Kamala Thiagarajan

[svkashyap]

Dear Rasikas,

Smt. Kamala Thiagarajan was the great grand daughter of Nemam Natesa Bhagavathar, a disciple of Tyagaraja. She had her first lessons in music from her mother, Lakshmi who was a disciple of Wallajapet Venkataramana Bhagavathar and in veena from Veerayya followed then from Devakottai Narayana Iyengar. She had the guidance of masters of music of her time, including Maharajapuram Viswanatha iyer, Kunnakkudi Venkatarama iyer, GNB, and MSS and also A. T. Kanan for over a couple of years in Hindustani music. She was a casual artist on veena and broadcast programmes from 1934 from the corporation of madras and then the All India radio for over 6 decades when in 1996 she quit as an A grade artist.


Tune into Sunaada Radio for part 1 of Veena recital of Late Smt. Kamala Thiagarajan at the following times on 16th June
IST - 1030, 1930
GMT - 1400
US Central - 0900, 1800

Sunaada Radio thanks Sri Rathakrishna Thiagarajan, husband of Late Smt. Kamala Thiagarajan for generously sharing her concert recordings and permitting to broadcast the same.

[Sreeni Rajarao]

Satwik,
Thanks for introducing the vidushi and her music. As I am writing this, I am listening to a fabulous kalyANi on Sunaada Radio!

Sreeni Rajarao

[eesha]

There are 2 concerts of Smt Kamala Thiagarajan at sangeethapriya.org

http://www.sangeethapriya.org/down.shtml