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Sangita Kalanidhi award for Chitraveena maestro Ravikiran
July 17 , 2017
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• Chitraveena maestro N. Ravikiran has been selected for this year’s Sangita Kalanidhi award. Being a child prodigy, he won the scholarship of the Music Academy in 1969.
• He will preside over the 91st annual conference to be held between December 15, 2017 and January 1, 2018.
• Thiruvidaimarudhur Saharamarao, a name synonymous with the instrument and originally from Maharashtra, used the name Gottuvadhyam as he used a piece of the horn of a bison to play the instrument. He also used ebony wood.
• The Academy’s Sangita Kala Acharya awards will be given to mridangist V. Kamalakar Rao and vocalist Radha Namboodhiri.
• Ghatam exponent Sukanya Ramgopal and Othuvar Muthu Kandasamy Desikar will get the TTK awards.
• Musicologist award will go to T.S. Sathyavathi
• The Papa Venkatramiah award for violin will be given to Thirvallur Parthasarathy.
• Noted dancer Lakshmi Viswanathan will be conferred the Nritya Kalanidhi award for dance on the day of inauguration of dancefestival on January 3.
Sangita Kalanidhi award/title
• Sangita Kalanidhi award/title is a prestigious award bestowed annually upon an expert of Carnatic Music by the Madras Music Academy.
• The award’s name has been derived from Sanskrit which means treasure of Music and art in English.
• This honour is considered one of the highest awards in Carnatic music.
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