A young vocalist, endowed with a powerful and expressive voice, he is storming ahead rapidly to carve a niche for himself in the world of Carnatic music.
Born on the 22nd of January 1976, TM is really one of the “Youngest” stars! Disciple of Seetharama Sharma, he has been undergoing advanced training from Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer. He also undertook special training in pallavis from Shri. Chengelpet Ranganathan. He is probably one of the very few who’s career began at none other than The Music Academy, Chennai, when he performed for the Spirit of youth festival in 1988. He has been performing regularly since then. He has risen to be a top ranking artiste in a very short span of time, only to be featured in the evening slot in all the leading sabhas including the Music Academy. He is accompanied by almost all the stalwarts like Palghat Raghu, Umayalpuram Sivaraman, and Vellore Ramabadran. The outgoing President of the YACM, he was the driving force behind the Millennium show held at the academy on the 31st of December. A stickler for tradition, Krishna is known for his forthright and clear approach to Carnatic music. With an attractive voice and a youthful style, his concerts are known to be highly successful. He is married to Sangeetha Sivakumar, an accomplished musician by her own right. He is the recipient of the “Yuva Kala Bharathi “ award along with his wife Sangeetha -“a wedding gift to the couple...” as Mrs.YGP put it. Krishna has toured the US in 1998 and has also undertaken tours of the UAE and South Africa." Information courtesy of chennaionline. BACKGROUND T.M.Krishna is one of the leading artists in the field of carnatic music (Indian classical music-south Indian style) today. Born on 22nd January 1976 to Mrs. and Mr. T.M.Rangachary T.M.Krishna belongs to a family of music connoisseurs. From a very early age he was exposed to classical art, especially carnatic classical music. His mother herself was a carnatic music graduate and his father a great lover of carnatic classical music. His grand parents on both sides of the family had immense interest in carnatic music. His grand uncle Mr. T.T.Krishnamachari was one of the founders of the Madras Music Academy, a premier institution in the field of Indian performing arts. He has had the good fortune of listening to a number of concerts by stalwarts from the age of 2. This has greatly influenced his outlook and approach to Carnatic music.
MUSICAL EDUCATION From a very young age, he showed immense talent in the art of classical vocal music. He used to pick up all the songs that his mother learnt during her music classes. Taking notice of this talent, his mother put him under the tutelage of Vidwan Sri Seetharama Sharma at the tender age of 6. He has been learning from him for the past 18 years. He has also undergone special Pallavi training under Sri Chengalpet Ranganthan. Now he is continuing to learn from Vidwan Sri Seetharama Sharma and Dr Semmengudi Srinivasier.
HIS MUSIC His resonant and mellifluous voice and strict adherence to classicism have enriched his musical outpourings. His music is marked with a very high level of aesthetics in conception and execution. He is known for his tremendous Manodharma (Imagination) and Sampradaya (Traditional) Sangeetha (music). His complete involvement and his ability to unfold ragas with ease has left many a listener lost in his music. His renditions of vilamba kalam (slow tempo) compositions are soaked with bhakthi (devotion) and bhava (emotion) are a treat to every listener.
PROFESSIONAL CAREER T.M.Krishna is one of the leading artists in the field of carnatic music. He has been performing from the age of 12. His first concert was at the Spirit of youth series organized by the music academy Chennai. Since then there has been no looking back. He has traveled widely in India and abroad and won applause from connoisseurs and critics. He has received numerous awards and titles from many leading organizations. SOME OF HIS AWARDS
His work in the field of music is not restricted to only performing. He was the president of the Youth Association for Classical Music (YACM) for 4 years. As its president he pioneered many innovative and far-reaching projects for the increase in listener ship of carnatic music among the youth. He has organized many lecture demonstrations in around 100 schools in Chennai City. He has conducted many workshops for the better understanding of carnatic music. Even after resigning as YACM president he has continued his work in this direction. He has also presented a number of lecture demonstrations on different aspects of carnatic music. In December 1998, along with musicians Vijay Siva and Dr Sunder, he authored the first ever carnatic music appreciation album Titled ‘ learning to appreciate carnatic music’. This album was released by H.M.V In December 1999 to celebrate the new millennium he as the president of YACM organized the biggest musical extravaganza that carnatic music has ever seen featuring musicians of seven generations (over 100 musicians) and 600 children. It included live performances and audiovisual presentations. It was hailed as an event unparalleled by one and all. Recently he along with musicians Bombay Jayashree and Sanjay Subrahmanyan authored a book on Prof. Sambamoorthy an Indian musicologist of great international repute to commemorate his birth centenary. This is a publication of the Music Academy Chennai. Krishna toured Singapore in 2001 to compose and conduct an orchestra of the Singapore fine arts society under the grant of the national arts council of Singapore. This programme was titled " On a Classical Trail ". Information courtesy of tmkrishna.com Web design by JIVI solutions. Art work (c) Leelavati Bagavant. |
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