Sri KVN Home Page

A web site devoted to my guru,
renowned Carnatic vocalist Palghat Sri K.V. Narayanaswamy.

Nov 15,  1923 - April 1, 2002

The purity of Sri KVN's music and his steadfast dedication to its ideals remain an inspiration to all.

Recent Articles:

Remembering the master.

What makes Sri KVN's music so special?

Some letters reproduced from Sruti Magazine - July 2002

The Musician, The Person:

• "Quiet Flows a River of Music" - A brief biographical sketch of Sri KVN.

In Conversation:

• An Interview with Sri KVN: Part I of II (with some nice photos).
  An Interview with Sri KVN: Part II of II

Sri KVN Speaks:

• Sri KVN's Inaugural Address to the Music Academy Conference, 1986.

His Admirers:

• An essay on Sri KVN by Dr. Narayana Menon of the Sangeeta Nataka Academy.

• A rasika's essay on Sri KVN, published in The Hindu.

Events:

• Felicitation of Sri KVN in 1996 Sri KVN was honored in a grand function marking sixty years of his service to music.

Audio:

• Listen to Sri KVN's lec-dem on Kaccheri Paddati

Nostalgia:

• Find KVN, Ariyakudi, and other stalwarts in this photo taken at tyAgarAja ArAdhana at tiruvaiyAr over 40 years ago.

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Great Guru of a Great Sishya:

• Sri Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar Home Page.

Biography available

K V Narayanaswamy: Foremost Disciple of 'Ariyakudi'

This biography was released in New Delhi last year.
$20 (plus $5 for postage).
All proceeds go to The KVN Fund, Chennai.
Please email Subha - spk AT narada.org if you would like to purchase a Tamizh copy.
Please email Ravi Srinivasan - ravi AT alumni.Princeton.edu to purchase an English copy.

Hemmige V. Srivatsan     hvs AT narada.org