Launching carnatictimes.com -- your kapi time companion

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Rsachi
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Nivedita, It is a very good interview, with a talented musician. I have met her in the presence of her guru, and she is like a mother to her!

kvchellappa
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Nice as usual. I wish each interviewer would do the sort of homework you do in being able to elicit interesting info. I felt at home about the values of CM that was conventional until the modernists came along and disowned its origins and tried to set it apart from its genetic ambience.

nivedita
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Thank you very much! Appreciate your comments, especially since it hasn't been easy interviewing and writing with a 50-day-old baby! :)

In the next article, 'Grooming without gurukulavasam', I write about how the gurus of today are producing shishyas of high calibre even without a gurukulavasam set-up, with inputs from vocalists Anahita Ravindran (disciple of Shri Chitravina Ravikiran) and Krithika Natarajan (disciple of Shri Lalgudi Jayaraman and Smts Ranjani-Gayathri): http://carnatictimes.com/portfolio/groo ... kulavasam/

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'He is blessed with a precocious talent for music and revels in all the attention it gets him, yet has a firm head on his shoulders. Not one to rest on his laurels, he works hard and with passion, and is constantly trying to improve and innovate. With oodles of enthusiasm, a smiling countenance and the looks of a hero, this young man never fails to impress — on the stage and off it.'

Meet flautist J.A. Jayanth, grandson and disciple of the late flute maestro Shri T.S. Sankaran, in the latest interview on carnatictimes.com: https://carnatictimes.com/portfolio/lik ... -grandson/

rajeshnat
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Nice interview nivedita. Best wishes for the talented instrumentalist with no electronics.

rshankar
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nivedita wrote:especially since it hasn't been easy interviewing and writing with a 50-day-old baby! :)
Missed this earlier!
First-off: congratulations!
Next: Hope you and your husband are finally getting some sleep! ;)
Best Wishes for sustained enjoyment of 'piLLai-k kani amudu'!

thanjavooran
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Nivedita,
Blessings to the new arrival.
I have heard Sathanur Sankaran taking lessons from his father in my school days. An excellent interview.
With wishes,
Thanjavooran
24 06 2016

Nick H
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Welcome to the new family member. We look forward to the first interview: I'm sure mum's talent will be there :)

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Nivedita (proud parents),

It took me this long to zero in on this wonderful piece of news. Thanks to Ravi and Nick, I was alerted!

May that child of yours inspire you to be more creative besides demanding you to be an
all-absorbed mother! Love and blessings to the little one :)

nivedita
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Thank you, arasi-ji, Nick, thanjavooran, rshankar and rajeshnat! It's been a busy and exciting few months! :)

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"I have learnt that I should practise like there is no tomorrow at home but sing like I have all the time in the world on stage."

In 'Stardom beckons', the next interview on carnatictimes.com, vocalist Sriranjani Santhanagopalan talks about her music, family and career! Read the full interview at https://carnatictimes.com/portfolio/sta ... nagopalan/

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nivedita wrote:"I have learnt that I should practise like there is no tomorrow at home but sing like I have all the time in the world on stage."
The truth is exactly opposite that too considering reduced kutcheri time and with more and more performers in nearly the same count of concert venues. You have to sing in stage as though there is no tomorrow .Nice one nivedita - sriranjani is always confident both on and off the stage is my best conclusion.

rshankar
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Very nice, Nivedita!
IIRC, her cousin Gokul is a forumite - Tyagarajadasa....

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Nice as usual. Best wishes to the artist to realise her ambition and to Nivedita to bring out more such gems.

nivedita
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The next article, 'For the love of Carnatic music', is now up on Carnatic Times!

Read the incredible, inspiring story of fellow forumite, British rasika and music student Nick Haynes and Malaysian-Chinese vocalist Chong Chiu Sen, a disciple of the doyen Smt. D.K. Pattammal: https://carnatictimes.com/portfolio/for ... tic-music/

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Thank you nivedita. I don't feel that I did anything really remarkable, but I guess it's true that some remarkable things have happened to me, and music has been a part of that. A major part, over the past two or three decades.

Sitting in the audience is the easiest thing in the world to do! The really remarkable ones are those that learn the music. Hats off to my fellow interviewee, Chong. I hope I get to meet him in December and hear him sing. I can imagine what an experience it must have been working with Manoj Siva and RKSK: they are both amazing people. Amazing that he chanced upon DK Pattammal. I've been lucky enough to visit her house once, but I never saw her concerts. Meeting her was another magical experience.

NB: Smt Vedavalli's concert for September is now planned for early October.

kvchellappa
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Reads like a fable. Thanks.

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Nivedita,
Excellent ! I really enjoyed the write up besides the catching captions viz
For the love of Carnatic music, Challenges along the way , Foreigners no more etc.
Lot of informations I gathered.
Wishes to the Artistes
Thanjavooran
29 08 2016

rajeshnat
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Nivedita- Great writeup.
Nick - always a joy to hear more anecdotes about your plunge to CM.

