Sixty Years of Musical Excellence

On December 1st 1996, Sangeetha Kalanidhi Sri K.V. Narayanaswamy was honored to commemorate sixty years of his service to the Carnatic music world. The function was held at The Music Academy Hall in Madras. More than a thousand people attended this event.

A brief summary of the evening:

• Sri T.N. Seshan, election commissioner of India, spoke and felcitated Sri KVN on the occasion.
• Living legends Sri Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer and Smt. M.S. Subbulakshmi graced the occasion with their presence. A host of other noted musicians, including Sri Lalgudi Jayaraman,Smt. D.K. Pattamal, and others, also attended.
• A cassette containing Sri KVN's rendition of Sri Adi Sankara's Subramanya Bhujangam Slokam and Sri Muthuswamy Dikshitar's masterpiece Sri Subramanyaya Namaste, was released.
• To conclude the evening, there was a grand concert by Sri Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer himself, accompanied by Sri V.V. Subramaniam on the violin and Sri J. Vaidyanathan on the mrdangam. Even at the age of 88, Sri Srinivasa Iyer sang with great energy and bhava in his inimitable style.

This event was a fitting tribute to one of the greatest Carnatic vocalists of this century.
The KVN Felicitation Committee and I sincerely thank all those rasikas who contributed generously to make the occasion a grand success.