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Tributes to maestro
A.D. RANGARAJAN
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Komanduri Anantacharya remembered on his birth centenary.
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Veena maestro R.Visweswaran being honoured.
Rich tributes were paid to Veena maestro Late Komanduri Ananthacharya of Guntur on his ‘Satha Jayanti’ (birth centenary) at Sri Thyagaraja Mandapam, Tirupati last Monday.
The event was organised by ‘Swara Bharathi’, a cultural organisation engaged in the job of bringing classical artistes under a single roofVeteran scholar and presently the Special Officer of TTD’s Sri Venkateswara Recording Project, Kamisetty Srinivasulu, stressed the need for conducting ‘Jayanthis’ of renowned personalities to let posterity have a glimpse of the rich traditional path trodden by them, which are worthy of emulation. Agama pandit Komanduri Varada Ramanujacharyulu, who also belongs to the same lineage, eulogised Anantacharya for his command over music and adherence to the rich family traditions. Similarly, K.K. Parakalan noted how he religiously followed the Vaishnava traditions like austerity, charity and simplicity, besides maintaining the socio-musical relations.
Illustrious Veena player Prof. R.Visweswaran of Mysore was honoured on the occasion and conferred the title ‘Vainika Gayaka Lakhya Lakshana Sarvabhauma’ by fellow Vidwan Pullela Peri Somayajulu. Later, Prof. Visweswaran gave a Veena performance that included famous numbers like Manavi alakimpa in Nalinakanti raga, Jagadeeswariye in ‘Bindumalini’ and Shantamuleka in ‘Sama’. Sama Raga was played at length with varied colours. Thillanas in Sindhu Bhairavi and Marwa were also rendered with appealing Alapanas. Kotipalli Ramesh provided a soothing accompaniment on Mrudangam.
The organiser of the Sabha, Komanduri Seshadri proposed a vote of thanks.
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