No one denies the hoary origins and status of these dance and music forms … Even “oppari” and “gaana” music are folk art indeed. The question here is not however about their origin or cultural credentials . The MMA is an institution that was conceived and incepted in the first place to promote, preserve andContinue reading “THE ENTRY OF TROJAN HORSES INTO THE MADRAS MUSIC ACADEMY (MMA)”
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T M Krishna and the Madras Music Academy Executive Committee Members would do well to read this 2011 article
“Carnatic music ideals”—by Spencer Venugopal published on Friday, December 23rd 2011, 3:30:00 am Classicism is not too vague for words, it is indeed too precise Music seasons come and go with their fanfare and festivity, triumphs and tears, debuts and swansongs, awards and tributes. But through the mighty ocean of sound bytes inside the concertContinue reading “T M Krishna and the Madras Music Academy Executive Committee Members would do well to read this 2011 article”
On The Madras Music Academy conferring “Sangitha Kalanidhi” 2024 Award on Sri T M Krishna : Why I grudge it .
A very good friend of mine in Chennai , who is a senior advocate of the Madras High Court, and who hails from a very noble family that I know is steeped in Carnatic Music, sent me a WhatsApp message of barely concealed indignation. He had heard that I was expressing on social media myContinue reading “On The Madras Music Academy conferring “Sangitha Kalanidhi” 2024 Award on Sri T M Krishna : Why I grudge it .”
Proceedings of THE “MANI & MK ANNUAL 2023 AWARDS Ceremony: DR. SMT. MANI KRISHNASWAMI FOUNDATION, CHENNAI – Part 2 of 2:
PROCEEDINGS OF THE AWARDS CEREMONY at the 2023 “Mani & MK Award for Lifetime Achievement” held on the evening of 12 July 2023 (Mani Krishnaswami commemorative day) at Sunaadalahari Auditorium, Chennai. WELCOME ADDRESS by M.K.Sudarshan Managing Trustee, Smt. Mani Krishnaswami Foundation, Chennai _____________________________________________________ The memory of Sangitha Kalanidhi Dr. Smt. Mani Krishnaswami is aliveContinue reading “Proceedings of THE “MANI & MK ANNUAL 2023 AWARDS Ceremony: DR. SMT. MANI KRISHNASWAMI FOUNDATION, CHENNAI – Part 2 of 2:”
THE “MANI & MK ANNUAL 2023 AWARDS : DR. SMT. MANI KRISHNASWAMI FOUNDATION, CHENNAI – Part 1 of 2
Smt. MANI KRISHNASWAMI FOUNDATION , Chennai The 2023 “Mani & MK Award for Lifetime Achievement” was conferred on Vidushi. Smt. SUNGANDHA KALAMEGAM at a ceremony organised on the evening of 12 July 2023 (Mani Krishnaswami commemorative day). The Award ceremony conducted in the mini-amphitheater-like semi-open-air auditorium of SUNAADALAHIRI was well-attended by vidwans, rasikas, all-time fansContinue reading “THE “MANI & MK ANNUAL 2023 AWARDS : DR. SMT. MANI KRISHNASWAMI FOUNDATION, CHENNAI – Part 1 of 2”
Subbudu, Semmangudi, Meccademy …. And my parents….
Here below is a Facebook posting dt 28 December 2022 that narrates a famous incident that took the world of Carnatic Music by storm back in 1977. It was the clash of the titans —- Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, the “bhishma pitaamahar” of Carnatic music who ruled the roost for well over two decades in theContinue reading “Subbudu, Semmangudi, Meccademy …. And my parents….”
An extraordinary “SHUBODAYAM” during “NAVARAATHRI” !
FRIDAY 30 September 2022 : 5.30 AM Place: SUNAADALAHIRIC.P. Ramaswamy Road , RA Puram Today is the blessed , auspicious first FRIDAY of NAVARAATHRI… the nine days and nights of the year that are dedicated to the worship of Amba, Thaayaar, Piraatti — the divine manifestations of Goddesses Mahalakshmi, Saraswati and Devi Parashakthi ! It’sContinue reading “An extraordinary “SHUBODAYAM” during “NAVARAATHRI” !”
The Madras Music Academy signs the Instrument of Surrender
“Vaazhga Lumpenproletariat! “ THE DREAM OF SRI T. M. KRISHNA COMES TRUE! What a historic victory! 👏👏👏👍🙏 First it was the Temples of TamilNadu. Now, it’s the Tamilian Cultural institutions… The fortress of the Music Academy as an institution of Classical Fine and Performing Arts has been breached by Gaana music! Sri TM Krishna’s dreamContinue reading “The Madras Music Academy signs the Instrument of Surrender”
Sri TM Krishna needs to do lot more than merely tweet about poorly remunerated private tutors of Carnatic music
I appreciate Sri TM Krishna coming out on Twitter like this, with all guns blazing, to champion the cause of private Carnatic music tutors who he has discovered (from his unnamed sources?) are all being remunerated unfairly. This to his mind is “sweatshop exploitation” . So outraged is Sri TMK that he has with, trueContinue reading “Sri TM Krishna needs to do lot more than merely tweet about poorly remunerated private tutors of Carnatic music”
NAVARATHRI: “NAVAAVARANA KRITHI” OF SRI MUTHUSWAMI DIKSHITAR rendered by Sangita Kalanidhi Smt. MANI KRISHNASWAMI
VANI – INRECO CARNATIC SONGS 👆🌹👌👍 The above Audio contains “Navavarana Krithis” in exaltation of Goddess in multitudinal Kritis sung by Smt. Mani Krishnaswami (1930-2002) (my mother) and composed by Sri Muthuswami Dikshitar. Smt. Mani Krishnaswami had a predilection for Music, possessed a natural gift for singing and a high-pitched musical voice. She is oneContinue reading “NAVARATHRI: “NAVAAVARANA KRITHI” OF SRI MUTHUSWAMI DIKSHITAR rendered by Sangita Kalanidhi Smt. MANI KRISHNASWAMI”