umayALpuram k. sivarAman

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erode14
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some photos of UKS Sir from the DVD "mridanga cintAmanih"

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I also reuest the moderator to change the name as "umayALpuram k. sivarAman"

( Mod note: Done )

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Post by cienu »

Great photos Erode.

Thanks

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Post by lswaminathan »

Today (12-17-2008) is Sri UKS's birthday.
He turns a glorious 73 . . .
HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!

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Post by rshankar »

Best Wishes for many more years of Sublime performances!

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I bought the first 5 volumes of the seven "mridanga cintAmanih" DVDs a few days back, Shankara Hall didnt have the rest two.

Set me back by a few thousands, but as I anticipated, the contents were more valuable than the price I paid for it. I would call it "power packed".

Our "Erode14" features prominently along with the master :-)

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Post by prashant »

UKS Sir looks dashing as always!! Happy Birthday to the great master!!!

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Post by Nick H »

Oh! Is it?

All best birthday wishes indeed :)

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Post by semmu86 »

ah let me share an anectode when i went to get his blessings yesterday.. After i did namaskAram, he said to me "good that you have remembered dec17th and have come to wish me"....

after he said that , i confessed to him that i had a doubt whether it was on 12th or 17th... then i told him that i found out later that 12th was rajinikAnth's birthday..

then he said that "adhunAla enna pA??? EdhO oru superstar birthday you thought of...thats enough " :D :D

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Post by sudhakarks »

We tried our best to meet the demands for this product, we have managed to ramp up to the demands and now all products are available in stock at Shankara Hall. You could also order from our office (044-24984050) or online at http://www.kalakendra.com/shopping/adva ... .Sivaraman and we will deliver to your home.

As far as the value of the content, the full credit goes to "Super Star" and his team. Incidentally for the team at Swathi he is known as Super Star.
srkris wrote:I bought the first 5 volumes of the seven "mridanga cintAmanih" DVDs a few days back, Shankara Hall didnt have the rest two.

Set me back by a few thousands, but as I anticipated, the contents were more valuable than the price I paid for it. I would call it "power packed".

Our "Erode14" features prominently along with the master :-)

erode14
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Hi everybody,

The preview of the Mridanga Cintamanih - DVDs is available in UKS Sir's blog now.... :)

http://umayalpuramsivaraman.blogspot.co ... danga.html

Is there a problem in watching youtube.com with Bsnl Broadband?
I am unable to see the latest youtube videos... :(

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Kerala University (on Tuesday) has decided to confer honorary doctorate on Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman Sir. :)

my praNAms to shrI sir....

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Hi... ENjoy this video... UKS sir on the mrudangam and Suresh Talwalkar on the tabla...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DDG1KpgjA4

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Post by krishnaprasad »

WHEN Umayalpuram Sir plays on the Mridangam , he brings out a rare qulity of melodic beauty into the layam.His tonal quality and mellowness in presentation are admirable especially in the context of percussion music.

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Post by rsn.mridangam »

U.K.S sir stands for Universal King Sivaraman sir :)
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erode14 wrote:Hi... ENjoy this video... UKS sir on the mrudangam and Suresh Talwalkar on the tabla...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DDG1KpgjA4
I remember viewing this on Doordarshan in 1992 or 1993, when I was a kid :) Pt. Suresh Talwalkar (with due respect to him) is no match for Sivaraman sir. The same thing happened in a jugalbandi between Sankaran sir and Ustad Zakir Hussain. Zakir Hussain could not play the exact (or to reproduce the same mathematics or the impression) played by Sankaran sir during Koraippu session. And you all know how expert Sankaran sir is in Koraippus :)

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this is new in youtube, i think.. enjoy....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S1lM8CCIWg

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I wanted to discuss about the fruitlessness of comparing mridangam and tabla vidwans, but thought a separate thread would be warranted. So here it is http://rasikas.org/forums/post135883.html#p135883

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Post by ambika.sundaram »

Who after Palghat Mani Iyer ???? Atleast 70% of genuine music would lovers would have the answer " Itz Umayalpuram" ...... What a speed ...... What a perfection ....... No words to say .....

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Post by kam »

I think its undoubtedly Padmashri Palghat Raghu.I heard many concerts supporting his great guru also.He is perfect accompanist after his guru.

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oh my god.. no not again..wish this dosent blow into a " who is the better mrudangam artiste " kind of thread ..
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Post by tharunthilak »

kam - I don't think itz Palghat Raghu. Itz obviously Umayalpuram.

semmu86 - Whatz wrong in a healthy comparison ? Music lovers would naturally compare among desicples as to find who is the real successor of the great guru. The person with maximum traits as that of the guru would naturally emerge.

