| Guru(s) |
My first guru is my father Sri U Satyanarayana. I had my training in vocal
music from Subbaraju Sir, who
was a disciple of Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar. I have also learnt Western
music from Sri S Vasu Rao, a cine music director.
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| Favorite
vocalist(s) from the past |
I love the music of Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar, MLV, D K Jayaraman, Madurai Mani
Iyer, Alathur brothers, Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer & Santanam, GNB and other stalwarts.
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| Favorite
instrumentalist(s) from
the past |
I love the music of
Flute Mali and Rajaratnam Pillai. In fact, I should say they have been
the greatest sources of inspiration to me. I like Vina S Balachandar and
Chittibabu too. |
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| Favorite
vocalist(s) of the present day |
On the top stand M S Subbulakshmi, D K Pattammal and Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer. But
nowadays many young musicians sing very well in different styles. |
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| Favorite
instrumentalist(s) of the present day |
Lalgudi Jayaraman, T N Krishnan, M S Gopalakrishnan,
V V Subramanyam, M Chandrasekharan, N Ravikiran, N Ramani, G J R Krishnan,
Ganesh-Kumaresh, Ranganayaki Rajagopalan, Sarada-Sivanandam and E Gayatri |
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| Favorite
composer(s) |
Trinity (Tyagaraja, Dikshitar & Syama Sastri), Papanasam Sivan, Swati
Tirunal, Purandaradasa, Narayana Teertha, Annamacharya, Jayadeva and Meera Bai (Bhajans)
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| Favorite raga(s) |
Keeravani, Todi,
Kambhoji, Bhairavi, Sankarabharanam, Kharaharapriya and Kalyani |
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| Favorite venue(s) |
Music Academy, Krishna Gana
Sabha, Raja Annamalai Manram, Mylapore Fine
Arts Club, YGP Auditorium, Vani Mahal, German Hall and Rani Seetai Hall.
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| Favorite hobbies |
Apart from practicing Mandolin, I like reading
books and watching action movies. I love to teach my students
too.
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Posted on November 19th 2001 |
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Madras
Music Mela 2001
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