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Family concert
Lineage: A. Narayana Iyer
Violin exponent T.N.Krishnan and his sister N. Rajam, also an expert of the stringed instrument, have organised ‘Parampara,’ a family musical evening dedicated to the memory of their father, the late vidwan A. Narayana Iyer for his contribution to Indian classical music. The programme to take place on December 1 at Shanmughananda Hall, Mumbai, will be held in Chennai on December 6.
Presented jointly by the T.N.Krishnan Foundation for Performing Arts and the Omkarnath Thakur Music Foundation, the venue in Chennai is the Music Academy. Dr. S.S.Badrinath, Chairman Emeritus of Sankara Nethralaya, will be the distinguished guest of the event that begins at 6.30 p.m. A portrait of Narayana Iyer will be unveiled on the occasion.
T.N. Krishnan
The programme includes a documentary on Narayana Iyer, a Hindustani vocal duet by Ragini Shankar and Nandini Shankar, a Carnatic vocal concert by Indra Ramani and Sangeeta Shankar, violin recital (Hindustani) by Kala Ramnath, violin duet by Viji Krishnan Natarajan and Sriram Krishnan and a jugalbandi on the violin by Krishnan and Rajam. A grand team finale accompanied by Guruvayoor Dorai (mridangam), Vishwanath Nakod (tabla), Tiruppunittura Radhakrishnan (ghatam) and Sherthalai R. Ananthakrishnan (mridangam) will bring the curtain down on the event.
Pioneer
Born into an illustrious music family, A. Narayana Iyer was trained from an early age in classical music by his father Appadurai Bhagavathar and later by the legendary violin vidwan T.G.Krishna Iyer (Kitta Bhagavathar). Apart from his formal training on the violin, he developed an interest and taught himself to play the veena and gottuvadyam. However, it was the violin that he focused on.
N. Rajam.
Narayana Iyer did extensive research in violin technique, and introduced ground breaking fingering and bowing discipline to the application of the instrument in Indian music. The technical mastery demonstrated in the music of his illustrious children, T.N.Krishnan and N. Rajam is due largely to his innovations.
Narayana Iyer may be unique in holding the distinction of having trained three generations of performing musicians in his family. In addition to his children, he trained innumerable young violinists. The stamp of the Iyer school of training is evident in the posture and performance of these students. Teaching violin was his passion and life’s mission. It is no wonder that he continued to teach until the ripe old age of 95. Such was the longevity and felicity of his technique. While a purist to the core, he was not averse to modern media such as cinema. He even scored the background music for the 1935 feature film “Sakkubhai.”
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