TNS to be Sangita Kalanidhi

ramanathan · Post by **ramanathan** » 21 Aug 2006, 08:15

Vidwan Madurai Sri. T. N. Seshagopalan has been chosen as the next Sangita Kalanidhi awardee by the Music Academy, Madras. A very worthy, well-deserved choice! Congratulations to him!

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 21 Aug 2006, 08:28

GREAT NEWS!!

gsn · Post by **gsn** » 21 Aug 2006, 08:48

This is simply brilliant news! : ) Congratulations to one of Carnatic music's most creative living legends!

-G

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 21 Aug 2006, 09:03

Congratulations to the Renaissance Man of Carnatic Music, Madurai Sri TNS. Very deserving choice, and one that is long overdue.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 21 Aug 2006, 09:20

Long awaited!
Congratulations to the Maestro!

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 21 Aug 2006, 10:07

Nice. Congratulations to TNS. And to his ardent fans as well who have been waiting for this news for quite a few years.

meena · Post by **meena** » 21 Aug 2006, 10:23

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rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 21 Aug 2006, 11:39

thankfully academy has awarded TNS. unlike occasions when it had overlooked deserving people in past.

better late than never.

kaumaaram · Post by **kaumaaram** » 21 Aug 2006, 12:48

Congratulations to TNS who deserves this recognition.

Hopefully, he would reduce the concerts to a few in this season and preserve his voice.

Kaumaaram

srkris · Post by **srkris** » 21 Aug 2006, 13:28

I guess venkatpv will be the second happiest after TNS himself.

Good news.

Vocalist · Post by **Vocalist** » 21 Aug 2006, 15:33

Congrats to TNS. Ever since the BBoard has been around, a lot of us were waiting for this.

Vocalist · Post by **Vocalist** » 21 Aug 2006, 15:37

Well, he did deserve it even before that, it's been so long...

venks15 · Post by **venks15** » 21 Aug 2006, 16:33

Long overdue .... Umayalupuram sir mentioned in a concert on 11th Aug at Bangalore.... Indha varusham Sangita Kalanidhi TNS thaan.... perhaps he had an idea of what was coming...

TNS Sir... we are so happy for you. You deserved it for a while now.

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 21 Aug 2006, 18:45

I am elated, apt to say sangitha kalanidhi deserved TN Seshagopalan.I would rate him as one musician who must have covered maximum count of krithis + rAgas in lifetime( sheer encycopediac vidwAt).
IF you have interesting anecdotes about this musician share it in the vidwan section,
http://rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=991-Madurai-Seshagopalan.html

meena · Post by **meena** » 21 Aug 2006, 23:24

I guess venkatpv will be the second happiest after TNS himself.

ha ha yes indeed.

venkatpv · Post by **venkatpv** » 22 Aug 2006, 02:03

great news indeed!!

cant think of anyone more deserving...

and i am sure TNS.Krishna is second happiest.. but yeah, i will be third!!!

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 22 Aug 2006, 12:16

Finally...last year it looked like it was all over for TNS as far as SK is concerned...I do second the demand for lesser concerts. Look forward to hearing the TNS' Kalanidhi-inspired concerts this season!!

Now, where is the Bharath Ratna?

Vijay

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 22 Aug 2006, 12:33

Vijay, Congratulations to you as well, a fan of TNS through thick and thin.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 22 Aug 2006, 19:10

Salutations to the great guru Ramanathapuram Sri. Sankara sivam.

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 23 Aug 2006, 13:50

VK - thanks...pat pat...I truly deserve it!

kartik · Post by **kartik** » 23 Aug 2006, 17:44

Good to see MA pick SK's purely on basis of merit after taking a break from common sense.

MBK · Post by **MBK** » 25 Aug 2006, 15:00

Greetings everyone...I'm a new comer to this forum & would like to open my 'account' here with a
congratulations to our revered Guru TNS.

I used to post on the old 'Sangeetham' as mrasika - however, I once posted a topic on this very grand master that took a turn that I never expected. I consequently stopped posting. But this great news is enough to draw me in again!

