Names
of a host of musicians featured in the Kalaimamani
awardees list released by
the Tamil Nadu government Friday night. The awards
will be presented to them
by Chief Minister M Karunanidhi at a function
scheduled at Valluvar Kottam for February 13.
Music composer Bharadwaj, K N Shashikiran, Veena
artistes Rajesh Vaidya and Srinivasan, carnatic vocalist Gayathri
Sankaran, Gayathri Girish, V Narayana Perumal and playback singer
Kalyani Menon have been
selected for the coveted honour.
Also there in the list are the names of Kudanthai J
Deviprasad (violin); J
Sivakumar and NS Rajam (mridangam artistes);
Tiruvarur S Saminathan and
K V Ramanujam (flute artistes); T Suresh Sivan
(devotional musician); Tirukkadayur
Muralidharan (nadaswaram artiste),
Reddiyur Selvam (Tavil artiste) and A Hemnath
(Bharatanatyam dancer).
Says Rajesh Vaidhya, "I would like to dedicate this
award to Sri Kanchi
Paramacharya. My friends have been asking me for a
party. I will host them
one soon."
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