shankarabharanam wrote: ↑15 Jul 2018, 23:14
I don’t agree to his views sir. In fact it has been more than seven years since I attended his live concert.
When did you last hear Smt. Aruna Sairam??
shankarabharanam wrote: ↑15 Jul 2018, 23:14
But adding your name to the likes of masters requires some responsibility from the committee. So this means anything can be bought.
You cannot disparage countless fans that listen to her and fill the halls in one go. There is no way to claim that their experience of music is false. Their ignorance or level of knowledge is irrelevant.
if a musical system demands that listeners know something - that is a sham!!
The committee , figuratively speaking - assuming they represent a body of knowledge and attitude of many past "tradionalists" who sought to define it, have themselves gone egregiously wrong before this. And that goes back very many decades. And I consider the omission of this or that musician in the past as inconsequential and at the bottom of the list or excluded in my complaint.
My point is about the substance of what is the nature of our tradition and the debates that have been had. So this choice, even if not acceptable to you, does not affect the state of things. It may help the musical scene somewhat.
There are bigger issues. Selecting a musician for presiding over the yearly celebration, is a requirement for carrying on the conversation that's it.
Aruna Sairam is not getting some extra angeekaram that she already does not have.