Former West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi confers the Sangia Kalanidhi Vidushi award to Bombay Jayashri Ramnath, in Music Academy on January 1, 2024. N. Murali, president, Music Academy can be in seen.
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Carnatic vocalist Bombay Jayashri Ramnath was conferred with the Sangita Kalanidhi award on the Music Academy on January 1.
Former West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi famous that by honouring Ms. Ramnath, “we honour the purity of her swaras, the sublimity of her bhava, the yogic equipoise of her singing soul and the superb power of her will energy”.
Presiding over the ‘Sadas’ of the 97th annual convention and concert events of the Music Academy, he talked about how synthetic intelligence is ushering in a revolution. “Within the realm of music, synthetic intelligence can do some spectacular issues like eradicating recording flaws and might clear up scratches with out hint. The Music Academy can so information and affect the regulators that should be positioned in place for synthetic intelligence within the realm of music. Synthetic intelligence should nurse, not physician music,” he stated.
Accepting the award, Ms Ramnath thanked her mother and father and gurus. “My first guru T. R. Balamani who performed a vital function in my musical journey. The nice guru Lalgudi G. Jayaraman sir took me beneath his wings 35 years again and ever since, his tutelage, his watchful and affectionate steerage formed me into the musician, the instructor and the individual that I’m at present. On a private observe, a thanks to my husband Ramnath and my son Amrit for his or her assist all these years, particularly the final yr with out which at present would have been insurmountable,” she stated.
Bharatanatyam exponent Leela Samson stated that the phrases that come to her thoughts when she listens to Ms. Ramnath’s are “melodious, internally highly effective, inclusive, unbiased and full of affection”, including that there’s refinement in each phrase of her [Ramnath’s] music.
N. Murali, president, Music Academy, stated, “The competition turns into what it’s as a result of enriching and fulfilling expertise unfailingly supplied by all of the musicians, different artists and specialists. Ms. Jayashri would undoubtedly be at her musical greatest on the subsequent season to enthral us all.”
“I need to acknowledge that the current Sangita Kalanidhis graciously and unhesitatingly stood in for her by presiding over the morning educational classes by taking turns. Our heartiest felicitations additionally go to the recipients of different main awards and applaud their immense contributions to carnatic music,” he added.
The Sangita Kala Acharya award was given to Carnatic vocalist Palkulangara Ok. Ambika Devi and mridangam exponent Ok. S. Kalidas.
Whereas Thavil exponent Thirunageswaram T. R. Subramaniyan and Othuvar B. Sargurunathan obtained the TTK Award, the Musicologist Award went to S. Padmanabhan.
Throughout the event, a number of different musicians and artists, too, had been awarded for the contributions to their fields.
Musicologist and veena exponent R.S. Jayalakshmi felicitated the opposite awardees.