Parassala PonnammAl

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rajeshnat
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A nice writeup published in the hindu
http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/02/22/stor ... 280400.htm

There is a mention about a course by name "sangeetha bhooshanam", when SSI was the principal of the swati academy at Trivandrum. Can someone throw light on "sangeetha bhooshanam" course, and also about Smt Parasala ponnammAl

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s_hari,
I am hoping to get a review from you soon!

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I heard her concert last season at Raga Sudha hall. She is 80 plus. She is easily the best of Semmangudi disciples. It is unfortunate that she didn't get any opportunity or the exposure to perform at the right time at places like Music Academy. What a weighty music. She has assimilated the Semmangudi bani correctly unlike many others. Another Semmangudi disciple from Kerala worthy of mentioning is Seethalakshmi. She sang in Academy morning slot last year. I hope Academy will arrange Ponnamal Concert this year on a Saturday or Sunday morning.

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If you are in chennai, don't miss May 24, Saturday... Smt PonnammAl is singing in Sri Krishna Gana Sabha in T.Nagar at 6.15pm. It is a thematic concert on Swathi thirunaal compositions!

-hari

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s_hari, is it 23rd or 24th. i was told its 23rd the friday...

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It was a treat to hear the introductions in hindi to the songs in this broadcast - I have not heard chaste hindi in quite a while! The only issue was the pronunciation of SemmanguDi as SemmAnguDi.

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Heard that Ponnamaal amma's schedule is as below in chennai

1st Aug - Hamsadhwani
2nd Aug - Acharya choodamani award in SKGS (Also a commercial recording of Ponnamaal amma will be released by a recording company on that day...)
3rd Aug - Raga sudha

chennai folks - get ready for another feast from grand old lady...

-hari

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Post by jhnlasik »

rajeshnat,
Sangeetha bhushanam is a 4 year diploma course offered by Annamalai University @ Chidambaram . Some recipients of the Sangeetha Bhushanam degree - Prof.Dr.S.Ramanathan, Satur A.G.Subramaniam Iyer, T.K.Rangachari, B.V.Raman & B.V.Lakshmanan etc. I am not familiar with "Sangeetha Bhushanam" awarded by Swati Academy in Trivandrum

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s_hari wrote:Heard that Ponnamaal amma's schedule is as below in chennai

1st Aug - Hamsadhwani
2nd Aug - Acharya choodamani award in SKGS (Also a commercial recording of Ponnamaal amma will be released by a recording company on that day...)
3rd Aug - Raga sudha

chennai folks - get ready for another feast from grand old lady...

-hari
i was also told she is singing for SSI centenary during the last week of July. could that also be confirmed?

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Post by kamavardhani »

Yes that's right. I got to know from a reliable source that a four day programme is being planned for SSI's centenary by the SSI Trust & the Music Academy. Concerts of Parassala Ponnamal, RK Srikantan, Sudha Ragunathan, TM Krishna & Ranjani-Gayatri besides presentations / group concerts by folks from the SSI shishya parampara. Also on the anvil is the release of two concert recordings of SSI by Carnatica and a coffee table book (whatever that means... seems to be a fashion of late!) published by East West.

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kamavardhani wrote:Also on the anvil is the release of two concert recordings of SSI by Carnatica ...
Great! Which ones? More details, perhaps from Shri. Ramanathan?? :)

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Post by ramanathan »

I have posted details about the event and the recordings in the "Music & Festivals" section. The thread is titled "Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer Centenary Celebrations"

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What an Arabhi, what an Arabhi!!!

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Here is a clipping from a feature on asianet few days ago - what a sight - Ponnamaal amma is teaching geethams..

http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=mIilkyCJw-k

-hari

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Shruti on Worldspace is pleased to present an interview with Smt. Parassala Ponnammal on her birthday this year. Face to Face airs on 29th Nov, 10 AM and repeats on 2nd Dec, at 9 PM. The program also features some exclusive renditions of Smt. Ponnammal. Also, Nadopasana will carry a special birthday feature at around 8 AM (repeating on 30th Nov at around 1 am).

- The Shruti Team
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sagars
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As per announcement in Sruthi World space today is the Birthday of Parassala Ponnammal. Wishhing a very happy birthday and mnay more years of service to CM.

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Bharat kalachar honored Smt Ponnamaal with Acharya kala bharati award yesterday..

http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thsc ... 3/&prd=th&

-hari
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Songtales good to know that Shruti is alive and kicking amidst rumours of financial difficulties at Worldspace!

