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.

Fans celebrate MLV’s 80th birthday. CHENNAI: A dedicated and avid group of fans are hard to come by as an organised group, beyond the realm of films.

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 ...

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.

She is one of the youngest singers in the past 30 years to receive Music Academy’s Sangita Kalanidhi, considered one of the most prestigious music awards in the city. Sudha Ragunathan , who will ...

PREMIUM The Music Academy’s 1929 conference in erstwhile Madras. (music academy archives) To begin with, this is that one part of the year when the weather is tolerable in the southern metropolis.