The
season formally got under way on Sunday with the inauguration of the
Kartik Fine Arts Festival. The venue was the Narada Gana Sabha's
Gnanananda Hall. The series, 28th in the history of the Sabha got under
way with Sri MS Ramachandran, Chairman, Indian Oil Corporation presiding
and Smt Ramachandran lighting the lamp. Sri N Gopalaswami, IAS, Union
Home Secretary, was the chief guest.The function saw the conferment of the title of Isai Peroli on TM Krishna. The award carries Rs 15,000 in cash, a medal and a citation. Smt Visalakshi Nityanand received the DK Pattammal Award. The event also witnessed the attendance by the Pitamaha of Carnatic Music, Dr Semmangudi R Srinivasa Iyer, who is loved by the audience for his witty speeches.
In the course of
his speech, Semmangudi dwelt on the necessity for artistes concentrating
on the works of the Trinity. He questioned the need for new compositions
when the Trinity have not been understood or presented to their full
potential. He also praised the contributions of Varahur Muthuswamy Iyer,
the violinist whose centenary is being celebrated this year, towards the
cause of music.
The programme, as has been witnessed over the past years, had long winded speeches and went well past the set time schedule. The music programmes for the year commenced with a violin duet by Ganesh and Kumaresh, accompanied by Palghat Raghu on the mridangam and Abhishek Raghuram on the Kanjira.
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