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I am glad to share the happy news that My Teacher Parassala B.Ponnammal is selected for this year"s Swathi Puraskar.It was announced by Cultural Minister Baby today
Bhamah

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This is great news! May Smt Ponnamaal get more recognition, which is long due to her and her vidwath.

http://www.mathrubhumi.org/news.php?id=28832

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Congratulations! All of these honors, are both very well desrved and late! Should have happened years ago! :)

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Yes, Smt Ponnammal has been around for a long time, and several rasikas in Kerala had recognised her talent and vidwat. It's just in the last few years that she has been 'discovered' by the Chennai crowd, and now she has been transformed into the grand dame of CM.

Another musician from Kerala who is a great vidwan, yet not getting any recognition from the powers-that-be in Chennai is Shri NP Ramaswamy, a fine composer and top-class musician.
http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/pho ... Id=2181473

When will he be 'discovered', if ever?

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ragam-talam wrote: Another musician from Kerala who is a great vidwan, yet not getting any recognition from the powers-that-be in Chennai is Shri NP Ramaswamy, a fine composer and top-class musician.
http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/pho ... Id=2181473

When will he be 'discovered', if ever?
We have discussed about this personality previously on this board. He is the great-grandson of pAlghAT paramEShvara bhAgavatar. I think he resides in nUrani.

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bhamah wrote:I am glad to share the happy news that My Teacher Parassala B.Ponnammal is selected for this year"s Swathi Puraskar.It was announced by Cultural Minister Baby today
Bhamah
Just for information, the previous winners of Swathi Puraskar include

Semmangudi Sreenivasa Iyer
Ustad Bismilla Khan
D.K. Pattammal
K.V. Narayanswami
T.N. Krishnan
Pandit Bhimsen Joshi
Kalamandalam Sankaran Embranthiri
Mavelikara R. Prabhakara Varma
Umayalpuram Sivaraman
Neyyatinkara Vasudevan
RK Srikantan

May be I am missing one from the list because I recollect this was instituted in 1997

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makham wrote:May be I am missing one from the list because I recollect this was instituted in 1997
Ajoy Chakraborty or BMK

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Some details on Award ceremony and concert in thread

http://rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php? ... an-10.html

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I am glad to inform this August body that Parassala B.Ponnammal has been selected for Sangeetnatak Puraskar(Award) for 2010. Bhamah

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CONGRATULATIONS!!! Very well deserved...

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Congratulations to the veteran Vidushi :)

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Congratulations to Smt.Ponnamal!! Sometimes an award raises an awardee's stature, at others the awardee raises the award's stature. This is a case of the latter.

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Amazing todi alapana from last year's navarathri mandapam...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka7H8DngPNw

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To the folks to whom I promised a two decade old Parasala Concert . I am sorry that I am unable to locate it or maybe it was a case of wrong labelling . If i do get it I will post it here . Sorry.

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Absolutely soulful music.
Having multiple back ups across the world come in handy :)
Thanks to MT for this lovely stuff.

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?e6gijm9dmzbiqsm

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fduddy wrote:Absolutely soulful music.
Having multiple back ups across the world come in handy :)
Thanks to MT for this lovely stuff.

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?e6gijm9dmzbiqsm
Absolutely lovely! What ease of delivery! Thanks to fduddy and MT.

The file ends abruptly. Is there more?

-Then Paanan

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An article about Smt Ponnammal in today's "Indian Express"
http://expressbuzz.com/magazine/the-pin ... 37373.html

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A short clip of Parasala Ponnammal meeting with the Royal Family of Travancore - (post her Navarathri Mandapam concert this year). There is also a short conversation between Smt Ponnammal and Maharaja Marthanda Varma. One can also see our own Hariharan (rasikas member)at 1.09 when the camera clearly focuses on him. :) The video is courtesy Prince Rama Varma.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKNzGHoS ... re=related

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Wishing Prof. Parassala B Ponnammal on her birth day...turned 90 years..

Smt. Prof. Parassala B Ponnammal was born to shrI Mahadeva Iyer and Smt. Bhagavati Ammal, she studied music and Sanskrit from a very young age under the guidance of shrI Ramaswamy Bhagavatar.

