Ravikiran is SK 2017

rupavathi · Post by **rupavathi** » 16 Jul 2017, 13:27

Academy announced officially today.

Sachi_R · Post by **Sachi_R** » 16 Jul 2017, 13:34

Great News. WELL-DESERVED. GOD BLESS.
Heard it also on the high-power Whatsapp network of "those in the know."

I am unable to restrain myself so here goes the flippant bit:

Please tell our long-term musical icon not to make the mistake of playing/singing Oothukadu songs in a Wembley concert. The Pakis will be offended.

mahavishnu · Post by **mahavishnu** » 16 Jul 2017, 14:03

Well done, Academy!

malavi · Post by **malavi** » 16 Jul 2017, 14:26

Well deserved artist.long pending and very happy to receive th e news

gardabha_gana · Post by **gardabha_gana** » 16 Jul 2017, 14:26

Well done academy! Thrilled to see this!

nadhasudha · Post by **nadhasudha** » 16 Jul 2017, 15:07

Congratulations! Great musician, master composer and an awesome teacher!! His lecdems that I have listened to on you tube are excellent!

pattamaa · Post by **pattamaa** » 16 Jul 2017, 15:18

Atlast good sense privailed..Instead of BJ, NM, or AS, right person got selected in right time.... Congratulations *kiran family, narasimhan mama ...

thanjavooran · Post by **thanjavooran** » 16 Jul 2017, 15:56

Ravikiran,
Congratulations!
With blessings,
Thanjavooran
16 07 2017

kvchellappa · Post by **kvchellappa** » 16 Jul 2017, 16:07

That was on the cards, I thought. Congratulations.

CRama · Post by **CRama** » 16 Jul 2017, 16:24

Well deserved honour. Congratulations Ravikiran Sir.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 16 Jul 2017, 16:33

Congratulations and blessings Ravikiran. A well deserved and fitting award. My best wishes to you.

Sivaramakrishnan · Post by **Sivaramakrishnan** » 16 Jul 2017, 16:36

Congratulations Ravikiran!
Feeling great to have been following his music for several years now and equally proud to have acquired his invaluable friendship.

Pasupathy · Post by **Pasupathy** » 16 Jul 2017, 16:39

Congratulations and Best Wishes, Ravikiran.

Ponbhairavi · Post by **Ponbhairavi** » 16 Jul 2017, 16:46

Highly appropriate and timely. O V K's special blessings . His Jayame jayam.

Pratyaksham Bala · Post by **Pratyaksham Bala** » 16 Jul 2017, 16:55

Congratulations !

GNB_LGJ_PR · Post by **GNB_LGJ_PR** » 16 Jul 2017, 17:35

Finally MA has proved that it can recognize artists of the greatest caliber !!!

Ravikiran Sir - Hearty Congratulations!!!

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 16 Jul 2017, 17:53

Great decision. Congrats to Sri Ravikiran!

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 16 Jul 2017, 18:08

Unanimous, as usual, means after long discussion. The spin doctors are stupid: they think we can't see the spin.

That aside (and actually, there is more credit in "Long discussion," but hey, spin docs are stupid)...

Well done Academy! Well done Ravikiran! Actually, Well Deserved, Ravikiran.

Maybe somebody on the MA committee said, "I suppose we ought to listen to those rasikas.org people, just once." Or... maybe not

Anyway... Happy Day!

vijay.siddharth · Post by **vijay.siddharth** » 16 Jul 2017, 18:46

This should be an equally happy occasion for these forums, for Ravikiran is the first FORUMITE to get the Sangeetha Kalanidhi!!

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 16 Jul 2017, 19:07

Accolades, Academy!

For music, a ray of the sun!

Ravi Kiran, we are thrilled!
May your music flourish more!

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 16 Jul 2017, 19:47

Congratulations Ravikiran! Awesome news indeed!!

shankarabharanam · Post by **shankarabharanam** » 16 Jul 2017, 19:50

Great news on a Sunday morning.. Richly deserved.. Congratulations to the genius musician

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 16 Jul 2017, 20:05

Congratulations to the maestro!

kssr · Post by **kssr** » 16 Jul 2017, 20:46

Ravi Kiran- absolutely well deserved.
Who are the other awardees and in what category?

