Sangeetha Kalanidhi 2012

[Sundara Rajan]

It is that time of the year when we discuss prospective awardee of Sangeetha Kalanidhi. Let us start our suggestions/recommendations with mine for T.V. Ramachandran. I have mentioned this also in the Vidvan-Vidushi section about TVR .

[mohan]

Sri TVR would be an apt choice. Other contenders include: Sri TV Gopalakrishnan, Sri VV Subramaniam and Guruvayur Dorai,

[thanjavooran]

My first choice would be multifaceted TVG , an elder to TVR
Thanjavooran 01 07 2012

[Nick H]

My vote also for TVG.

Apart from his massive accomplishment, he will also carry off all functions with aplomb. In fact... with multiple plombs!

[bilahari]

Any of the four Mohan listed would be a great choice. But I'm also very much on the TVR boat.

[arasi]

All such worthy choices! All from the Nature-nurtered, art-rich KeraLA!

[kssr]

TVG is older and most deserving one. Except for Umayalpuram, I have not personally listened to a better mridangam vidwan than TVG. But the catch is that he spread himself thin, with vocal (not a great performer in my humble taste and inadequate knowledge), teaching ( a good guru) and other activities of mixing and matching various genres. If I am not mistaken, such mixed achievers are not MA's normal choice. But why not? It is now TVR or TVG.

[vasanthakokilam]

kssr: Music Academy can very easily recognize the multifaceted nature of the musician as one of the reasons for the SK award. Does the MA publish any official proclamation about the Sangeetha Kalanishi designate? I thought so. If they do, we can check if they have used that angle in the past.

[sreebeecane]

Would the MA award it to another mridangam artiste this year? I thought they alternated between percussion artistes and vocalists/violinists.

All of them are worthy choices, no doubt. Not that I have any eligibility to comment on their vidwat anyway.

[thanjavooran]

kssr: Music Academy can very easily recognize the multifaceted nature of the musician as one of the reasons for the SK award. Does the MA publish any official proclamation about the Sangeetha Kalanishi designate? I thought so. If they do, we can check if they have used that angle in the past.

Always this is a million dollor question. IMHO the yard stick would be based on their contribution to CM by way of Lec dems and other associated activities besides producing sizable disciples. Pappu Rao the key man [kalapramanam] can throw some light on this.
Thanjavooran 02 07 2012

[Shyamala Rangarajan]

Here is the eagerly awaited announcement...

Music Academy to honour Trichur V Ramachandran

Trichur V Ramachandran follows in the footsteps of his gurus GNB and MLV. The Music Academy has announced that he will be conferred the Sangita Kalanidhi award in this year’s annual conference in December.
Posted by Sruti Magazine at Sunday, July 15, 2012

[mohan]

Wonderful news and congratulations to Sri V. Ramachandran. http://srutimag.blogspot.com.au/2012/07 ... l?spref=fb

Sri Sunder Rajan your recommendation has come through!

[rajeshnat]

Congratulations to Trichur Shri Ramachandran. A very well deserved award for a great musician .

[thanjavooran]

Congratulations Shri TVR Avl
with wishes,
Thanjavooran 15 07 2012

[shankarabharanam]

Congratulation to Shri TVR.. An award well deserved..

[rshankar]

Congratulations to vidvAn, Sri Ramachandran...much deserved!

[mahavishnu]

Sincere congratulations to Sri V Ramachandran. Well deserved honours! and perfectly timed.

[bilahari]

A welcome but overdue award to Trichur Sri Ramachandran. All the best to him to continue singing and satisfying himself and audiences for years to come! A San Diego bAlagOpAla and aTANa come flooding back...

[PUNARVASU]

Congratulations to vidwan Trichur Shri Ramachandran.

[arasi]

Hearty congratulations!

[cienu]

Congratulations to Vidwan Trichur Ramachandran..

[VK RAMAN]

Congrats to Trichur Vidwan Shri Ramachandran

[tkb]

Congrats to the great Vidwan! If you are free please attend his concert today July 16, 2012 at Aar Kay Convention Centre, Mylapore today as part of Musical Homage to Dr. DKP by Brahma Gana Sabha from 630pm.

[ganeshkant]

Truly deserving.A couple of days before listened to his concert in Podhigai @ 5 a.m.Looks like a recent recording.The voice was excellent.MadhyamAvati - rAma kathA rasa followed by a kriti of GNB in kuntalavarALi with mind blowing lightning speed chittasvaram.Great !

[gardabha_gana]

Congrats to the Vidwan! Any info on who gets the kalacharya?

[annamalai]

Congrats and well deserved. His Guru bakthi is truly amazing and whenever he talks about GNB you can see the enthusiasm and the spark in his eyes.

