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Violin maestro A. Kanyakumari was honoured with the Mudhra Award of Excellence successful the metropolis connected Monday during the inauguration of the 31st Fine Arts Festival, organised by Mudhra.
While speaking astatine the event, veteran Bharatanatyam exponent Padma Subrahmanyam said she vividly remembered however Ms. Kanyakumari played for seasoned Carnatic instrumentalist M.L. Vasanthakumari astatine a precise young age. “She is my friend, but I americium besides her fan. I’m an admirer of [Ms. Kanyakumari]. She has dedicated her full beingness to music. She would besides promote her students truthful much,” she said.
Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti, industrialist and president of Mudhra, was besides felicitated during the juncture for receiving the Padma Bhushan Award. He noted that Ms. Kanyakumari had received truthful galore awards successful her philharmonic career. Mudhra Bhaskar, founder-secretary of Mudhra, said they were giving immoderate value to instrumental euphony successful this year’s euphony festival.
Ms. Kanyakumari thanked the organisers for the honour. The Sangeetha Mudhra Awards were presented to S. Swaminathan (vocal), Prithvi Bhaskar (violin), and Aduthurai G. Guruprasadh (mridangam).
