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”

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….”