Pratyaksham Bala · Post by **Pratyaksham Bala** » 16 Jul 2017, 21:30

kssr wrote: ↑16 Jul 2017, 20:46 ... Who are the other awardees and in what category?

"The Academy’s Sangita Kala Acharya awards will be given to mridangist V. Kamalakar Rao and vocalist Radha Namboodhiri.

Ghatam exponent Sukanya Ramgopal and Othuvar Muthu Kandasamy Desikar will get the TTK awards. Musicologist award will go to T.S. Sathyavathi and the Papa Venkatramiah award for violin will be given to Thirvallur Parthasarathy.

Noted dancer Lakshmi Viswanathan will be conferred the Nritya Kalanidhi award for dance on the day of inauguration of dance festival on January 3."

http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/m ... 288982.ece

narayara000 · Post by **narayara000** » 16 Jul 2017, 22:02

Congrats to Ravikiran and V. Kamalakar Rao

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 16 Jul 2017, 22:19

Yes, kudos to Kamalakara Rao! The gentleman player with his gentle strokes...

Very happy for all the rest of them, and congratulations! The kid from Mysore gets the SK, and the worthy Karnataka women recipients, the other awards--Sukanya and Satyavathi. And from Chennai, Lakshmi Viswanathan...

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 17 Jul 2017, 01:11

Congratulations to N Ravikiran . Way back when we met in his house for our annual meet , we all wished and here he has got the award.

ganesh_mourthy · Post by **ganesh_mourthy** » 17 Jul 2017, 09:22

congratulations Ravikiran

Sivaramakrishnan · Post by **Sivaramakrishnan** » 17 Jul 2017, 09:45

rajeshnat wrote: ↑17 Jul 2017, 01:11 Congratulations to N Ravikiran . Way back when we met in his house for our annual meet , we all wished and here he has got the award.

Yes, that's a nice recollection!
That was one of the well attended rasikas Meets. Ravikiran and family played a wonderful host too.

Sivaramakrishnan · Post by **Sivaramakrishnan** » 17 Jul 2017, 10:14

And Nick is not likely to forget the Meet for what happened to him after the lunch!!

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 17 Jul 2017, 10:29

Congratulations to another KV Alumnus

!!

Suryaprakash · Post by **Suryaprakash** » 17 Jul 2017, 11:16

Hearty Congratulations to the prodigious genius of our times, Vidwan Shri. Ravikiran, on the Sangeetha Kalanidhi, an award so very richly deserved!

Sachi_R · Post by **Sachi_R** » 17 Jul 2017, 11:51

I saw the webcast of that meet. Yes, indeed a very gracious host.

varsha · Post by **varsha** » 17 Jul 2017, 13:26

Richly deserved. A big hooray for conservatism laced with a modern outlook

S.NAGESWARAN · Post by **S.NAGESWARAN** » 17 Jul 2017, 20:11

Congratulation Sri Ravikiran Sir.

S.NAGESWARAN.
16.07.2017.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 17 Jul 2017, 20:58

Nageswaran,
Good to see your post

Yes folks, we all were treated with music, discussions and a lunch with such friendliness by the whole family.

Well said, Melam...This award is for music, and Ravikiran richly deserves it. Then, Federer is no tennis player, Arjuna wasn't an ace archer?

Actually, it's one of best years in MA's choice of SKs, I'd think.

sulluga solliR payanuDaiya...let's speak of worthy things--a la vaLLuvar

svenkat · Post by **svenkat** » 17 Jul 2017, 21:45

After many years, the Academy redeems itself with an honorable and totally meritorious candidate for the Kalanidhi. Hope returns, albeit briefly!

Saw this eloquent and dignified tribute to Ravikiran on Facebook from his sister, Kiranavali:

"I woke up to the news of my brother & guru Chitravina Ravikiran's Sangita Kalanidhi award announcement. He has been a true Kala-nidhi (treasure house of the arts) for a while now, and with his amazing attitude towards learning, always will continue to add to his wealth of knowledge and insights. When it comes to people like him, every award serves the purpose of reminding the world that great students/practitioners will silently keep working to quench their own thirst, and in the process, enrich the world manifold. His impressive roster of achievements will continue to grow, leaving behind a huge legacy of musical thought in its wake, and dwarfing other materialistic gains significantly.

