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Bombay Jayashri dedicates the award to her mother and gurus
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The Padma Shri goes to a musician who spans borders and genres with ease
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The Padma Shri goes to a musician who spans borders and genres with ease
“Music comes to me more readily than words” – Ludwig Van Beethoven. What the great German composer said resonates in Bombay Jayashri’s music. Most children are introduced to music through lullabies sung by their mothers, and that becomes the most important bond that connects the child to the mother and the music. So it was with Jayashri. With her musician-parents as her initial gurus, the vocalist’s progress from lullabies to ragam tanam pallavi happened in the most natural manner. Music soothed her and this soothing quality extends to her music as well. Nominated for the Oscars for her lullaby in
Houston: Vishaka Hari needs no introduction. She narrates stories from the Hindu Puranas (Katha) in many languages (including English), making them come alive with musical compositions (Keerthana) of famous singing saints of India. Her narrative style is simple which she uses skillfully to make esoteric ideas come within everyone’s reach. The musical and expressive elements she brings in context creates the devotional mood instinctively. Her genius in ancient scriptural texts, classical music and dance is truly a tribute to her gurus, Sri Krishna Premi, Sri Lalgudi Jayaraman and Srimathi Sudharani Raghupathy respectively, all of them being exemplary teachers.
Vishaka is progressive in many ways, yet traditional. This quote from The Hindu says it all:
The Hindu Margazhi music contest gets over 800 entries
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Youth from Tokyo, Dubai and the U.S. among them; competition in Carnatic and Hindustani genres
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Sujatha Vijayaraghavan (in picture), M. Lalitha, M. Nandhini, Erode Nagaraj, Lalitha Sharma, Meera Srinivasan and Garimella Subramaniam will be the judges to pick the winners from among over 800 entries received for The Hindu Margazhi Classical Music Competition.
Youth from Tokyo, Dubai and the U.S. among them; competition in Carnatic and Hindustani genres
Young musicians have sent around 800 entries to
The Hindu Margazhi Classical Music Competition around 11.45 p.m. on Saturday.