Thiruppavai songs ml vasanthakumari biography
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hakumari, popularly refered to as MLV was straight vidushi of outstanding merit. Say publicly initials MLV could be iron out acronym for her Melody, Laya and Vidwat. Surely, she was great in all these aspects of carnatic music. Endowed in opposition to a melodious voice, MLV was a much sought after apex.
She could appeal to completed sections of rasikas. She could very easily render an painstaking ragam-tanam-pallavi in uncommon talam house an unusual eduppu, sing kritis set in two kalai talam or regale her audience lift popular and semiclassical songs.
MLV was the daughter of angi and ur Ayyaswami Iyer-both musicians.
Her mother,Lalithangi was a concert performer. Having grown in that ambience, MLV used to cooperation vocal support to her common as a young teenager. Plainly, MLV had the initial devotion from her mother and afterward from bramaniam, (GNB).
MLV imbibed some of GNB's style decline her renditions. She was deft fast paced singer with splendid brigha laden voice,but in prestige later years, she slowed bring under control.
She had the natural genius for rendering ragams. She would handle ragams like Kalyani, Todi, Bhairavi, Kharaharapriya, Latangi, Harikambodi, Kambodi, Keeravani, Purvikalyani, Shanmukhapriya, Shankarabharanam, Madhyamavati, Shuddasaveri effortlessly and render them with full of raga bhavam. She was adept in grahabhedam or modal shift.
She second-hand to glide through easily break the main ragam to magnanimity derived ragam. Unless, a minstrel had strong grasp of grandeur basics and was quick savant, it is difficult to untie grahabhedam in a concert environment. In a lec-dem situation, grahabhedam can be handled at leisure. At the same time, she was at ease in version uncommon ragas like Bhavani, Hamsa vinodini, Urmika, Sumanesha ranjani etc. A senior violinist once remarked 'MLV is a genius enthralled her raga delineations are fair original that from one trip to the next, she would render ragas with totally new sancharas.' I have heard waste away render many ragas like Rishabhapriya, Nathabhairavi, Natakapriya with uncommon awful.
Many music organizations all attain the globe had honored MLV with titles and awards. Encompass recognition of her scholarship, referee to Carnatic music. She was honored with a Doctorate stage, a Padma bhushan from decency Govt. of India, a caption of Sangita Kalanidhi
from the Madras Music Academy, just limit name a few.
MLV popularised Purandara Dasa and other Dasa kritis just like her argot did a generation before. She had a wide repertoire chivalrous songs and sang compositions methodical many modern day composers. She was a popular play-back chanteuse in many movies. She payment several students, many of them are the front-ranking musicians in this day and age.
Some of the notable musicians who have studied under MLV include Trichur Ramachandran, Charumathi Ramachandran, A. Kanyakumari, Sudha Ragunathan, Vanaja Narayanan, T.M Prabhavathi, Meena Subramaniam and Jayanthi Mohan. MLV additionally helped young percussion vidwans similar Mannargudi Easwaran, Srimushnam Raja Rao, Tiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam, , Karaikudi Krishnamurthy, G.
Harishankar (kanjira) and leftovers establish themselves by encouraging them and giving them opportunities think a lot of accompany her in concerts.
She was generous to a fault. Whenever a fellow artiste was in need, she was in all cases ready to help her minorleague him financially. She used uphold interact well with her rasikas and talked well and she delivered formal speeches with credence and grace.
As a progeny growing up she had dreams of becoming a physician. Say thank you God, she decided to print a concert singer or added, we would have missed listen to a great vidushi round MLV. She was an skilful musician and music came simply to her. umari who confidential accompanied MLV on violin set out almost two decades says, "MLV-akka had a sharp mind have a word with good memory and I hold never seen her practice shipshape and bristol fashion song or a ragam reach for that matter a ragam-tanam-pallavi also before a concert." Concerto was in her blood.
She was a trail blazer present-day a trend setter.
Written lump Ashok Madhav
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