Kanyakumari (violinist)
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Avasavala Kanyakumari is a notable carnatic music violinist from South India. She lives in Chennai. Nowadays, she plays alongside Kadri Gopalnath in concerts. Kanyakumari is a native of Vijayanagaram, Andhra Pradesh and has been living in Chennai for more than 25 years. She initially learnt from I. Vijayeswara Rao of the Dwaram school and later from maestro M. Chandrasekaran under the Govt. of India scholarship. She also had a fruitful long association with Dr. Shrimathi M. L. Vasanthakumari (MLV) as her stock accompanist (1972-91).
Other people Kanyakumari has played for include:
- Flautist Dr. N. Ramani,
- Vocalist Dr. M. Balamurali Krishna
- T. R. Mahalingam
- Mandolin U. Srinivas
- Mridangist T. V. Gopalakrishnan.
- Saxophonist Kadri Gopalnath
She is also a distinguished soloist and has conducted many innovative recitals featuring 25 violins, 50 violins and recently 100 instruments for the new millennium. In 1988 she set a unique record playing the violin non-stop for 29 hours, at the Padmanabhaswamy temple in Kerala.
[edit] Awards and Honours
- Dhanurveena Praveena, a title bestowed on her by M.S. Subbulakshmi, commemorating Kanyakumari's 25 years in concerts
- Kalaimaamani Award
- Sangeeta Kala Nipuna, from the Mylapore Fine Arts Club, 2002
- Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, 2003
[edit] Teaching
Kanyakumari is also a dedicated teacher of violin, and offers free violin classes in Chennai. Kanyakumari offers free violin tuition in Madras. Prasanna, a carnatic guitarist and Embar Kannan are two of her students who are already making waves in the Carnatic music circle.
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