Palghat Raghu, Umayalpuram Sivaraman, Mavelikara Velukutty Nair, Kamalakar Rao, Mani Iyer's son T R Rajamani, G Harishankar (Kanchira) - All these are senior desciples of Mani Iyer.
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ok
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Dear admirers of UKS Sir,

enjoy this recording of sir.. :) (from a post in Kutcheri Reviews & Recordings thread)...

http://rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php? ... 96365.html

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Post by sraja »

The maestro's birthday today. May God bless bless him with health and energy to continue to enthrall all of us forever.

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Nobel laureate Venkatraman talks about his listening to concerts and about UKS Sir in NDTV...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WG_KmHO ... r_embedded

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I was fortunate to spend 1 full day ( it was Holi day- march). UKS was stating in M A Baby's house near parliament House in delhi. UKS played for a Concert cum Lecture demonstration for TRS sometime in 1990-1991. The concert was at 6pm . I reached M A Baby's house around 11am ( escaping all the Holi colors!!!) since UKS had told me previous day that he will spend a few hours with me teaching me a few Mridangam lessons. While he spent a few hours teaching me which I cherish the most, the other thing I liked was the raft attention he paid to manage his Mridangam which he was to play later in the evening. He really looked after it like a child. The way he put ravai on the left, the way he put chapu testing the sound. When I took him to the venue around 5.45pm, he asked me to sit along with him in the stage and watch him play the toppi. I was memerised.
The next day he played for a concert for TNK and he again asked me to sit in the stage with him, this time asked me to put talam and he said he will test me when I put talam. All he said is ' concentrate'. I did manage OK by gods grace and he complimented me after the concert . Those 2 days were something I will never forget in my life. He would definitely not remember these small incidents 20 years back but for me it is still evergreen , as if it happened yesterday. In simple words, he just floored me.

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Post by raghavt »

As you all know, UKS sir has been awarded Padma Vibhushan. Well deserving award to an outstanding performer, a complete professional to the core and an inimitable maestro. Would like to request everyone who have not heared this to listen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaniMI9QF6s

I pray to GOD almighty to give him all the strength to be in the same spirits forever.

~ Raghav.
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erode14 wrote:Nobel laureate Venkatraman talks about his listening to concerts and about UKS Sir in NDTV...

Erode - Whilst the Nobel Laureate is possibly very good in what he does for a living - I dont think he is anywhere close to being capable on commenting on the maestro. The point I am making is that, we dont need his generalised ratification of the maestro. Incidentally, the Nobel laurate is more american ( than the real American )!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WG_KmHO ... r_embedded

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Hi...

I en-joyed UKS sir's classical accompaniment today in Sikkil Gurucharan's concert at Hamsadhvani today...

UKS Sir is Synonym for many Antonyms like Unparalleled... Unpredictable... (No stone kept) Unturned...

Un is first and last letters of his name and he transforms the Unsaid and Unsung into music conveying an Unspoken language of high classicism...

:) 8) :D

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Latest you tube videos of UKS Sir

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Speech by Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman D.Litt degree Kerala University:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPDPFvUuSGE

Navarathri Krithis:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhHHFgQ4ThM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkVntoS_nFk

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Post by thanjavooran »

Thanx for the links. Quite interesting

Thanjavooran

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UKS Sir - Wall painting at Radhakrishnan Salai!

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very lively

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Post by rshankar »

Lovely - who are these (garfitti) artists?

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rshankar wrote:Lovely - who are these (garfitti) artists?
It is called "Mural"

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Post by cpblog »

Dear friends, rasikas and admirers of Vidwan UKS....we just wanted to let you know that there are tons of photographs of the maestro performing in many concerts for over decades in "Parvathi", Mysore as you scrolll through. Posted a new one (but a vintage one again!) of Sri UKS with Dr. Ramani. This is on a tribute page to Dr. Ramani and features the latter's music with Vidwans Chandrasekharan, Ramabhadran and K.S. Manjunath. http://chowdaiahandparvati.blogspot.com/

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Post by rajeeram »

Not sure whether links to these videos have already been posted here.
Sri.Sivaraman is so eloquent even though the interviewer does not let him complete his thoughts a few times. Sri.Sivaraman talks movingly about his parents.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjasYKWNHLs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA1VJnT5AxM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZNM3yvCLjw

