Sangita Kalanidhi award for T.M. Krishna, Nritya Kalanidhi for Neena Prasad
The Hindu
Renowned carnatic vocalist T.M. Krishna to receive prestigious Sangita Kalanidhi award in 2024 from Music Academy.
Noted carnatic vocalist and the Magsaysay award winner T.M. Krishna has been selected for the Sangita Kalanidhi award of the Music Academy for 2024.
The news about the award was conveyed to Mr. Krishna by N. Murali, president, Music Academy, when he was performing, with his wife Sangeetha and students, at the memorial of St. Thyagaraja at Thiruvaiyaru.
The Executive Committee of the Music Academy, at its meeting on March 17, 2024, decided to confer the award on him.
“He has been a top-ranking and extremely talented musician for a long time and truly deserves the award for his music. The Music Academy has thought it fit to confer on him the award on the basis of sheer excellence in music,” said Mr. Murali.
“It is very overwhelming to be chosen for the award and it is a special moment in my life,” said Mr. Krishna, who visits the memorial of Thyagaraja once in a year to perform.
Mr. Krishna, a student of Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, said Sangita Kalanidhi was without doubt a very important award in the carnatic music world.
“It is also humbling because the recipients of the awardees include my teacher Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, T. Brinda, M.S. Subbulakshmi who you admire and look up to for inspiration,” said Mr. Krishna, who has penned a book on M.S. Subbulakshmi and ‘Sebastian & Sons: A Brief History of Mridangam Makers’.
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