I remember one of her concerts at the main hall of the Music Academy, Madras, for Purandaradasa Day. MLV had coined a pallavi, assisted by her violinist A. Kanyakumari.

CHENNAI: When Sudha Ragunathan won a scholarship that placed her under the tutelage of the doyenne of Carnatic music, M L Vasanthakumari (MLV), she wa ... 3 at the Music Academy. “MLV has been ...

CHENNAI: It was a scorching afternoon when I walked into The Music Academy. The stage was being set to celebrate Padmabhushan and Sangeeta Kalanidhi ML Vasanthakumari’s 90th birth anniversary.

MLV Amma as she is fondly called was a remarkable musician – she started her career in 1941 at the age of 12, and thereafter strode the Carnatic music arena like a Colossus.

It turned out to be an evening to cherish for many as legendary Carnatic vocalist M.L.Vasanthakumari’s musical journey was recalled at a function to mark her 90th birth anniversary at The Music ...

(MENAFN- IANS) Chennai, Nov 19 (IANS) The Madras High Court on Tuesday restrained the Madras music Academy from presenting the Sangita Kalanidhi M. S. Subbulakshmi Award to celebrated musician T ...

A storm is brewing in the Carnatic music circle over the Music Academy Madras’s decision to give its prestigious Sangita Kalanidhi Award to Carnatic vocalist T M Krishna this year. The award was ...

The Madras High Court, in an interim order on Tuesday, restrained the Madras Music Academy in Chennai from presenting the Sangita Kalanidhi MS Subbulakshmi Award to Carnatic vocalist and activist ...