Her very first recognition came in the form of a talent contest judged by shrI Harikesanellur Muttaiah Bhagavatar, which the thirteen year old Ponnammal won.

She studied music under shrI Muttaiah Bhagavatar, sangItakalAnidhi shrI Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, shrI K R Kumaraswamy Iyer (former principal of Swati Tirunal College of Music and the chief disciple of Mecheri Sundara Shastrigal), sangItakalAnidhi shrI K S Narayanaswamy Iyer and other stalwarts.

From 1970, Smt. Ponnammal served as the Principal of RLV College of Music at Thripunithura for a decade.

Smt. Ponnammal has the rare honor of being the first woman to sing at the Navaratri Mandapam at Thiruvanathapuram during the Navaratri Music festival...
Listen to her concert at:
concert 030- prasalla Ponnamal..

http://myblogkumara.blogspot.in/2013/11 ... isten.html

Smt.Parassala B.Ponnammal-Vocal
Ms.K.Bhama-Vocal Support
Smt.Padma Shankar-Violin
Nanjil Sri A.R.Arul-Mrudangam
Udupi Sri Balakrishnan-Ghatam

01-dEvadEva_kalayAmi-mAyAmALavagauLa
02-dEva_dEva_mAM_palaya-tODi-swAtitirunAL
03-pArvatinAyaka-bauLi-swAtitirunAL
04-kaLakaNThii_-nIlAmbari
05-pAhi_nihila_janani-nATa-iraiyamman_thampi
06-mangala_dEvadaE_pAhimAm-kalyANi-iraiyamman_thampi
07-varadE_saSidhara-tODi-iraiyamman_thampi
08_sada_unadu_tiruvadi_manOhari_prasalla Ponnamal-V.V.Sadagopan

The songs at Sl.no. 05 to 08 were added by me to the concert at 01 to 04..

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Happy Birthday golden girl. I see few names of sishyas who are like her great grand children and she is still giving performances.She is our national treasure.

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Golden girl, dressed in gold mostly, and that face radiating a glint of a smile...
May God bless her!

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It is sad and intriguing that there is no mention anywhere as to why she is not considered for SK award ..

Is it because that she is also does not belong to TN..

She joins JS Jesudas....

People like her great sons like Abisheik are being suggested by some for the award....Shame..

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I just googled and found in the wiki on Parassala Ponnnammal that
from parassala ponnammal wiki wrote: Ponnammal was also fortunate to learn carnatic music from several carnatic music legends. The famous carnatic music composers and singers Shri. Papanasam Sivan, Shri. Harikesanallur Muthiah Bhagavatar and Shri. Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer were some her teachers.[2]
I also googled to find that she has sung tanigai valar(sivan) , todi swarajathi and the gajavadana (kumara ettendra ) and there are recordings. I did not know that she has also learnt from HMB and Sivan , I only knew SSI connection as a guru till yesterday. That is lovely.

By any chance am I right if I say that ponnammal may have not sung this GNB Popularized krithi tamadam en swami in Todi. My gut says this kind of ultraswift brigas - just may be the golden girl would have opted out . Is there a recording ever of ponnammal singing tamadam en swami.

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No doubt Parassala PonnammAl (PP) is a Carnatic music doyenne and also it is amazing that she is singing so well even at 90 plus years. She does not need any awards - what she has got at the age of 94 in terms of musical ability itself is a great blessing.
Wonder how she remembers the lyrics at this ripe old age and don't think she refers to any books etc.,

Coming to SK award - the criterion is complicated - artiste needs to be popular as well and should have given continuous concerts for a many number of years - even more chance to get if artiste sings every year in the academy (any slot). Don't think she will meet these criteria - she doesnot need to anyways - her stature is much much bigger. Also PP was discovered(?) by Sri Rama Varma only in the last decade or two. Before that she was more a teacher than a concert artiste. Sangeetha Kala Acharya could be given but that is also too tough

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HarishankarK wrote: 26 Apr 2018, 06:31 Sangeetha Kala Acharya could be given but that is also too tough
If I am not wrong she was awarded the Sangeetha Kala Acharya Award some 10 years ago or so..


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ram1999 wrote: 26 Apr 2018, 14:39
HarishankarK wrote: 26 Apr 2018, 06:31 Sangeetha Kala Acharya could be given but that is also too tough
If I am not wrong she was awarded the Sangeetha Kala Acharya Award some 10 years ago or so..
Not that I know of

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But she highly deserves it

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