Vidwan TV Vasan passes away :(

[VISHNURAMPRASAD]

Nick, the feeling is exactly the same at my end. I just cannot forget his stage presence with Trichy Shankaran at a Thani Avarthanam organised by Sruthi Laya about a decade back!...... I also had the oppurtunity to perform at the AIR Chennai for a couple of times while he was recording, a very engaging personality indeed he was!

[rajeshnat]

great narration by Smt gAyathri, Thanks vishnurAmprasad

[suma]

just read the narration. it is so sad to loose Shri TV Vassan.
I can imagine how the other artists with him must have felt.
He finished his nitya karma even in a hotel (sandhya vandaman etc) .. may his soul rest in peace.

thanks to Mrs Gayatri for the narration. So sad.

[Sivaramakrishnan]

while I was a student at Govt Arts college, Thycaud, Trivandrum during the seventies, I used to visit Sri Vasan who was put up nearby. Many artists (including teachers of the Swati tirunal music academy and AIR) used to come there and several impromptu music sessions would take place. Though specialized in Ghatam, Vasan revelled in playing the Mridanga. His brother TVG would be there whenever he was at TVM and several interesting discussions took place many of them centering around Chembai- TVG's guru. Nagaswaram vidwan, Sri Thiruvizha jaishankar, (AIR) also dropped in frequently.

Govt colleges in TVM were infamous for 'students strikes' and that enabled me to visit Sri Vasan many a time. We became very good friends. He often used to tell me that it is always better to have music as an active hobby than a full time profession. That became true in my case!

I miss him very much.