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MADRAS MUSIC MELA 2001
A QUICK CHAT WITH MADURAI N KRISHNAN - Recipient of TAMIL ISAI VENDAR from Karthik Fine Arts
Madurai N Krishnan
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MADRAS MUSIC MELA 2001 |
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A QUICK CHAT WITH MADURAI N KRISHNAN - Recipient of TAMIL ISAI VENDAR from Karthik Fine Arts |
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| Madurai N Krishnan was born in a family of luminaries of the likes of Ramnad Srinivasa Iyengar and Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar in 1928. He had the privilege of learning music under the stalwarts Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar and Ramnad Sankara Sivam. Having made his debut in 1950, Madurai N Krishnan went on to become a highly respected musician. Bharatanatyam has been enriched with his compositions which include several Varnams, Padams, Jatiswarams and Javalis. Slated to receive the award of Tamizh Isai Vendar from Karthik Fine Arts during the Madras Music Mela in December 2001, he has also been recognised for his service to music by other institutions like the Tamilnadu Iyal Isai Nataka Manram and the Sangeeth Natak Akademi. Carnatica congratulates him for this new honour and has a quick chat with him. |
Madurai N Krishnan |
| Guru(s) | Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar, who paved the way for the kutcheri bani. I did 18 years of gurukulavasa with him. |
| Favorite vocalist(s) from the past | I have only listened to and meditated on my guru's music. Of course, there were a number of stalwarts who lived for the sake of music alone. |
| Favorite instrumentalist(s) from the past | Karaikkudi Sambasiva Iyer (Vina) |
| Favorite vocalist(s) of the present day | Everybody sings very well. Only thing is, they do not take one profession. Being multi-professionalists, some are not able to devote much time for music. |
| Favorite instrumentalist(s) of the present day | Now-a-days youngsters are very intelligent and shine in all the fields they enter. I'm not able to point out anyone in particular. Every body does well in his/her field. |
| Favorite composer(s) | Ramanathapuram (Poochi) Srinivasa Iyengar |
| Favorite raga(s) | Suddhadhanyasi |
| Favorite venue(s) | Any venue with a good set of rasikas. |
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I am a Srividya upasaka. Apart from the time I am connected to music, I spend the rest of the time worshipping Srividya. However my favorite God is Ganapati. |
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Posted on 15th October 2001 |
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