File image of Jayanthi Kumaresh rendering a veena recital.
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The one centesimal Convention and Concert events of the The Music Academy, Chennai, starting in December this yr will likely be marked by the conferment of the Sangita Kalanidhi award on famend veena participant Jayanthi Kumaresh. Bharatanatyam dancer Narendra G will obtain the Nritya Kalanidhi award.
“The manager committee, at its assembly on March 15, determined to confer the award on her and different awards on varied musicians,” mentioned N. Murali, president of the Academy, on Sunday (March 15, 2026).
Ms. Kumaresh, a member of the musically wealthy Lalgudi G. Jayaraman household, learnt from her mom, Rajalakshmi. She later skilled underneath her aunt Padmavathi Ananthagopalan after which maestro S. Balachander. She additionally obtained steering from her uncle Lalgudi G. Jayaraman, Sangita Kalanidhi T. Okay. Brinda, composer Thanjavur Sankara Iyer, and T. R. Subramanian.
A postgraduate in English, Ms. Kumaresh is without doubt one of the foremost exponents of the Saraswati veena and has collaborated with the late tabla maestro Zakir Hussain. She has contributed in massive measure to the current enhance within the recognition of the instrument.
“It’s a nice honour that I’ve been chosen for the award within the one centesimal yr of the Convention and Concert events of the Academy, whose emblem options Saraswati with a veena. It’s an honour not only for me, however for the veena, the nationwide instrument,” Ms. Jayanthi informed The Hindu.
She mentioned a veena artiste had been chosen for the award after a spot of 34 years, and it was a matter of satisfaction that it had occurred within the centenary yr of her guru, the late S. Balachander.
The Sangita Kala Acharya awards will go to vocalist Sugandha Kalamegam and mridangam participant Thrissur C. Narendran.
The recipients of the TTK Awards are nagaswaram participant Injikudi Subramaniam and violinist T.Okay.V.B. Ramanujacharyulu.
The Musicologist Award will go to D. Balasubrahmaniyan, presently Adjunct Professor of Music and Co-chair of International South Asian Research at Wesleyan College.
Bharathanatyam dancer A. Janardhanan will obtain the Nritya Kala Acharya award, a newly instituted award this yr. S. Rajeswari will obtain the Dance Musician Award (vocal), and T.Okay. Padmanabhan the Dance Musician Award (instrumental), the opposite two new dance awards.
Mr. Murali mentioned the Sangita Kalanidhi designate will preside over the educational classes of the Annual Convention and Concert events of the Academy to be held between December 15, 2026 and January 1, 2027. She’s going to obtain the award together with the opposite awardees on January 1, the day of Sadas.
Mr. Narendra will obtain the Nritya Kalanidhi award on the inauguration of the twentieth Annual Dance Competition of the Academy on January 3, 2027.
Revealed – March 15, 2026 01:08 pm IST
