Chennai:
Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Saturday urged the
Music Academy to plan for a December Global Arts Festival in Chennai and vowed
help and support for the initiative.
Delivering the inaugural address at the 86th
Annual Conference of Music Academy, the chief minister said that the month of
December, which coincides with the Tamil month of Margazhi, has become a month
when music concerts are accorded a special place and the city holds concerts at
various places.
“Joy and spiritual fervour are harmoniously blended
during the period casting a spell over the rasikas, an experience one may not
get in the festivals of other cities. I suggest that you may please sit
together and plan for a December Global Arts Festival at Chennai. You can count
on me for my help and support,” she added.
Highlighting the contribution of musicians who have
adorned Carnatic music like pearls and gems, Jayalalithaa said musical heritage
has been passing on from teachers to the disciple and musical legends have
thrilled rasikas with unique and distinct styles.
She also paid tributes to Carnatic music stalwarts
like Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar, Musiri Subramani Iyer, G N Balasubramaniam,
Maharajapuram Vishwanatha Iyer, Madurai Mani Iyer, Dandapani Desikar, queen of
music M S Subbulakshmi, D K Pattamal or M L Vasanthakumari and said that they
are lustrous stars that shine in the musical firmament showing the path to many
youngsters as how best the sadhna of Carnatic music may be achieved.
Tracing the evolution of ragas, the chief minister,
who is a connoisseur of art, said it was from panagal, a medium through which
the great devotees and sages expressed emotions from the mundane to the
transcendent in ancient Tamil Nadu, that the ragas took over to become the
embodiment of the infinite variety of human sensitivity and came to represent a
colourful and variegated explosion of a profound musical sensibility.
She said the future belongs to younger musicians who
are rising up from the horizon and are cultural ambassadors. “They seem to have
outstanding musical sense, sincere application and stern discipline and are
fully qualified to outshine the masters, she added.
Jayalalithaa also congratulated Carnatic singer
Trichur Ramachandran for being chosen to preside over this year’s conference
and receive the coveted title of Sangeeta Kalanidhi.
Earlier president of music
academy N Murali paid tributes to sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar with whom
the music academy shared a long association.
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