1940 - 13.9.2010With flute genius T.R. Mahalingam and his remarkable sishya Sangita Kalanidhi N. Ramani for close relatives on their mother’s side,...
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Vidyadhar Vyas
Birthdays & Anniversaries8.9.1944The seminar ended with a nice,little vote of thanks by Dr.Anjali Mittal. Compering was done, quit eably ,by another Reader of the Music Department, Dr.Suneera...
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T.S. Parthasarathy
Birthdays & Anniversaries8.9.1913-13.10.2006Very often we say of some one, "He was an extraordinary person" and more often than not it is just hyperbole. Once in away, however, we come across a...
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Vedantam Satyanarayana Sarma
Birthdays & Anniversaries9.9.1935 - 16.11.2012Vedantam Satyanarayana Sarma was born on 9 September 1935, to Subbamma and Vedantam Venkataratnam, who belonged to a traditional...
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T Muktha
Birthdays & Anniversaries9.9.1914 - 2007Tanjavur Muktha was born in September 1914 to Veena Dhanammal’s fourth daughter Kamakshi. She was one among six children of Kamakshi and 13 grandchildren of...
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Dr. Prof. Sumati Mutatkar
Birthdays & Anniversaries10.9.1916-28.2.2007Dr. Prof. Sumati Mutatkar (10-9-1916 to 28-2-2007), the terminal light of the galaxy of eminent music scholars in Hindustani music. She was an authentic...
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M. Balasubramoniam is new Director SZCC
Prof. M. Balasubramoniam, former Principal of Chembai Government Music College and R.L.V. College of Music and Fine Arts, Tripunithura, has been appointed Director of the South Zone Cultural Centre,...
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Karaikudi Mani
Birthdays & Anniversaries11.9.1945Mridangam maestro Mani was born on 11 September 1945 in Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu. His father T. Ramanatha Iyer, who hailed from Ganapati Agraharam near Kumbakonam,...
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Swaminatha Pillai
Birthdays & Anniversaries13.3.1972 - 9.2.1961Mayiladuturai (or Mayuram) in Tanjavur district, washed by the holy waters of the Kaveri river, is a rich granary of rice and also the arts of dance and...
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Banni Bai
Birthdays & AnniversariesBanni Bai, born in 1912, belonged to the village called Chittukkadu near Pat tab hiram. Her parents were Duraisani Amma and Parthasarathy. This couple was blessed with five...
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Papa Venkataramiah
Birthdays & AnniversariesPapa Venkataramiah was born on 12 September 1901 as the second son of violinist Karur Srikantiah. He, like Tyagaraja, belonged to the Mulakanadu (Murikinadu) sect of Telugu...
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Sonal Mansingh
Sonal Mansingh, 74-year old veteran Odissi and Bharatanatyam exponent and social activist, was nominated to the Rajya Sabha in July 2018 by the President of India Ramnath Kovind. Under Article 80 of...
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Prabha Atre
Birthdays & Anniversaries13.9.1932In a career spanning seven decades, the veteran, a representative of the Kirana gharana and a Padma Bhushan awardee, has performed all over the world, released...
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