This is the Fiftieth and Last in the Current Series. Full list of Fifty artists given at the end.
I am deeply indebted to Shri.K.Govindaraj for his great " Vocal" support by giving the rendering by the artists.,
I thank all those who made valuable contributions.
P P R
July 2, 2015
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Musical Anecdotes—50
50--N. Vijay Siva( March 29, 1967,,,,, )
N. Vijay Siva is an eminent vocalist who is a disciple of the D.K.Jayaraman. He was born to Akhila Siva and A.N.Siva on 29 March 1967. Vijay Siva went to Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan Senior Secondary School, Chennai. He graduated with a first class from Vivekananda College, Chennai and secured Masters degree in Commerce from Madurai Kamarajar University.
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Recalled Siva " My forefathers hailed from Tiruvaiyaru, But my mother, a Gold Medallist from the Central College of Carnatic Music imperceptibly spread her influence on the artistic side. My grandmother can sing very well and in those days when she was teaching her children, my musical education started by just listening to them. "
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At the age of four, he exhibited a rare intuitive capacity to identify ragas. He first learnt Carnatic music from his mother, Vijay Siva later learnt music from D.K.Pattammal and D.K.Jayaraman. Siva is also an accomplished mridangist and received training for this—for ten years-- from Kumbakonam Rajappa Iyer.He became a B high AIR artiste. He played on the mridangam to vocalists singing on AIR.
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Vijay Siva has performed in all major Sabhas in India and has also presented concerts in America, Canada and Singapore. He has received over 100 prizes for both Carnatic music and mridangam including first Prize for Thevaram ,Tiruvachakam and Thiruppugazh in 1974 and the coveted "Rajaji Tamboora" in 1981 from Tamil Isai Sangam, Chennai. He also received first prizes in Classical and Light Classical Music Competitions which were conducted by AIR. He was awarded titles like "Isai Peroli" (1995) from Karthik Fine Arts, and received the "Youth Award for Excellence" by Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer Trust in 1995, and was the first recipient of "Kalki Krishnamurthy Award (1996)" presented by the Kalki Krishnamurthy Memorial Trust, Chennai.He was awarded the Sangeetha Kalasarathy title by Parthasarathy Swami Sabha.
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Siva did not add the titles conferred on him before his name, as a principle."My Guru D.K. Pattamal and my father advised me against adding the titles conferred on me as a prefix to my name and I have been following it for years now. All I want to do is deliver good quality music," he said."
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Mridangam exponent Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman said Siva not only sang with perfection but also understood the meaning of compositions. "He knows exactly how to emote and where. It is rare to find such a well-informed musician at such a young age," he said. Carnatic musician P.S. Narayanaswamy said . Siva was one of the few musicians who could sing the kritis by heart. "He knows thousands of kritis but not once have I seen him refer to a book or piece of paper," he said.
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Vijay Siva and some young associates have launched a scheme to build up a rasika clientele by visiting schools and kindling the interest of children through Quiz , Contests, etc.
P.P.Ramachandran.
July 3, 2015
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List of Fifty Artists.
1.Ariyakudi
2.Semmangudi
3.M.S.Subbulakshmi
4.Dwaram Venkataswami Naidu
5.Chembai
6.Madura Mani
7.Palghat Mani Iyer
8.G.N.Balasubramaniam
9.D.K.Pattammal
10.Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer
11. Alathoor Brothers
12. M.L.V
13. T.Chowdiah
14.Brinda--Muktha
15.T.N.Rajarathinam Pillai
16. Mali
17.Papa Venkataramiah
18.M.D.Ramanathan
19.Lalgudi Jayaraman
20.M.S.Gopalakrishnan
21.T.N.Krishnan
22. T,V,Gopalakrishnan
23.Musiri Subramania Iyer
24.M.Chandrasekaran
25.Umayalpuram Sivaraman
26.Saroja --Lalitha
27.Radha--Jayalakshmi
28.Soolamangalam Sisters
29.Veena Balachander
30.Sudha Raghunathan
31.Veena Dhanammal
32.Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan
33.M.Balamuralikrishna
34.A.Kanyakumari
35.K.U.Srinivas
36.Aruna Sairam
37.K.J.Yesudas
38.Palghat Raghu
39. T.K.Murthy
40.Viku Vinayakram
41.Unnikrishnan
42.Bombay Jayshri
43.Sanjay Subrahmanyan
44.T.M.Krishna
45.Trichur Ramachandran
46.Sowmya
47.Ranjani--Gayatri
48.Nityashree Mahadevan
49.Ravikiran
50.N. Vijay Siva
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