[maduraimini]

Congratulations to Trichur Ramachandran! He has been entertaining the rasikas for many years and deserves this award.

[kapali]

Congratulations to Trichur Ramachandran for a well deserved award. May the Almighty shower His blessings on him who has sung and rendered the Narayeenayam with such perfection and sublime devotion.l

[ram]

Congrats to Shri TVR and the other awardees!

Congrats to the Vidwan! Any info on who gets the kalacharya?

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/che ... 646869.ece

Music Academy announces awards

Sangita Kalanidhi to be awarded to musician Trichur V. Ramachandran. Vocalist Tiruchi J. Venkataraman and violinist T. Rukmani will receive the ‘Sangita Kala Acharya’ awards, while the T.T.K. awards will be presented to mridangam vidwan Mullapudi Sriramamurthy and musician-cum-recording expert K.S. Raghunathan.

Vocalist Trichur V. Ramachandran, a torchbearer of the much-celebrated GNB style of singing, will receive the Sangita Kalanidhi title at The Music Academy’s 86 annual conference this year.

The award will be presented to him on January 1, 2013. He is known for his robust voice and vibrant presentation, a trademark of his guru G. N. Balasubramaniam’s singing.

Vocalist Tiruchi J. Venkataraman and violinist T. Rukmani will receive the ‘Sangita Kala Acharya’ awards, while the T.T.K. awards will be presented to mridangam vidwan Mullapudi Sriramamurthy and musician-cum-recording expert K.S. Raghunathan.

Dr. Ritha Rajan will receive the musicologist award and violinist Lalitha Raghavan will receive the Pappa Venkataramiah award for violin.

The Natya Kala Acharya Award for Dance, instituted last year, will be presented to eminent Bharatanatyam exponent Sudharani Raghupathy, at the inaugural ceremony of the dance festival on January 3, 2013.

[gardabha_gana]

Really nice to know Vid. T. Rukmani getting the kalacharya award. Congratulations to the Vidushi!

[thanjavooran]

Congrats to all recipients of the awards viz J Venkataraman, T Rukmani , Dr. RithaRajan and Lalitha Raghavan. Special wishes to Sudharani Ragupathi on getting Natya kala acharya

Thanjavooran 17 07 2012

[suma]

Great Choice! Hearty Congratulations for Shri Trichur V Ramachandran.

[appu]

I was going down the list of recipients for the SK. I did not see vidwan Lalgudi G Jayaraman ever being given the Sangita Kalanidhi. ????????

[kittappa]

Lalgudi was overlooked for many years. Ten years after T.N.Krishnan was awarded SK in 1980, they offered SK to Lalgudi in 1990 who refused because he felt miffed at being overlooked for many years, especially when lesser musicians had received the award before it was offered to him. That's the story. Ultimately he was persuaded to preside over the sadas of 1990 and give away the SK to his namesake D.K.Jayaraman.

There is a humorous story RaviSri would narrate about this. There was it seems a character called 'Auto Parts' Kannan who would attend the December season regularly. He was full of humour. This is taken from a write-up about Kannan by RaviSri:
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Some of Kannan’s jokes were highly original and became the talk of the town. In the year 1990, the Academy wanted to honour Lalgudi Jayaraman with the Sangita Kalanidhi. But the violinist refused to accept it so late in his career. The Academy then nominated D. K. Jayaraman. Kannan developed on this. He said that supposing D.K. Jayaraman had also refused, then the Academy would have asked Tiruvengadu Jayaraman to accept the honour. Now if Tiruvengadu also refused, they would have asked Sirgazhi Jayaraman. If Sirgazhi Jayaraman also refused the Sangita Kalanidhi, the Academy would have nominated Canteen Jayaraman, the caterer at the Narada Gana Sabha for Sangita Kalanidhi. Kannan added that the Academy had chosen the name ‘Jayaraman’ for the award and went about looking for people answering to that name. It was a telling commentary on the bureaucratic and couldn’t care less attitude of the Academy. Kannan circulated this joke on the first day of the 1990 season. Before long, the whole music season in Madras was reverberating with this joke. Officialdom was livid with rage, but could do nothing other than wring its collective hands in despair.

[varsha]

Worthy disciple

[rajeshnat]

Ultimately he was persuaded to preside over the sadas of 1990 and give away the SK to his namesake D.K.Jayaraman.

I liked the joke . Apart from the above , in March 2008 Lalgudi Jayaraman also got a special Lifetime achievement award arranged by Music Academy. This was more in line to reward shri LGJ to make up for the loss of sangeetha kalanidhi.