KGS Confers Choodamani Awards
The Sangeeta Choodamani and Acharya Choodamani titles were conferred on Kadri Gopalnath (saxophone) and Suguna Varadachari (musician-guru) respectively, by G.K. Vasan, president of the Tamil Manila...
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View ArticleT. R. Mahalingam
6.11.1926 - 31.5.1986Birthdays & AnniversariesIn 1937, after listening to T.R. Mahalingam for the first time, Mysore Vasudevachar is reported to have observed : "We all go in search of tala, but...
View ArticleV. Subrahmaniam
Birthdays & Anniversaries6.11.1934Subrahmaniam was born on 6 November 1934 to Meenakshi and S. Vaidyanatha Iyer in the Princely State of Tiruvananthapuram. The immediate family saw great promise in...
View ArticleP L Deshpande
Birthdays & Anniversaries8.11.1919 - 12.6.2000Purushottam Laxman Deshpande was born on 8 November 1919 in Bombay to Laxman and Lakshmibai Deshpande of the Gaud Saraswat Brahmin community. Pu La did...
View ArticleR. Vedavalli
Birthdays & Anniversaries9.11.1935To read full story, visit sruti.com and buy Sruti 254
View ArticleChitresh Das
Birthdays & Anniversaries9.11.1944 - 4.1.2015Chitresh Das is a pioneer in introducing Kathak to the United States of America. His dream is to break through cultural barriers and ensure the...
View ArticleR. K. Venkatarama Sastry
10.11.1907Birthdays & AnniversariesThere is a school of thought that to be a great Carnatic musician, you need to be blessed with the serendipity of being born on the banks of the Kaveri in a pious...
View ArticleJournal on Laya in Carnatic Music
Indian Musicological Society, in association with the Music Forum, released a special journal Laya in Carnatic Music, on 21 October 2018 in Chennai. The first copy of the journal was presented by...
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