M.L.Vasanthakumari

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vinayo
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Post by vinayo »

MLV's disciples include A. Kanyakumari, Trichur Ramachandran, Vanaja Narayanan, T.M Prabhavathi, Meena Subramaniam, Jayanthi Sridharan, Jayanthi Mohan, Rose Muralikrishnan, Yogam Santhanam and Bama Visveswaran. She also taught music to children at the Rishi Valley School.

Jayashri
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Post by Jayashri »

thanks vinayo

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Post by kmrasika »

Add Subha Ganesan to the shishya list. Two articles penned for kr.shNa gAna sabhA by MLV on purandaradAsa for their music conference: http://www.krishnaganasabha.org/article ... kumari.pdf and http://www.krishnaganasabha.org/article ... kumari.pdf

Also, MLV The Spring-Time Songbird Who Touched our lives by lakshmi viShvanAthan(sister of Smt. cArumati rAmacandran): http://www.krishnaganasabha.org/article ... nathan.pdf

Thanks for the meaning of the word, yAcakam.
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ksrimech
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Post by ksrimech »

Jayashri wrote:her predominant disciples
subhA (or prabhAvati ????) gaNEsan (accompanied her for a long time in the 60s and the 70s)
tirucchUr rAmachandran (learnt from her with a scholarship after SrI GNB's death)

The following is a quotation from http://www.medieval.org/music/world/car ... blsup.html
Trichur V. Ramachandran (b.1946) is the youngest disciple of GNB, and went on to study with MLV after the former's death.
puSpA Anand (http://www.carnatica.net/links/pushpacareer.html)
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kmrasika
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Post by kmrasika »

ksrimech wrote:subhA (or prabhAvati ????) gaNEsan (accompanied her for a long time in the 60s and the 70s)
You must be referring to TM prabhAvati, a senior Shishya of MLV. A very respected teacher, she was even invited to judge a music talent show recently. Shubha gaNEShan joined MLV much later. They're some renditions of hers on Sangeethapriya.
I think you are trying to refer to prabhAvati gaNEShan, a vidUshi.

Jayashri
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Post by Jayashri »

Smt. Shuba Ganesan only learned from MLV for a brief period right? What about Smt. Saraswathi Sreenivasan? I heard that she is MLV's first disciple. Does she take classes in Chennai?

mohan
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Post by mohan »

Smt Hema Sista (based in California) has also learnt from MLV - but I am not sure for how long.

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Post by ksrimech »

kmrasika wrote:TM prabhAvati, a senior Shishya of MLV. A very respected teacher
Yes yes yes. She is the one. I have heard her sing on DD (there was a harikAmbhoji, main piece SambhO mahAdEva in kAmavardhini and tukkudas) and on AIR (some kalyaNi kriti of tyAgarAjasvAmi). Good singer too.

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Post by Jayashri »

Is there any way I can hear Smt. TM Prabhavathi's music? Has she come out with any recordings in the market?...If so, will all the Chennai music shops have them?

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Post by ksrimech »

I dont think there is any recording of Smt Prabhavathi.

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Post by Jayashri »

Oh ok...thanks

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Post by srkris »

A flyer prepared for a 1980 concert of MLV in Chicago

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Post by arasi »

It seems pertinent that Mannargudi Easwaran was billed next to MLV (see the the red arrow!). After all, Kanyakumari was MLV's disciple and just a budding violinist.
Interesting. CM in the US too is getting to be vintage, and along with it, a few of us...:)

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Post by rshankar »

And the vocal accompanist is none other than Smt Sudha Raghunathan (she was Miss Sudha Venkatraman then).....

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Post by arasi »

True!

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Post by matterwaves »

I have never heard anbody sing baro krishnayya, generally preceded by a ugabhoga, like her.. Simply out of the world

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Post by Jayashri »

Has anyone heard Smt. Jayanthi Mohan in concert?

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Post by grsastrigal »

Request any one to upload an article on MLV in The Hindu last friday, conferring her some award.. and the presence of Senior vidwans like Sri.Rajarathnam pillai etc.,

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Post by Balachandran »

Respected music lovers,

MLV a Great Artist in Carnatic Music and her daughter Sreevidya also an actor and musician in carnatic music but her life is very tragic.......?