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Respected Members, Please welcome to another 1972 performance of Vidwan UK Sivaraman at "Parvathi", Mysore along with Vidwans
K. V. Narayanaswamy -----Vocal
T.N Krishnan ------- Violin
K.S.Manjunath -----Ghatam
Performed on 26-3-1972

http://chowdaiahandparvati.blogspot.com/

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UKS is the most well known mridangist in the world i think.
The reason for that is his ability to please all types of audiences.
He has visited the Bhavan centre in the UK and alot of the students said he is one of the most
pleasant artistes to visit.
He also thinks outside the box. He introduced the fibreglass mridangam and the bag.
I have heard some not so nice things also, like his preference for the caste system (i.e he does not like
non-brahmins become too successful at mridangam). This may not be true, but a person who has alot of internal knowledge of the carnatic circles told me this.
Then again i have heard all sorts of stories, like Palghat Mani Iyer getting jealous of UKS rise to stardom.
And apparently started promoting some other mridangists. Then there is the story that Pazhani Subramaniya Pillai and CS murghaboopathy were not given as much credit as PMI because they were not Brahmins.
This type of politics i am told affects the entire carnatic scene. This is also why Karaikudi Mani does not like to perform with alot of others. But then again i am told that in Hindustani music it is even worse with some artistes insulting their rivals on stage infront of the public (remember Ustan Vilayat Khan vs Ravi Shankar).
Regardless of any politics UKS is certainly one of the all time greatest percussionists on earth.

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Post by thanjavooran »

ugk wrote: in Hindustani music it is even worse with some artistes insulting their rivals on stage infront of the public (remember Ustan Vilayat Khan vs Ravi Shankar).
Regardless of any politics UKS is certainly one of the all time greatest percussionists on earth.
shri ugk,
IMHO only this point is a known fact.

Thanjavooran

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coolkarni wrote:For all my Feelings of having missed out listening to the great masters in the Golden Era 50-70 years ago, I have always comforted myself that I had one great experience , as compensation-
The experience of attending a Concert where UKS plays the Mrudangam.
The very sight of this master -as we rush to take our seats - in a majestic posture , half turned sideways and assessing the audience with a sway of his head, His deep set eyes and a twist of his mouth which borders on a smirk,the deep bass voice and impeccable language... they all add up to make blood rush through my veins .
As Rajesh says I hardly ever understand the intricacies of what he is playing , but I have always felt his style is just like a Cushion beneath the track of the main performer - always supporting it from below- as though the rendering needed to be held up for all of us to see

I have tried hard, these last few days to locate something that measures upto to my unabashed admiration for this genius.

Many years ago , one day while I was having Lunch (Prasadam) at Nanganallur Anjaneyar temple, I noticed a few video tapes tumbling out of the overstacked cupboards.
One look at the labels and I felt sorry for the genies that were bottled up in those covers- I dont know for how many years.

As I Started to discuss this with a friend who was a volunteer there , I thought of offering to convert those videotapes -to vcds-for the temple.
One thing led to another and in no time I was handling an expensive project.I had to quickly find a few known people to share the burden ( I was just into business then ,and was at a stage where I started realising the truth about the statement -WHO SAYS MONEY IS LIKE DOUGH . DOUGH STICKS TO THE HAND )

However at the end of the project -those thankless friends ended taking up a copy but never bothered to pay up their share.

It was one such day That I felt like complaining to the Lord -after I had finally handed over the complete set to the temple authorities.
The Lord with all his knowledge about the fact that I was penniless , had decided to put this extra burden me .

Strangely that day , we were delayed for some silly reason and as I picked up my Sundal in the queue I had one last look at the Diety to see if he was still making fun of me, but felt otherwise.

Just then the Secretary of the temple committee entered and the chap who was giving me the prasadam callled out loudly
"Sir, this is the person who converted all those videos for us."

I came out of the queue and We got busy talking for a few minutes , and he enquired about music collections etc
Finally he sprang a surprise -
"I hope you have collected your expense towards this."

And realising that none of us had ever discussed this , he admonished me for not bringing up this issue before and thanked me for saving their treasures from getting spoiled.And he immediately wrote out a cheque for the full amount.

Here is a clip from one of those tapes.We had to struggle a lot to clean them up etc and one can notice those damaged portions , but to my mind it is a brilliantly shot Video - One that brings out the artistry of this Titan in all its elegance.
Hope you will enjoy it as much as I did.
http://www.rogepost.com/dn/6xjj
http://www.rogepost.com/dn/h0wg
http://www.rogepost.com/dn/k3nf

PS Kindly do not post these links in other forums and that too with notes like Courtesy Coolkarni- They are a source of endless trouble to me .Something which has made me cut down on video uploads.
But for the sake of this thread i am willing to make an exception.
happy viewing
Dear Sir, None of the above links are available to download, as we get only Error Messages. Pl. help, as I am a deep fan of UKS! KRVRamani

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Post by mankuthimma »

will search them and post again .

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Post by mankuthimma »

http://www.mediafire.com/?adt8528ibxv97

kvramani - ur video links

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Post by ragam-talam »

Lovely thani by the maestro: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_8Bi-6lq70
(from a SSI concert)


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