Vidwan Sri.P.S.Narayanaswamy passes away

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vanajan
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Vidwan Sri.P.S.Narayanaswamy passes away

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One of the finest carnatic musicians and guru, Padma Bhushan awardee Vidwan Sri. P.S.Narayanaswamy has left us, to teach music to the Gods.
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mahavishnu
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Sincere condolences. What an amazing guru and person! A huge loss for Carnatic music.

thanjavooran
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Very sad to hear. Condolences to his family and disciples.
Ohm shanthi !

rshankar
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Om shAnti!
Heartfelt condolences to his family and his galaxy of shishyA-s!

Pratyaksham Bala
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Heartfelt condolences.

SrinathK
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Very sad to hear this. PSN mama was a collosal institution unto himself. I cannot remember a musician of this generation who hasn't been his student.

It is a void that can never be filled. The entire CM community is mourning his loss today. Aum shanti.

shankarank
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Indeed a great loss to the community. Once ran into him @Asthiga samajam - that was the taniavartanam concert of TS. Had an opportunity to get his blessings!

Condolences to all of his family and Sishya kulam.

CRama
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Condolences to all his sishyas and family members.
Om Shanthi.

gardabha_gana
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Indian arts, be it music or dance, is one that has been passed through generations from the guru to their shishyas. An under appreciated fact in music is the contributions of the gurus in carrying on this rich art form, shaping and enriching it with individuality while adhering to the framework. Our music has benefited by such gurus, and our generation has one peerless guru acharya in Vidwan PSN mama. While adhering to the Semmangudi Bani, he has hone countless musicians across generations, shaping them to excel in their own way, from sublime to the energetic, far and wide. So much so, whenever we see a fresh promising artist we wonder is he or she PSN mama's student? The world of music is poorer today, but he leaves behind a rich legacy and his music will live through his disciples for generations to come. Sincere heartfelt condolences to his family and shishya parampara.

Nick H
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Condolences and sympathy to his family, his many, many students, and friends.

I'm no historian, but there cannot be many, if any, gurus who have brought so many musicians not only to the stage but also to ongoing professional success.

rajeshnat
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An amazing Guru who was open to all schools. His style of singing in his best days was bit racy, but the personality when he speaks is measured with lot of silence and spacing.Most of todays top vidwans and vidushis were moulded significantly or atleast at crucial points were pushed by PSN mAmA

In web i just saw his birth details

Puliyur Subramaniam Narayanaswamy (born February 24, 1934 in Konerirajapuram , now part of Mayiladuthurai district - died October 16th,2020 in Chennai).

PSN mama was groomed by Gurus Tiruppambaram Somasundaram Pillai, Mudikondan Venkatrama Iyer, TM Thyagarajan and ofcourse Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer.PSN Sir was most acclaimed teacher who taught chaste sampradaya music to all age group of vidwans and vidushis. Many many sishyas of PSN reached concert stature.

He was usually sought out as a speaker to honor important milestone functions ,always speaks with passion giving credit where due . I remember one manakkal rangarajan function in parthasarathy sabha , many many speakers were only highlighting that Manakkal did not get his due .Only PSN wholeheartedly said No No No let us not speak like that , he certainly got his dues . He did not carry any feeling of not recognized which creeps in with most musicians , he contributed extreme positivity to his students . When semmangudi passed away i recollect vividly his tears and speech that he did in mylapore . He also has tuned few songs like tiruvarutpa - pannirukann in poorvikalyani which is brilliant

The unofficial joke a decade back in Decemeber season was for PSN students alone we need a seperate December Music Season.

The Hindu tribute
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/ch ... 877413.ece

PSN website
https://www.psnarayanaswamy.org/

Sincere Condolences to PSN sir's family and all his sishya paramparas.

Sreeni Rajarao
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Sincere condolences!

kmrasika
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Regret to read about the passing of Sri PSN, one of the stalwarts belonging to the tutelage of the prolific SSI school, votary of pure unadulterated classical music. A great loss to the CM community. Pray this gandharva gāyana attains divine beatitude.🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Sundara Rajan
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Heartfelt condolences to his family and innumerable sishyAs. An irreparable loss to the Carnatic music world.

ajit
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Sincere condolences to his family and disciples. He was a very close friend of my guru and he used to participate in RAF annual festival regularly. He has composed a very beautiful chittaswaram for Ithi Nyayama in Maalavi which my Guru used to play.

rajeshnat
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Amritha Murali has written the writeup . Lots of PSN students have given their lovely 2 liners. The photo of PSN surrounded by this many performing students with so many making such a big mark is an exemplary achievement.
Write up in The Hindu dated Oct 23rd,2020

https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/ ... 917566.ece

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