Nick H
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Thank you Rajesh. :)

rshankar
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Awesome write-up, Nivedita. Nick, good to hear about your story.... :)

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Dear Nivedita
Wonderful write up.. Enjoyed reading this.
Dear Nick
It was great to hear from you how you fell in love with Carnatic music.

Ramasubramanian M.K
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Nivedita: Excellent work!!! Like the proverbial "Late Lateef", I noticed this topic only TODAY!! Shame on me!! The interviews are crisp and well structured--the recurring themes mentioned by the interviewees--intense practice,the Gurus' dedication to teaching despite their own busy schedules--all run thro the interviews. What I liked most was the absence of inane questions which most of the TV hosts/hostesses spout!! Letting the artistes being interviewed freely speak their minds without 'cliched prompting' by the interviewer,was another thing I liked!!

Cienu,Nick et al--you have proven yourselves to be good subjects to be interviewed.
Nivedita,wishing you the best and looking forward to more such interviews--a little bit of 'spice" humor being extracted from the artistes would make it juicier!!!

Anusha
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Thank you, Nivedita. Wonderful narration, as always!

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Thanks much for kind words, everyone! Very motivating! :)

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A new, elaborate interview is up to mark the beginning of the 'Season'!

In 'Pursuing excellence in pedagogy and performance', the erudite Dr Padma Sugavanam talks about her twin passions -- music pedagogy and performance, love for languages, research and family: https://carnatictimes.com/portfolio/pur ... rformance/

Happy Season, everyone!

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Wonderful interview nivedita and Dr Padma Sugavanam. Unfortunately I am assuming there are no more musicians who are nivedita's senior. She has to go in search of other schools in chennai . This phrase of Padma really touched me.
Padma is profound when she answers for Nivedita wrote: Music revolves around sound, and each language as its own unique sound, its own voice. So language and music, I believe, are finely intertwined as vehicles of expression. Knowledge of language allows for an appreciation of poetry and deeper expression – it adds to musicianship.

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Nivedita
Quick suggestion , this article will be read for years. If possible can you insert a photograph of Padma and her Guru Seetha mami.

kvchellappa
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An excellent narrative on an outstanding young musician.

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This is a wonderful interview with Dr Padma Sugavanam.
Congratulations to Nivedita :)

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rajeshnat wrote:Nivedita
Quick suggestion , this article will be read for years. If possible can you insert a photograph of Padma and her Guru Seetha mami.
rajeshnat, I always ask my interviewees for photos with their gurus but in Padma's case this wasn't possible, sadly, due to circumstances beyond my control. Thanks very much for your suggestions though, and happy to act on them as much as I can -- they are useful!

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The next article is now up on carnatictimes.com: https://carnatictimes.com/portfolio/far ... ore-crowd/

In 'Far from the Mylapore crowd', vocalists Vidya Kausik and Manasa Suresh talk about their exciting journey from Canada and USA respectively to Chennai, training with legends like Calcutta Shri K.S. Krishnamurthy, Smt. D.K. Pattammal and Shri P.S. Narayanaswamy, and how the Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival has shaped the Carnatic music scene in North America!

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Nivedita,
Excellent!
Release more such interesting news.
Wish a very happy New Year,
With blessings,
Thanjavooran
29 12 2016

nivedita
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Now up on the site: Rithvik Raja, disciple of the redoubtable T.M. Krishna, talks to Carnatic Times in an elaborate interview! Read about what made him choose music over cricket, how he became a disciple of TMK, his thoughts on social media critics and his various projects. Also features exclusive photographs from Rithvik's childhood!

https://carnatictimes.com/portfolio/cha ... wn-course/

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Nivedita,
Excellent! Thanks for sharing. Good luck to new generation rep.
With wishes,
Thanjavooran
30 01 2017

nivedita
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Remember that video of a little boy standing in an alley and singing a mesmerising Todi amid blaring horns from passing vehicles, that went viral in Carnatic music circles a few weeks ago? Almost 25 years after that video was shot, the boy -- brilliant as he is -- is not only a celebrated vocalist, but also has a high-flying corporate career.

Vidwan Saketharaman Santhanam, disciple of Shri Lalgudi Jayaraman, talks about his music and his corporate life in this interview with Carnatic Times: https://carnatictimes.com/portfolio/eff ... etharaman/

kvchellappa
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Good show.

arasi
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Nivedita,
You make me proud :)

thanjavooran
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Nivedita,
Blessings. Why no interview for such a long time?
Excellent with complete coverage.
With wishes,
Thanjavooran
14 08 2017

nivedita
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kvchellappa sir, thank you!

arasi-ji, you are too kind, thank you! :)

thanjavooran sir, thank you very much! Too much pressure at work, coupled with a (now 18-month-old) toddler makes it a little difficult to find time for much else.

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