[RaamaBhakthi] TVS: The Torchbearer of Madurai Mani Iyer's Musical School

[Guest guest]

SrI:

 

Dear All :

 

Sriman Sivaraman is a new Member of

the Raama Bhakthi Group , which I have

the BhAgyam to moderate .

 

In the first week of his membership already ,

Sri Sivaraman is providing us great inspiration

and links to great Musicians and NadhOpAsakAs .

I welcome his choice inputs and focus on the links

to great composers and Musicians .

 

I have had the privelege of meeting Sangeetha

KalAnidhi Madurai MaNi Iyer at Oppiliappan

Koil KalyANothsava Cutcherys along with Sriman

Vembu Iyer . He was accompanied by KumbakONam

RaajamANicckam Pillai on the violin and Paalaghat

MaNi Iyer on Mrudhangam . What a divine Music

they created and served together

as SamarpaNam to Sri BhUmi Devi SamEta

Sri Oppiliappan during their Iypasi KalyANa Utsavam .

The KaambhOji , the UmAbharaNam as well

as the PoorNachandrikA Krithis of Saint Thyagaraja

are still ringing in my ears . This great tradition has

been preserved and grown by Sangeetha KalA nidhi

Sri TVS gloriously . He is indeed the great torch bearer

of Mathurai MaNi Iyer and His guru Sri Pushpavanam

Iyer .

 

I am glad that Sriman SivarAman is sharing

great Musical Treasurers from his Library .

I look forward to joining with him and writing

commentaries on the krithis to bring out

the great Bhakthi bhAvam/ Tattvams

that our Musical Trinity and their descendants

have blessed us with and make Raama Bhakthi

group scale new heights in Bhagavath Bhakthi

experience .

 

Please become a Member of Raama Bhakthi

group and cover krithis from BhadrAchala

Raama Das and other great NadhOpAsakAs .

I think we have 250 or so Members now

and it will be good to have more contributing

Members like Sriman SivarAman .

 

You can become a Member by sending mail to

RaamaBhakthi-

and contribute to the growth of this site .

 

Thank you Sriman Sivaraman ,

NamO NamO RaaghavAya anisam ,

Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan

 

P.S : Detailed anubhavam of

Saint Thyagaraja " s Pancharatna

Kritis are available for your enjoyment in

http://www.sadagopan.org

under the link " Naadha KusumAnjali " .

-

" T.M.Sivaraman " <sivaraman39

<RaamaBhakthi >

Wednesday, August 27, 2008 10:11 PM

[RaamaBhakthi] TVS: The Torchbearer of Madurai Mani Iyer's Musical

School

 

 

>

> Here is my humble tribute to a great musician.It is my write-up on the

> great musician along with a concert that he performed at Sankethi

> Sangeetha Sammelana - 2007, uploaded today.

>

>

>

>

> 1.T.V. Sankaranarayanan has a distinctive style with a rich repertoire

> of performance skills which includes a rich and vibrant voive,

> imaginative phrasing and spontaneous swaraprastharas embellished with

> effortless prayogas. All this he has inherited and mastered from his

> Guru and uncle,MMI, the doyen of the Carnatic World.

>

> 2.The renowned music critic,the Late Subbudu paid him a rich encomium in

> these words:

> " Sankaranarayanan is indeed an asset to the Carnatic music world, where

> the tribe of good vocalists is dwindling. "

> 3.He started learning music from his uncle, the doyen and colossus of

> carnatic music,the Late Madurai Mani Iyer.

> 4.Gave his first public performance in 1968,accompanied by

> T.N.Krishnan(violin) and Velore Ramabhadran(mridhangam),and was

> acclaimed as a rising star by Veteran violinist TNK.

> 5.He truly imbibed and inherited his uncle MMI's " Bani " ,the hallmark of

> which was traditional classicism,juxtaposed with vibrant

> phrasing,cascading brigas,vibrant phrasing and emotive bhakthi bhava.To

> this he added his own tonal quality of his rich voice to captivate both

> lay rasikas and also the connoiseurs of music.

> 6.He has never looked back after his first public performance, but has

> become one of the leading lights of today's carnatic scend.No music

> season in Chennai is complete without a TVS performance at the Music

> Academy.

> 7.Has toured extensively abroad and given public performances number of

> times in U.S and Canada,and also in other western nations.In 1976,he

> delivered the John Coltrane Memorial World Music Series Lecture at the

> IVY League, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire,amidst thunderous acclaim

> from a discerning audience of international musicians.

> 8.Though he qualified as an advocate(B.Com/LLB), he chose to give up

> practising Law, in favour of his primary passion,Carnatic Music.The loss

> to the legal profession has been the gain of the Carnatic World.

