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MADRAS MUSIC MELA 2001

     
Carnatica begins its coverage of the Madras Music Mela 2001, the first in the new millennium. We begin with crisp interviews of the awardees being honoured by various Sabhas! Here is the first interview. Read on...!
       

Nithyasree Mahadevan - Recipient of Isai Peroli from Karthik Fine Arts

     

        

Gurus Lalitha Sivakumar & D K Pattammal. Nithyasree says, "I am really fortunate to have been blessed with excellent gurus. I do not know what a guru-sishya relationship is, since my gurus happen to be my mother and grandmother."

     
Favorite vocalists from the past Madurai Mani Iyer, D K Jayaraman & M L Vasantakumari
   
Favorite instrumentalists from the past Flute Mali, T N Rajaratnam Pillai, Vina S Balachander & Palghat Mani Iyer,
    
Favorite vocalists of today K V Narayanaswami, T N Seshagopalan & T V Sankaranarayanan
  
Favorite instrumentalists of today T N Krishnan, Lalgudi Jayaraman & Palghat Raghu
   
Favorite composers The Trinity - Tyagaraja, Muthuswami Dikshitar & Syama Sastri
  
Favorite ragas Kambhoji, Bhairavi & Subhapantuvarali
   
Favorite venues Narada Gana Sabha & Mylapore Fine Arts
  
Favorite hobbies Reading books on music and browsing through music websites
      
   

Coming up next: Interview of Madurai N Krishnan, who is to receive the title of Tamizh Isai Vendar from Karthik Fine Arts

    

Posted on 5th October 2001

    

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