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The 93rd South Indian Music Conference and Festival of the Indian Fine Arts Society began present connected Wednesday, with the conferring of the rubric Sangeetha Kalasikhamani connected violin vidwans Lalgudi G.J.R. Krishnan and Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi astatine the Ethiraja Kalyana Mandapam successful Alwarpet.
Speaking connected the occasion, IIT-Madras Director V. Kamakoti urged parents and grandparents to instrumentality their children to euphony concerts. “Initiate them into euphony astatine a young age,” helium said.
Origin of music
Elaborating connected the Vedas and classical music, helium said Sama Gaanam was the ground for each music. “Swaras travel from Vedas, and hence, euphony has originated from Vedas.
Sama Veda is the instauration for our music, which is divine,” helium further said.
Industrialist Nalli Kuppuswami Chetty said the Indian Fine Arts Society had the good wont of finalising grant details overmuch up of the event.
Cleveland V.V. Sundaram appreciated the organisation for encouraging up-and-coming artistes. He recalled however the precocious mandolin subordinate U. Srinivas was fixed an accidental to execute erstwhile helium was 9 years aged by its precocious president Emperuman Chetti.
Kathak and Bharathnatyam exponents Nirupama and Rajendra were honoured with the rubric Natya Kalasikhamani, and theatre artiste and manager Dharini Komal with the Kalasikhamani Award.
The Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman Award was presented to mridangam vidwan J. Vaidhyanathan, and GNB Award was fixed to guru and Carnatic vocalist Mangalam Shankar.
