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D.K. Datar
14.10.1932Birthdays & AnniversariesPandit D. K. Datar is one of India's foremost violinists. He had his initial training from the Late Pandit Vighneshwar Shastri. Later he received invaluable...
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N. Ramani
15.10.1934 - 9.10.2015Birthdays & AnniversariesDr. Natesan Ramanicommonly known as N. Ramani or N. Flute Ramani, was an Indian Carnatic flautist. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha...
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Vempati Chinna Satyam
Birthdays & Anniversaries15.10.1929 - 29.7.2012Vempati Chinna Satyam was an Indian dancer and a guru of the Kuchipudi dance form.Chinna Satyam was born in Kuchipudi, Andhra Pradesh. He was taught...
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Mudicondan Venkatarama lyer
Birthdays & Anniversaries15.10.1887 - 13.9.1975Venkatarama Iyer, was a musician's musician whose mastery encompassed both the lakshana (canonical) and lakshya (aesthetic) aspects of Carnatic...
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Sruti
Sruti is an English language monthly magazine on the performing arts -- Indian music, dance, and theatre -- published from Chennai, India.Sruti was founded in 1983 by Dr. N. Pattabhi Raman, who had...
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Bhaskarbuwa Bakhale
17.10.1869 - 8.4.1922Birthdays & AnniversariesBhaskar Raghunath Bakhale (also known as Bhaskarrao or Bhaskarbua or Bhaskarbuwa) was a Hindustani classical vocalist, a composer, and a...
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Palladam Sanjeeva Rao
Birthdays & Anniversaries18.10.1882 - 11.7.1962Sanjeeva Rao was born on 18 October 1882, in Palladam in the Coimbatore district of the then Madras Presidency. He was the youngest of the three sons...
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Arvind Parikh
Birthdays & Anniversaries19.10.1927Arvind Parikh is a Hindustani classical musician and sitar player whose performing career has spanned over six decades. His association with such learned...
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Remembering Pattabhi Sir
By Padmini GaneshWhen you think of 'Alapana' -- such an artistic way of setting up a home and workspace, you are quite fascinated with the aesthetic thought process of Pattabhi Sir -- the...
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Madurai Mani Iyer
Birthdays & AnniversariesHis music was sweetness personified and his voice had a bell like tonal purity. The name of Madurai city has come down from Madhura, or ‘sweetness’, and ‘Mani’, an...
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KattumannarKoil Muthukumara Pillai
Birthdays & Anniversaries27.10.1874Kattumannar Koil Muthukumara Pillai. A name that still glows in the annals of Bharatanatyam of Indian dance, some 143 years after his birth and 57 years after...
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Hema Rajagopalan
28.10.1950Birthdays & AnniversariesHema Rajagopalan is a senior Bharatanatyam dancer, teacher and choreographer ba Hema Rajagopalan sed in Chicago, IL, U.S.A. She is the founder and artistic...
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T.S. Sankaran
28.10.1930 - 9.4.2015Birthdays & AnniversariesT.S. Sankaran was the son of flute vidwan T.N. Sambasiva Iyer from whom he imbibed music and flute playing at a very tende age. The family hailed from...
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PUBLISHER’S NOTE
Rereading old issues of Sruti on the occasion of our 35th anniversary, we found a few names recurrently appearing in bylines of general articles on the state of music and dance marked by acute...
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Special Lifetime Achievement award
Ghatam maestro T.H. ‘Vikku’ Vinayakram was presented the Special Lifetime Achievement award by the Music Academy, Chennai on 10 October 2018. The evening opened with a special percussion performance,...
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T.K. Mahalingam Pillai
01.11.1917 - 06.12.2002Birthdays & AnniversariesNatyacharya Tiruvidaimarudur K. Mahalingam Pillai was a veteran Bharatanatyam guru respected for his dedication to the preservation of traditions and...
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Visakha Music Academy Award
Visakha Music Academy, Visakhapatnam presented the Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna Endowment Award to Mandapaka Sarada on 7 July 2018. It was followed by her vocal concert featuring compositions of...
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Lalit Arpan Festival of Dance and Music
The 17th edition of the Lalit Arpan Festival conducted in Delhi on 27 and 28 September 2018 was a rasika’s delight. It was well organized under the guidance of guru Shovana Narayan, Jyotsna Suri and...
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