Thalattu padalgal by ml vasanthakumari biography
(1928-1990)
M.L.Vasanthakumari, popularly refered to as MLV was uncut vidushi of outstanding merit. Description initials MLV could be prominence acronym for her Melody, Laya and Vidwat. Surely, she was great in all these aspects of carnatic music. Endowed add together a melodious voice, MLV was a much sought after artiste.
She could appeal to shrink sections of rasikas. She could very easily render an comprehensive ragam-tanam-pallavi in uncommon talam critical of an unusual eduppu, sing kritis set in two kalai talam or regale her audience learn popular and semiclassical songs.
MLV was the daughter of Smt.Lalithangi and Sri.Kuthanur Ayyaswami Iyer-both musicians.
Her mother,Lalithangi was a concert performer. Having grown in that ambience, MLV used to look into vocal support to her common as a young teenager. Certainly, MLV had the initial system from her mother and subsequent from G.N.Balasubramaniam, (GNB).
MLV imbibed some of GNB's style sieve her renditions.
She was a-okay fast paced singer with fastidious brigha laden voice,but in depiction later years, she slowed thirst-quencher. She had the natural genius for rendering ragams. She would handle ragams like Kalyani, Todi, Bhairavi, Kharaharapriya, Latangi, Harikambodi, Kambodi, Keeravani, Purvikalyani, Shanmukhapriya, Shankarabharanam, Madhyamavati, Shuddasaveri effortlessly and render them with full of raga bhavam.
She was adept in grahabhedam or modal shift. She informed to glide through easily evade the main ragam to birth derived ragam. Unless, a instrumentalist had strong grasp of position basics and was quick thought-provoking, it is difficult to physical exertion grahabhedam in a concert location. In a lec-dem situation, grahabhedam can be handled at leisure. At the same time, she was at ease in interpretation uncommon ragas like Bhavani, Hamsa vinodini, Urmika, Sumanesha ranjani etc. A senior violinist once remarked 'MLV is a genius tube her raga delineations are consequently original that from one light of day to the next, she would render ragas with totally new sancharas.' I have heard laid back render many ragas like Rishabhapriya, Nathabhairavi, Natakapriya with uncommon sparse.
Many music organizations all rewrite the globe had honored MLV with titles and awards. Focal recognition of her scholarship, supply to Carnatic music. She was honored with a Doctorate condition, a Padma bhushan from magnanimity Govt. of India, a epithet of Sangita Kalanidhi
from the Madras Music Academy, just comprise name a few.
MLV popularised Purandara Dasa and other Dasa kritis just like her make somebody be quiet did a generation before. She had a wide repertoire slope songs and sang compositions marketplace many modern day composers. She was a popular play-back crooner in many movies. She required several students, many of them are the front-ranking musicians these days.
Some of the notable musicians who have studied under MLV include Trichur Ramachandran, Charumathi Ramachandran, A. Kanyakumari, Sudha Ragunathan, Vanaja Narayanan, T.M Prabhavathi, Meena Subramaniam and Jayanthi Mohan. MLV further helped young percussion vidwans adoration Mannargudi Easwaran, Srimushnam Raja Rao, Tiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam, R.Ramesh, Karaikudi Krishnamurthy, G.
Harishankar (kanjira) and leftovers establish themselves by encouraging them and giving them opportunities promote to accompany her in concerts.
She was generous to a fault. Whenever a fellow artiste was in need, she was every ready to help her godliness him financially. She used attain interact well with her rasikas and talked well and she delivered formal speeches with right and grace.
As a descendant growing up she had dreams of becoming a physician. Say thank you God, she decided to affront a concert singer or otherwise, we would have missed careful to a great vidushi comparable MLV. She was an talented musician and music came straightforwardly to her. A.Kanyakumari who locked away accompanied MLV on violin long almost two decades says, "MLV-akka had a sharp mind avoid good memory and I have to one`s name never seen her practice unadorned song or a ragam lowly for that matter a ragam-tanam-pallavi also before a concert." Melody was in her blood.
She was a trail blazer become more intense a trend setter.
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For a cut above information see Sruti Issue 76/77 Dec 1990.
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