MS Subbulakshmi - Nidichala

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MS Subbulakshmi - Nidichala

MS Subbulakshmi - Nidichala

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MS Subbulakshmi - Vithaluku

MS Subbulakshmi

MS Subbulakshmi - Ramanannu

MS Subbulakshmi Ramanannu

MS Amma Wax Statue

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Dinamalar article about Renovated auditorium named after MS

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Renovated auditorium named after MS

Renovated auditorium named after MS

Mumbai, Feb 27: The renovated auditorium of the 50-year-old Bharatiya Music and Arts Society at Matunga in central Mumbai has been named after the doyen of Carnatic music late M S Subbulakshmi.

The auditorium was inaugurated today. Eminent violinist T N Krishnan paid a musical tribute to MS, accompanied by Rajesh Srinivasan on Mridangam and H Sivaramakrishnan on Gatam.
A photo exhibition on `MS was also inaugurated.

The fully air-conditioned hall has a seating capacity of 350 in the second floor and an open hall in the ground floor which can accommodate about 500 persons.

Among those present at the function included Kalki Rajendran, son-in-law of Subbulakshmi, K S Mahadevan, a 90-year-old Carnatic music critic and Gouri Ramnarayan, grand daughter of MS. (Agencies) News courtesy - http://www.chennaionline.com/

President to unveil MS statue in Tirupati on March 30

President to unveil MS statue in Tirupati on March 30
By: A. SATYANARAYANA
TIRUPATI, FEB.17 (TIRUPATITIMES.COM)

President, Dr. A.P.J. Kalam is likely to unveil a 14 foot high bronze statue of late M. S. Subbulakshmi, the uncrowned empress of Carnatic music, in the temple town of Tirupati on Telugu New year’s day ‘UGADI’ on March 30.

Tirupati Urban Development Authority (TUDA) Chairman, Mr. B.Karunakara Reddy said today that the statue, in sitting posture, made of bronze weighing about 4000 KGs, worth about 11 lakh, was donated to the TUDA by a TTD Board Member, Mr. N. Nageswara Rao.

Extending its’ invitation to the President to unveil the statue, TUDA has sent a letter to Dr. Kalam through the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Dr. Y.S.Rajesekhara Reddy, TUDA Chairman added.

An Interesting Item ( MS amma)

M S Subbulakshmi

Contributed by Zahid Islam from Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

Islam had aquired this very attractive cover from a collector in Chicago, USA who was selling part of his collection in a club auction in 1992. It is a registered VP envelope from the Gramaphone Company Limited of Dum Dum (Calcutta) with a multi-colored label of the singer M S Subbulakshmi, dated May 6, 1940.

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Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi (popularly known as M S or M SS) (September 16, 1916 - December 11, 2004) was a renowned Carnatic vocalist. M S started learning Carnatic music from a very early age and cut her first disc at the age of 10. At 17, the child prodigy made her debut at the Madras Music Academy. Since then, she performed countless musical forms in different languages such as Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Sanskrit and Kannada. M S also became famous as a film actress. Her most memorable role was Bhaktha Meera in Meera (1945). Following the success of the film she quit films and turned wholly to concert music.

M S traveled to London, New York, Canada, the Far East, and other places as India's cultural ambassador and performed at concerts at Carnegie Hall, New York; the UN General Assembly on UN day in 1966; the Royal Albert Hall, London in 1982; and at the Festival of India in Moscow in 1987.

She was widely honored, praised and awarded. Some of them more popular ones include Padma Bhushan in 1954, Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 1968 (literally, Treasure Chest of Music. She was the first woman recipient of the title), Ramon Magsaysay award in 1974, the Padma Vibhushan in 1975, the Kalidasa Samman in 1988, the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration in 1990, and the highest civilian award - Bharat Ratna in 1998. She was also honored as the court-singer of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams.

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