Smt. Padmavathi Ananthagopalan

[venkatakailasam]

From the same tree ..another branch...

Smt Padmavathy Ananthagopalan daughter of Shri Gopalaiyer..

Padmavathi was meticulously trained by her father, V R Gopala Iyer. She started performing at the young age of 12. She considers Padmabhushan Late Dr S Balachander as her Manasika Guru - her source of inspiration. He had sent her on a teaching assignment to Singapore for a period of 8 years, to work as a professor for vocal and veena, along with her husband, A S Ananthagopalan, who also worked as a professor for violin at the Singapore Indian Fine Arts Society.

She returned to India in 1983, and established a school exclusively for music in 1988 known as Sri Sadguru Sangita Vidyalaya, which has turned out highly proficient students during the past several years.This school is run at Anna nagar...

Born in a family where music runs in the blood, Jayanthi Kumaresh, niece of the violin legend Lalgudi G Jayaraman, is the disciple of her aunt Padmavathy Ananthagopalan. She followed the traditional Gurukula system of learning music and flowered into a concert artist at the age of 16.

Jayanthi had the rare privilege of being one of the select few disciples of veena virtuoso Dr S Balachander. Being one of his favorite disciples, she imbibed the innovative technicalities of his style of playing.

Jayanthi started her concert career playing with her guru Padmavathi Ananthagopalan. The duo performed widely all over India and abroad, fetching themselves rave reviews and acclaim.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mKPoDNrqfU

"They hold monthly kutcheries in Chinamaya Vidhyalaya anna nagar. Maami is 80 years and Maama 92 years old. But still they take all efforts to conduct these kutcheris since there are no proper sabas in anna nagar and want to contribute their best to the field of music . They are looking forward to sponsors...

.We also want to have more people attend these kutcheirs. The entry ticket is priced only at rs 50. Except for about 50-75 people, attendence is quite low. These kutcheris are being advertised in Anna Nagar times...."
Message from a group member in FB....to me.....

[rajeshnat]

While I have no idea about vidushi padmavathi's veena play, she is one of the finest organizers . She makes sure that lot of her sishyas come and attend any of the concerts that she conducts. Everytime she greets the artists and gives the status update of annanagar music happenings . They hold concerts at one of the three places in annanagar chinmaya vidhyalaya , annanagar ayyappan temple and one small hall near annanagar west depot in the first floor. She always puts forth her opinion that annanagar has to have a concert hall on its own and she keeps consistently trying to get one. Hope her dream is fulfilled .A great sabha organizer .

[Ramasubramanian M.K]

I have had the honor/pleasure of hosting SmT.Padmavathi Mami and Jayanthi in my house for a concert the duo did in NY almost 20 years ago..A true chip of the old block(the Lalgudi- Clan-epitome of grace and civility )--purist veena playing without any fuss!!

Truly proving the old adage"The acorn does not fall far from the Tree"!!

[sivakami]

The wonderful photo in this (link below) Hindu article about Smt. Padmavathi Ananthagopalan avl, describes everything, I felt..
http://www.hindu.com/fr/2004/10/29/stor ... 660900.htm

Few weeks ago, when I happened to watch a nice kucheri by one Malavika in the Podhigai channel's Isai chaaral prog, I googled and realised that she was a disciple of Smt. PA avl...

[venkatakailasam]

BA-019-Ms. S Malavika vocal.flv ..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-91vrtR8PQ

[venkatakailasam]

'E'-SWARA-001-A Padmavathi Veena-Begada ragam.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dot_EPiBtpc

'E'-SWARA-004- A Padmavathi Veena-Panthuvarali ragam-Part I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjMNtkNK_Ys

'E'-SWARA-005- A Padmavathi Veena-Panthuvarali ragam-Part II

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsV5B7joTvk

[vasanthakokilam]

wow, what a begada!

Thanks venkatakailasam!

[venkatakailasam]

E'-SWARA-002-A Padmavathi Veena-madyamavathi ragam

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwmCn0Hems8

'E'-SWARA-003- A Padmavathi Veena-Nattakurunji ragam.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAV2sJLwqjI

[rajeshnat]

Padmavathi mami 80th birthday celebration
http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday ... 196979.ece

[Nick H]

I wish we had our Thank You button

[rajeshnat]

What passion for music for vidushi padmavathi. She has also learnt mrudangam and nadaswaram too- nice speech straight from vidushi padmavathi heart
http://theartery.in/live-webcast/

[sanjaysubfan]

It is so nice to read about Padmavathi mami. I remember a friend of mine saying that mami is a big fan of Sanjay and always requested him to sing Begada every time he sang in her sabha.