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MADRAS MUSIC MELA 2001 |
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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 |
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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." |
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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 | |
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Posted on 5th October 2001 |
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