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A blend of scholarship and simplicity
All kudos to the managmement committee of Sri Sankara Matham, its president, Lanka Jagannadham (advocate), and the secretary Susarla Suryanarayana Murthy in particular, for felicitating a sangita vidwan of good standing every year. This year, they have rightly chosen the violin maestro, Komanduri Krishnamachari, for the honour.
It is no exaggeration that no art other than classical music of ours (Indian), especially the Carnatic system, stands regarded a scientifically arrived and organised storehouse of an intricately racemose ramifications of lofty musical and poetic thoughts. It is so consummately complete in itself as an art, while its listening could leave an elatingly stirring effect, its soulful practice and exposition could open up soul realising vistas.
Komanduri, who belongs to that genre of Carnatic musicians upholding the tradition, always presents a picture not only of a personification of simplicity and modesty but also a conviction of the rare type of an artiste who, even at the age of past 60, considers himself a student in the field of his chosen art. No wonder, when he accompanied stalwart exponents, D.K. Pattammal, Eemani, Maali (flautist), Mangalampalli, MLV, Oleti, Nedunuri and many of the likes either by prior appointment or choice or even as a last minute substitute - which he obliged many a time - he invariably left an impression of being an instant learner and hence a most amicable accompanist accomplishing the task like a person who is thoroughly accustomed to the particular style.
Not only that he reflected an aesthetic innovator by way of intertwining of some of the sublime nuances of these 'baanis' with amazing perfection with elan and acumen whenever he performed solo later.
Krishnamachari is also a name for playing an encouragingly complementary role while accompanying the upcoming and junior artistes without any ado. Thus, he has been an exemplar of a soulful effort infusing something refreshingly new always as a solo performer on one hand and a knowledgeably amicable sideman on the other to all categories of artistes.
Scion of a family of musicians, Komanduri was born to Venkata Rangacharyulu and Tiruvengalamma in a West Godavari village. After initial training in playing on the violin from his father followed by Saride Subba Rao, he later had advanced training under the warm and expert tutelage of the violin maestro, the late Dwaram Narasingarao Naidu, the then Head of the Department of Violin in the M.R. Government College of Music and Dance, Vizianagaram, for six years. He came out creditably of its portals after passing the certificate and diploma courses in music of Andhra University.
On the advice of his guru and to the good fortune of Vizagites, Komanduri settled down at Visakhapatnam and got married to Raghavamma. After the Akashvani studios in Visakhapatnam started originating music programmes, he got appointed as a staff violinist and creditably served the organisation for about two decades till he retired.
Rightly Komanduri was the choice for being profusely felicitated at a grand function organised recently by the management of the Sankara Matham in its hall. He was adorned with a `Simhalalaatam' (gold bracelet with a mark of lion's forehead on it) and conferred the title, `Naadasudhanidhi', on the occasion. It turned out to be a sight with almost everybody in the hall (seasonsed, junior and upcoming musicians of all specialisastions) making a beeline to garland him.
A. RAMAIINGA SASTRY
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