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Post by rajeshnat »

grsastrigal wrote:Request any one to upload an article on MLV in The Hindu last friday, conferring her some award.. and the presence of Senior vidwans like Sri.Rajarathnam pillai etc.,
http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/01/25/stor ... 200600.htm

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Thanks a lot.. rajesh.

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Post by shubhaganesan »

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My guru at a wedding concert . I had the privileage of playing thambura for my respected guru.

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Post by shubhaganesan »

Padmabhushan Sangitha Kalanidhi Dr. M L Vasanthakumari with A.Kanyakumari, Mannargudi Eswaran, palghat Sundaram iyer.
Vocal Support : Yogam Santhanam

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Padmabhushan Sangitha Kalanidhi Dr. M L Vasanthakumari at sangeethapriya Hubli

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Post by shubhaganesan »

A Rare photo of Dr MLV amma at Ghatam Vaithyanatha Iyers marriage concert accompanied by vidwan kovai dakshinamurthy- violin , Vidwan Karaikudi Muthu Iyer- Mrithangam (My grand father) and Vidwan vilvadhri Iyer Ghatam.

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Post by cienu »

Excellent photograph Shubha :)
Historical one too. Please try and restore this as much as possible through an expert.

kedharam
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Post by kedharam »

shubha,
wow what a treasure! look at the ambience. thanks.

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Post by rajeshnat »

warm welcome subhagaNesan , what a stage presence MLV ammA , what a staminA she had got (infact MLV ammA's staminA is as much as the best of male artist),I used to crave to listen to one of her numbers parkAdal alaimelE ,how fast and energising that number was that demonstrates her staminA.

bilahari
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Post by bilahari »

Great picture! Thank you very much.

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Post by PUNARVASU »

Nice photograph.Thanks for sharing.

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Post by swaminathan123 »

Is that you Mrs.Shubha ? playing tambura behind the great legend. Excellent, must be quite few years ago i guess, I have attended your concerts but you look very much different now. Any way thank you very much for all the three photos.

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Post by vasanthakokilam »

Shubha Ganesan: Welcome to the forum.

Thanks for sharing these rare and excellent photographs.

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Post by kuzhalosai »

wow! really wonderful , the legend MLV herself is very young in the last photo. Which year it was taken? Shubha, THank you so much for uplaoding such rare photos

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Post by Jigyaasa »

swaminathan123 wrote:Is that you Mrs.Shubha ? playing tambura behind the great legend.
The person playing the tambura appears to be a man...

bilahari
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Post by bilahari »

Jigyaasa, maybe that's why swaminathan123 thinks Smt Ganesan "look[s] very much different now!" ;)

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Post by Jigyaasa »

Lol :D

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Post by swaminathan123 »

Jokes apart ! Smt.Subha Ganesan has uploaded 3 photos, in the color photo subha is playing tambura for her guru (see the colour photo in Page 3 of this thread) . Kindly read the posting properly before giving inappropriate replies.

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Post by Jigyaasa »

The assumption was that question was with reference to the photo just a few posts above it (all these posts were referring to this photo only) Considering the context and after "properly" reading the posting, I believe the joke is 'pardonable'... Sorry anyway...

bilahari
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Post by bilahari »

It was just a harmless joke, swaminathan. Sorry to have hurt your feelings.

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Post by arasi »

Shubha Ganesan,
Thank you so much for bringing back memories of that very special lady (she truly was one) with such lovely pictures of her. Great to see old timers like Vilvadri Iyer and your grandfather.
Waiting for(c)ML(o)V(er) to come and see these...
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Post by keerthi »

Today is MLV's birthday.. I suppose worldspace's carnatic music channel sruthi will broadcast a special..

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Post by vs_manjunath »

Looking forward to hearing one & only one Dr MLV.

One never get's tired of hearing her songs.

Each song is a gem embedded with all ornaments.

Tough to reproduce.

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Post by gmohan »

Thanks for the wonderful Bhairavi. From morning I have been listening to MLV non-stop. God bless her soul or the body that housed the soul or that particular body/soul combination or whatever that made such wonderful music!

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Post by kam »

Hello all, let us celebrate this day by listening to the great music of MLV garu.A small gift to all her fans :
http://www.mediafire.com/?ty0n1iywjzu

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Post by grsastrigal »

Coolji. It is a real beauty. The song refers how Rama controls the Universe, by this song, she does the same, controlling the CM world.

Excellant. Thanks a lot

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