Chennai
“Ravikiran has fully lived up to his promise as a child prodigy and has risen to great heights of musicianship over an illustrious career", Academy's President N Murali said. Noted mridangam vidwan V Kamalakar Rao and vocalist Radha Namboodiri were selected for the Sangita Kala Acharya awards. Ghatam exponent Sukanya Ramgopal and a leading representative of Odhuvar tradition, Muthu Kandasamy Desikar were selected for the TT Krishnamachari awards.
The Musicologist Award would be conferred on T S Sathyavathi, while the Pappa Venkataramiah Award for violin would be presented to Tiruvallur Parthasarathy. The awards would be presented during the sadas on January 1, the release said. The Nritya Kalanidhi Award for dance would be presented to bharatanatyam exponent and choreographer Lakshmi Viswanathan during the inauguration of the annual dance festival scheduled to be held on January 3.
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