> 9.His rich and exuberant musical mind has always sought to explore new

> dimensions in carnatic music, and he has presented many rare ragas like

> " Surya " , " Urvika " , " nasikabhushany " etc.to the delight of his rasikas.

> 10.He has been the recipient of many awards and titles:

>

> Awards and honours

>

> * Ganakalaratnam by Dr. Semmangudi Srinivasa Ayyar in 1987

> * Gayaka Sikhamani by Bhairavi, USA in 1981

> * Swara Laya Ratnakara by Ramakrishnananda Saraswati of Sri

> Vidyasram, Rishikesh in 1986

> * Nadakanal By Nadakanal, Madras in 1987

> * Innisai Perarasu By Bharati Kalamandram, Toronto in 1981

> * Sangeetha Ratnakara By Vassar College in 1975

> * Swara Yoga Shironmani By Yoga Jivana Satsangha (International)in

> 1997

> * Saneet Natak Akademi Award in 1990

> * Padma Bhushan by Govt. of India in 2003

> * Sangeetha Kalasikhamani by The Indian Fine Arts Society in 2005

> * Sangeeta Kalanidhi title awarded by Chennai Music

> Academy on 2nd Jan,2004.

>

> 11.Not only has TVS risen to the forefront of the carnatic music world,

> but he has inherited all the qualities of humility and greatness from

> his Late uncle, the maestro MMI.At many of the concerts, in his earlier

> days, he just came, rendered a superb concert and never bothered about

> whether the organisers had accorded him a grand welcome and

> felicitation, and left home by public transport,declining the offer by

> the organisers to drive him home.

> 12.He adored his Guru and uncle,MMI and worshipped him totally.He says

> about his Guru:

> " TVS says: " I was blessed with great parents, and a greater guru in my

> uncle. " " Enakku idhe periya bhagyam, " he declares passionately. " To be

> the disciple of a deiva purusha... " .

> He sat at the feet of his Guru and learnt diligently,basking in the

> ambience of his uncle's glorious " bani " , which could cater to a broad

> spectrum of tastes, be it egalitarian or the common masses.It is

> apparent today that he has been a true torch-bearer of the MMI School of

> Music,and even has done much to enhance this bani with his own

> creativity.

> 13. More than the awards and titles, he also respected the leading

> luminaries of carnatic music and their opinion about his music.Much

> earlier before he got the coveted Sangeeta kalanidhi title, M.S.Amma

> once remarked, " Sankara, you should have been awarded the Sangeeta

> Kalanidhi this year " , he was deeply moved and with tears in his eyes, he

> answered:

> " I did obtain it Amma.Just Now from you "

>

> 14.For him, more than the awards and titles that he has earned, it is

> also the " athma thrupthi " of enjoying his own music with total

> involvement in his concerts full of classicim,vibrancy,rich

> phrasing,exceptional manodharma,imaginative raga

> alapanas,neravals,sangatis and swaraprastharams to please his

> audience.This was a result of the priceless lessons he had learnt from

> his Guru,MMI, who advised him how to respect his music and his rasikas:

> " Don't try to compete with others in your field.Sing for yourself and

> your soul. "

> " Respect the rasikas.Whether you sing in an auditorium of 3000 persons,

> or you perform before 10 discerning rasikas, do not dilute the quality

> of your music " .TVS really demonstrated this in one of his concerts, when

> heavy rains during the concerts made many of his audience leave home

> early,but he continued singing for a handful of his rasikas long into

> the night, not bothering about the depletion of the audience.

> TVS also learnt another priceless lesson from his Guru MMI, who advised

> him to be a true " Karma Yogi " , not expecting accolades or money, but

> just be true to his art and give his best everytime, and all the

> recognition,awards and titles will follow automatically "

> 15. Today, at the peak of his career, TVS truly symbolises and

> epitomises all the great qualities of his Guru,MMI:

> Devotion to his music,dedication in concerts,respecting the rasikas,

> humility and modesty, respect for his co-artistes and all senior

> vidwans, leading a simple and humble lifestyle etc.

> May God give him a long life and good health to enable him to spread the

> joy of the MMI Bani of delightful music for a long time to come.

>

> ______________________\

> _______

>

>

> Now for a divine concert that T V Shankaranarayanan performed at

> Sankethi Sangeetha Sammelana - 2007, which I have uploaded

> today.Download the links and enjoy.

