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AIR Artiste K R Kumar Awarded Top Grade

  •   Thu, Oct 07 2010 07:50:29 PM

AIR Artiste K R Kumar Awarded Top Grade

Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (FR)

Mangalore, Oct 7: Ghatam artiste of All India Radio, Mangalore, Tiruchy K R Kumar has been awarded top grade by the Directorate of All India Radio.  He is the second music artiste from Mangalore after Kadri Gopalnath to get the coveted top grade ranking, which he truly deserves for his exemplary talent. 

K R Kumar who has been A grade Ghatam artiste since 1988 has provided Ghatam accompaniments to a multitude of top ranked Carnatic musicians including musicians like Dr S Ramanathan, Madurai Somu, Maharajapuram Santhanam, T V Shankaranarayanan, A K C Natarajan, Lalgudy Jayaraman, N Ramani, Kadri Gopalnath, U Srinivas, R K Srikantan, M S Sheela and many others.  He has also accompanied leading top grade artistes like Violin wizard Kunnakudi R Vaidyanathan and other artistes to prestigious music programmes and government functions conducted in different parts of the country. 

Just recently Kumar had accompanied vocalist Ranjani Guruprasad in the Akashavani Sangeet Sammelan invited audience programme held in Calicut, which amply demonstrates his calibre as an artiste par excellence.

As staff artiste of All India Radio, Mangalore, K R Kumar has regularly composed Vadyavrinda in different Taalas and in different ragas, some of which were presented before the invited audience.  He had produced a popular programme on AIR, Mangalore “Raaga Maalika” – a series of musical episodes on film songs, which were based on different ragas, which was highly appreciated by music aficionados. He had also produced another popular programme based on taalas “Sangeetha Sourabha” on AIR, which was also highly appreciated by the listeners.

K R Kumar has composed new Tamil devotional songs which are yet to be recorded and released.   

  

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  • suman.r.devadiga, puttur

    Thu, Oct 14 2010

    congradulations sir.u deserve this honour.me & my family are very happy about your achievement.

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  • Concepta Fernandes, AIR Mangalore

    Tue, Oct 12 2010

    Tiruchy K R Kumar was born in a family of Music Connoisseurs, in the year 1960 at Ayyampettai in Thanjavur District of Tamilnadu. At the tender age of six Kumar was initiated into Mridangam and later started learning Ghatam under the tutelage of Kalaimamani Tiruchi R. Thayumanvan, a big name in Pudukkottai style of Layaparampara.
    Kumar has developed his own distinct style of playing the ghatam with rich tonal clarity and melodic beauty.He brings beauty and life to rhythm with skillful finger movements and mastery over intricate Laya patterns.
    Tiruchy K R Kumar is a staff artist at All India Radio Mangalore since 1986. He is also an approved Mridangam artist. The grading of performing artists in AIR has several stages starting from 'B', 'B '(B High), 'A' and Top Grade. The honorarium to the artists is based on these grades. To perform in Radio and Doordarshan one has to have a minimum 'B' grade and be on the staff minimum 'B '( or B High). The artistes with 'A' grade and 'Top' grade get opportunities to perform in the coveted Akashvani Sangeet Sammelan concerts held across the country every year. In fact ii is the dream of every music artiste to perform in the Akashvani Sangeet Sammelan concerts at least once in their life time and Kumar has performed thrice so far, the latest being in Calicut on 25th Sept. 2005.

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  • Concepta Fernandes, AIR Mangalore

    Tue, Oct 12 2010

    Tiruchy K R Kumar was born in a family of Music Connoisseurs, in the year 1960 at Ayyampettai in Thanjavur District of Tamilnadu. At the tender age of six Kumar was initiated into Mridangam and later started learning Ghatam under the tutelage of Kalaimamani Tiruchi R. Thayumanvan, a big name in Pudukkottai style of Layaparampara.
    Kumar has developed his own distinct style of playing the ghatam with rich tonal clarity and melodic beauty.He brings beauty and life to rhythm with skillful finger movements and mastery over intricate Laya patterns.
    Tiruchy K R Kumar is a staff artist at All India Radio Mangalore since 1986. He is also an approved Mridangam artist. The grading of performing artists in AIR has several stages starting from 'B', 'B '(B High), 'A' and Top Grade. The honorarium to the artists is based on these grades. To perform in Radio and Doordarshan one has to have a minimum 'B' grade and be on the staff minimum 'B '( or B High). The artistes with 'A' grade and 'Top' grade get opportunities to perform in the coveted Akashvani Sangeet Sammelan concerts held across the country every year. In fact ii is the dream of every music artiste to perform in the Akashvani Sangeet Sammelan concerts at least once in their life time and Kumar has performed thrice so far, the latest being in Calicut on 25th Sept. 2005.

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  • Concepta Fernandes, AIR Mangalore

    Fri, Oct 08 2010

    Congratulations to Trichy K R Kumar. Until yesterday ‘Ghatam Kumar’ was the only ‘A’ grade Ghatam artiste in coastal district and now is the second "TOP" ranking music artiste next only to the Saxophone great Padmashree Kadri Gopalanath. Apart from being a versatile performer, SriK R Kumar is a friendly person, very co-operative colleague, who holds deep knowledge in Carnatic classical music. Many performers of Hindustani Classical music also receive guidance from him for nuances and have performed fusion 'jugalbandhi' with him. He is known to be the only authority in 'Laya'(rhythm) in coastal districts. I have the privilege and pleasure of working with him in the Music Section of All India Radio, Mangalore and watching him perform very closely. We have received feedback that in the Akashvani Sangeet Sammelan Concert in Calicut on 25th Sept. 2010, Kumar & his Ghatam stole the limelight. Looks like this festive season is very auspicious to Kumar. Congratulations once again.

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  • Roney Tauro, Kadri, Mangalore

    Fri, Oct 08 2010

    Congratulations!!! you deserve this honour. May the good God bless you and your talent and keep you in good health always!!
    All the best.

    Roney Tauro

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  • Pavan, Karkala

    Fri, Oct 08 2010

    Could anybody shed more lights on the artists ?
    Whose desciple is he ?

    since it is mentioned that he is the second one from Mangalore to get the AIR A grade, wanted to know if has any root to Mangalore or he is a local resident through profession ? Name suggests his ancestry to Trichy.

    Wishes and congratulations to the Ghatam artist.

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