May Mother Saraswathi bless this great artiste in the years to come to scale the mighty heights that he has set in the past.

saroja ramanujam · Post by **saroja ramanujam** » 30 Aug 2006, 08:10

Thanks Ramakrishnan, i am able to login at last using firefox. I have already contributed my posting on TNS in thepast. I run webpages on him and a group also. I invite the ardent rasikas of TNS to log in to my web pages http://www.geocities.com/rasika_tns and become a member of my yahoogroup rasika_tns. http://yahoogroups.com/group/rasika_tns. I have already sent my post on sangithakalanidhi to sri.ramakrishnan as i was not able to log in due to IE trouble.I thank you all for expressing your appreciation on TNS being made sangithakalanidhi which makes me very glad to see so many sahrdhayas. This news has been long awaited by all his rasikas and I am sure all his rasikas as one man/woman will be the happiest persons without distinction.
saroja ramanujam

saroja ramanujam · Post by **saroja ramanujam** » 30 Aug 2006, 14:41

My
comments are, the sangitha jalanidhi(ocean of music) is going to be
called sangitha kalanidhi. A nidhi means that in which the treasures
are deposited. in that sense TNS is already a sangitha kalanidhi as
all the tresures of music has already been deposited in him.To give him
the title now is like writing the name of lotus underneath the picture
of it or to point out at the sun and say 'this is the sun!'
saroja ramanujam

srkris · Post by **srkris** » 30 Aug 2006, 19:12

Saroja, your opinion is already posted at http://rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=19746#p19746

jayaram · Post by **jayaram** » 30 Aug 2006, 21:57

This review provides a counterpoint to the gushing adulation for TNS.
http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2 ... 660600.htm

There's no denying he is a great musician, but a touch of arrogance and too much briga use do mar his katcheris occasionally.

Having said that, I still remember very fondly a brilliant concert of his in Pittsburgh in the 90's.

I only hope TNS mellows down a bit...

Jayaram

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 31 Aug 2006, 06:45

jayaram,
Your comment about brigAs (too many of them) is valid. TNS is a brilliant vocalist no doubt, but the spiritual and 'nAbhi hrud khaNTa rasanA' which his guru practised and taught gets sacrificed sometimes in his gymnastic pursuits.
SVK's review said it very well. He wishes TNS would underplay his vidwat. Underplaying itself is a sign of vidwat. KVN comes to mind...

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 31 Aug 2006, 17:35

the spiritual and 'nAbhi hrud khaNTa rasanA' which his guru practised

Arasi
Throw some insight on Shri Sankarasivam , likely you may know more about him since you are in the era where you sat with a book in PSP's vintage car.Have you heard any live concerts of Sankarasivam.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 31 Aug 2006, 22:37

rajeshnat,
I was fortunate enough to learn from Ramanathapuram Sankara Sivam for a short while. I had great respect for him as a person and as a teacher. No, I have not heard any of his concerts--but have heard plenty of his singing. I would ask him to sing this or that, and he would oblige. I was not one of those serious students but it didn't matter to him. My being laya impaired (to this day) didn't faze him. 'uLLukkuLLe irukkudille?'--you have got it inside you--is what he would say about my gnAnam and tALam--to encourage me, I suppose. With all my limitations, I was still one of his students that he would nurture. To this day, I remember every sangati of the songs I learnt from him. I felt that he respected and appreciated his students for whatever little or great talent he found in them.
Whether a vAtApi gaNapathim or a jAvaLi, his sonorous voice had depth and feeling. In the sixties and seventies, those of us who lived abroad did not travel to India that often. Our meetings were far and few. The very last time I saw him, just a few months before he passed away, he was lucid and surprised me by remembering a song he taught me and when the time came for me to leave, he sang mEru samAna majestically, just for me. Nary another soul in that room! I treasure that moment...

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 31 Aug 2006, 23:10

Nice moment to cherish. Thanks for sharing, Arasi

DrMrinalini · Post by **DrMrinalini** » 07 Sep 2006, 20:52

Hearty congratulations to Sri.T.N Seshagopalan ! Wishing him many more laurels & a wealth of creative excellence that will serve as a leading light for us, as performers, students or rasikas of karnataka sangeetham !

y2003 · Post by **y2003** » 27 Sep 2006, 15:41

Atlast the title "Sangeetha Kalanidhi" has found a worthy owner in Sri.TNS.. None deserves more in the present scenario.. His dare-devilry in extempore performances is similar only to Sri.TRS who is my biggest idol from the past.

vs_manjunath · Post by **vs_manjunath** » 01 Oct 2006, 06:13

Hearty Congratulations to TNS.
He richly desrves Sangita kalanidhi- vs_manjunath