"A lot of what Ravikiran is, is my father and guru Chitravina Narasimhan's doing. Without his constant guidance - right from setting discipline goals, righting perspectives on music/life, and showing the difference between true and perceived achievement - many pitfalls would have entrapped even a tremendously gifted and hard working artist like Ravikiran. Also remembering my mother's immeasurable contribution at this point - Ravi has certainly imbibed her perfectionism, love of the languages, strong logic/reasoning power, just to mention a few.

"Nevertheless, this award truly belongs to Ravikiran and him alone (not the family, even though many of you are very sweet to include/congratulate us in this recognition). It is his right attitude towards the art at all times, his tireless search for greater knowledge, truths and insights, and his hard work over the last 4+ decades..."

kvchellappa · Post by **kvchellappa** » 17 Jul 2017, 21:57

If MA has to listen to everyone and not just those in the committee (of course questions are raised if there is discussion in the committee), there would be no decision at all. And, if they have to include the criteria expected by different people, then the SK award must be discontinued. How many of the SKs are undeserved? One may quarrel about the timeliness, but by and large the SKs do deserve the award. It is a different matter that many deserving ones were conspicuous by omission. Not only RK's, but that of many that went before also were honourable.

narayara000 · Post by **narayara000** » 17 Jul 2017, 21:58

Hope OS Thiagarajan, VV Subramaniam, Guruvayoor Dorai, Vikku Vinayakaram, and Kadri Gopalnath are awarded soon

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 18 Jul 2017, 01:11

Kiranavali is proud of her family.
We are proud of her, and her family!

Kiranavali, Shashi, Ganesh and all in the family...congratulations!
And Sri. Narasimhan...respectful pranAms...

If music lives on this way, generation after generation (have heard Narayana Iyengar when I was a child, and now, Kiranavali's daughter too!).

vAzaiyaDi vAzai...the way the arts continue, generation after generation--and with this family,how!

I have not met their mother but the last time I saw her was when she was happily taking pictures of her daughter in concert in the Bhavan mini hall. She must have been a mighty special mother, bringing up children of such immense talent...

Sundara Rajan · Post by **Sundara Rajan** » 18 Jul 2017, 07:21

Hearty congratulations and best wishes to Ravi KiraN.

pattamaa · Post by **pattamaa** » 18 Jul 2017, 07:21

Mechakalyani wrote: ↑17 Jul 2017, 18:27 Bit disappointed people like VV Subramaniam, Vikku Vinayakram and OST didn't get the SK award. RK is a gifted musician but his moral ethics do not warrant him a worthy recipient for this award.

Wish granted for subsequent years...thathastu

Sivaramakrishnan · Post by **Sivaramakrishnan** » 18 Jul 2017, 11:54

Almost everyone is happy about Ravikiran being nominated for Sangita Kalanidhi - undoubtedly the Oscar of South Indian classical music.

Let's wait for the December (season) to listen to RK's observations on the morning leccdems at MA and his 'SK special concert'.

So why don't we treat this thread as closed?!

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 18 Jul 2017, 13:48

It has to go on until it morphs into the thread about next year!

SrinathK · Post by **SrinathK** » 19 Jul 2017, 09:30

Congratulations to Sri. Ravikiran! A prodigy, outstanding and versatile genius across multiple genres, an amazing teacher and composer. His achievements and contributions are far too many to list exhaustively. It's long overdue, and for quite a few years we've been waiting and wishing for it, but here it is finally!

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 19 Jul 2017, 09:55

I have cleaned up a few posts to keep the civility level reasonably high. Let us keep this thread for its main purpose. (Sorry a few other posts that referred to the ones I quarantined had to go as well )

msakella · Post by **msakella** » 19 Jul 2017, 12:46

Hearty congratulations to Chi. Ravikiran and Sri.V.Kamalakar rao. amsharma