Dr Karthik_The Ghatam Maestro

vinayo · Post by **vinayo** » 22 Jun 2007, 03:33

Ghatam Karthik has earned a well deserved PhD from the University of Madras. Congratulations to him. May he live long and give us the joy of listening to many many of his concerts.

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 22 Jun 2007, 04:56

Congratulations to Sri Karthik!
Details about his research are at:
http://www.hindu.com/fr/2007/06/22/stor ... 600300.htm

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 22 Jun 2007, 06:36

Congratulations to Dr. Kartik. Did not know he possessed many other talents besides being a whiz at playing the ghatam!

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 22 Jun 2007, 09:45

Great News !!!
Here is a track where he sings as well.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/yftjhr

The mesmerising Violin bit is by Embar Kannan

a track squeezed out of a 60 minute laya special at Brahma Gana Sabha.
As a tribute to this Gentle Giant.

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 22 Jun 2007, 10:10

Congratulations to Ghatam Vidwan Dr. Sri Karthick!!!

msakella · Post by **msakella** » 22 Jun 2007, 11:12

Dear brother-member, coolkarni, Does the Artist, who followed on Mridangam, exactly reproduced the konakkol-format of Jati on Mridangam? amsharma.

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 22 Jun 2007, 11:53

Sarma Saab,
I presume you have heard the track and are asking me this question.
I will be last person on earth ,to know the answer to this question.
Will look forward to your observations.

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 22 Jun 2007, 13:22

Wow! He must have put in a lot of work for that.

Congratulations to a great performer and a very nice man.

Sathej · Post by **Sathej** » 22 Jun 2007, 14:46

Really a great achievement.Congratulations!
Sathej

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 22 Jun 2007, 16:39

Congratulations Ghatam Karthik.

Mannarkoil J Balaji

shanks · Post by **shanks** » 22 Jun 2007, 18:14

The snippet posted by Coolkarni is by the "HeartBeat" group - Dr. Karthik is the man behind this group along with Embar Kannan. They toured the US a couple of years ago and the concert i heard was really good; they seem to have had a very busy season (december) the last two years.
The group has violin, flute, mandolin, mridangam, ghatam, kanjira, tabla and morsing with persussion given a lot of emphasis in their performances.
They have released a CD too; the compositions i believe primarily by Karthik and Embar Kannan.

msakella · Post by **msakella** » 22 Jun 2007, 18:29

Dear brother-member, coolkarni, I have just listened to the starting bits of that recording and found the Artist who played the Mridangam did not exactly reproduced the Jati-format of the Konakkol-singer. Had he reproduced the same on the Mridangam it would have become more attractive and enthusiastic to listen and enjoy it. amsharma.

kadambam · Post by **kadambam** » 22 Jun 2007, 18:58

Congrats Karthick...

It is undoubtedly commendable to have completed a phD in Sanskrit & we look forward to hearing from this artist many many more years.

Vinayo....Any reasons, why he is being addressed as a Maestro..Of late many vidwans have started using this preffix!!!!

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 22 Jun 2007, 22:23

Thanks Sarma Ji

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 23 Jun 2007, 01:10

Congratulations to Sri Karthick!

shadjam · Post by **shadjam** » 23 Jun 2007, 01:19

Here is a nice (and funny) interview of Sri Karthik from Nayaandi Darbar:

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r69dYKjzHM
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_AORgljimg
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npU7WAcLwYk

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 23 Jun 2007, 07:17

Quite funny.

veenajj · Post by **veenajj** » 23 Jun 2007, 07:50

Certainly a person with a large heart and sparkling wit!!

The fraternity is proud of you and your well deserved achievements.

Jeyaraaj & Jaysri

saadhyaa · Post by **saadhyaa** » 25 Jun 2007, 14:42

May the god of hope shower all the best things under the sun to Dr. karthik...in the coming days.........

saadhyaa

Sundara Rajan · Post by **Sundara Rajan** » 26 Jun 2007, 08:26

Congratulations, Mr. Karthik ! Mr. Karthik can be proud of his EARNING Ph.D. from the Madras University for his research work. In days of yore, GNB was proud to sport his B.A.(Hons) degree after his name. Similarly Dr. Karthik can rightfully sport his Ph. D. after his name to distinguidh himself from the Pseudo Drs. of "conferred Honorary Doctorates" like Dr. Kalaignar, Dr. Jesudas etc.

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 26 Jun 2007, 09:30

A number of current artistes have been awarded or are working towards a PhD in music - some of those who I know of include:

violinist Dr M. Narmadha
violinist Dr Mysore Manjunath
vocalist Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam
vainika Jayanthi Kumaresh
vocalist K N Shashikiran

bhaktha · Post by **bhaktha** » 26 Jun 2007, 10:49

Add Dr. Hemalatha (violinist) to the list
-bhaktha

srinidhi · Post by **srinidhi** » 26 Jun 2007, 13:22

And Sowmya....

Sundara Rajan · Post by **Sundara Rajan** » 26 Jun 2007, 19:13

It is heartening to note that many of the current artists are well qualified in other academic fields also besides their chosen art forms. The list should also include one or both of the Rudrapatnam brothers. I just don't want these artists to be clubbed with those that were awarded "honorary" doctorates that SHOULD NOT be used as as prefixes, as clearly mentioned in the awards. Even our friends in these columns should refrain from using "Dr. Ramani, Dr Semmangudi, Dr. Kalaignar, Dr. MLV " etc. regardless of how much respect they deserve. It is a disrespect to those who worked for and EARNED their degrees !