>

> T V Shankaranarayanan's concert at Sankethi Sangeetha Sammelana - 2007

> Sammelana organized by Sankethi Sangeetha Sabha at Mattur, Shimoga.:

> Accompanists: H.N.Bhaskar-violin

> A.S.Ranganathan-Mridangam

>

>

>

> 1. Mahaganapathim/Nattai/Dikshitar

>

> http://rapidshare.com140646238/01_Mahaganapathim_Nattai_Dikshitar\

> .mp3

> <http://rapidshare.com140646238/01_Mahaganapathim_Nattai_Dikshita\

> r.mp3>

>

> 2. Nijamarmamulu/ Umabharanam/Thyagaraja

>

> http://rapidshare.com140646239/02_Nijamarmamulu__Umabharanam_Thya\

> garaja.mp3

> <http://rapidshare.com140646239/02_Nijamarmamulu__Umabharanam_Thy\

> agaraja.mp3>

>

> 3. SAKALA GRAHABALA NEENE/Atana/Purandaradasa

>

>

> http://rapidshare.com140646240/03__SAKALA_GRAHABALA_NEENE_Atana_P\

> urandaradasa.mp3

> <http://rapidshare.com140646240/03__SAKALA_GRAHABALA_NEENE_Atana_\

> Purandaradasa.mp3>

>

> 4. TVS Speech followed by:

> KALYANI-HIMADRI SUTE PAHIMAM/Kalyani/Shyama Shastri

>

> http://rapidshare.com140646242/04-KALYANI-HIMADRI_SUTE_PAHIMAM-Sh\

> yama_Shastry.mp3

> <http://rapidshare.com140646242/04-KALYANI-HIMADRI_SUTE_PAHIMAM-S\

> hyama_Shastry.mp3>

>

> 5. THAYE YASHODE - TODI/ Oothukadu Venkatasubbaiyer

>

>

> http://rapidshare.com140646243/05-THAYE_YASHODE-TODI-Oothukadu_Ve\

> nkatakavi.mp3

> <http://rapidshare.com140646243/05-THAYE_YASHODE-TODI-Oothukadu_V\

> enkatakavi.mp3>

>

>

> 6. Barayya venkataramana/ Saveri/Purandaradasa

>

> http://rapidshare.com140646244/06-Barayya_Venkataramana-_Saveri_P\

> urandaradasa.mp3

> <http://rapidshare.com140646244/06-Barayya_Venkataramana-_Saveri_\

> Purandaradasa.mp3>

>

> 7. Raama nee eda - Kharaharapriya/ Thyagaraja

>

> http://rapidshare.com140646246/07-Raama_nee_eda-kharaharapriya-Th\

> yagaraja.mp3

> <http://rapidshare.com140646246/07-Raama_nee_eda-kharaharapriya-T\

> hyagaraja.mp3>

>

>

>

> 8. Thani avarthanam

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> http://rapidshare.com140646247/08-tani_avratham.mp3

> <http://rapidshare.com140646247/08-tani_avratham.mp3>

>

>

> 9. Sharavanabhava guhane - kannada/ Papanasam Sivan

>

> http://rapidshare.com140646248/09-Sharavanabhava_Guhane-Kannada-p\

> apanasam_sivan.mp3

> <http://rapidshare.com140646248/09-Sharavanabhava_Guhane-Kannada-\

> papanasam_sivan.mp3>

>

>

> 10. Srinivasa - hamsanandi/ papanasam sivan

>

> http://rapidshare.com140646249/10-Srinivasa-Hamsanandi-Papanasam_\

> Sivan.mp3

> <http://rapidshare.com140646249/10-Srinivasa-Hamsanandi-Papanasam\

> _Sivan.mp3>

>

>

> 11. Eppo vaaruvaro - jonpuri/ Gopalakrishna Bharathi

>

> http://rapidshare.com140636989/11-Eppo_Varuvaro-jonpuri-Gopalakri\

> shna_Bharathi.mp3

> <http://rapidshare.com140636989/11-Eppo_Varuvaro-jonpuri-Gopalakr\

> ishna_Bharathi.mp3>

>

>

> 12. Speech by Satyavathi

> Commentary :Dr T S Satyavathi:

>

> http://rapidshare.com140636990/12-Speech_by_Dr._Satyavathi.mp3

> <http://rapidshare.com140636990/12-Speech_by_Dr._Satyavathi.mp3>

>

> 13. English notes/Shankarabaranam/ Harikesanallur Muthiah

> Bhagavathar

>

> http://rapidshare.com140636991/13-English_Notes-Shankarabaranam-H\

> K_Muthiah_Bhagavathar.mp3

> <http://rapidshare.com140636991/13-English_Notes-Shankarabaranam-\

> HK_Muthiah_Bhagavathar.mp3>

>

>

> 14. Mangalam

>

> http://rapidshare.com140636993/14-mangalam.mp3

> <http://rapidshare.com140636993/14-mangalam.mp3>

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