It was a well spent weekend with food for ears, heart and stomach!! This particular programme where my family played had all kinds of percussion and it was such a feast to see and hear.
My husband, R Seenivasan hails from a musical lineage. Currently, he is a senior project manager in an MNC but his passion, soul , life is all music!
He is the great great grandson of Shri Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar and the grandson of Madurai Balakrishna Iyengar. His mother, Padmasani Ramaseshan was an leading Carnatic vocalist during the 70's in Madurai.
Seeni, started learning flute at the age of 13 from Sri. Venu Pillai in Madurai, Tamil Nadu and continued his learning from his mother & Guru Smt.Padmasani Ramaseshan(Great granddaughter of Sri.Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar and Daughter of Vidwan “Baktha Sangeetha Boosanam” T.K Balakrishna Iyengar).
After initial training from Sri Venu Pillai on Flute, he gave his '"Arangetram" at the age of 16. Since then, he continued his music journey by performing solo concerts in many places in and around Tamil Nadu.
He has also accompanied for many “Bharatha Natyam” programs across India. He was inspired by Dr. N. Ramani and started following his flute style.
He was blessed by the great flutist Dr. N. Ramani and was asked by him to proceed with advanced learning from his senior disciple, Thiruvarur Sri. S. Swaminathan. Under the guidance of Sri.Swaminathan, he had performed many flute recitals in All India Radio and TV programs in addition to many other solo flute recitals in India.
He had received the second prize for Flute in a Tamil Nadu state-level festival organized by “Nehru Yuva Kendra” (Government of India) in the year 1995. He was also conferred the title “Kalai Ilamani” from Government of Tamil Nadu in 1997.
He performs in SIFAS annual festivals and other concerts across Singapore.
I am happy to see more and more girls getting to play percussion especially Mridangam. It's thick skin and weight discourages many from playing but the Maths and Music that this instrument enhances is unbelievable.
My elder daughter , Haripriya Seenivasan, started learning it by end of 2012 and vocal from 2011. Her Guru, Shri. Trivandrum Rajagopal, is one of the noted artists from India .
With God's grace and guru's blessings her interest is only going up and not coming down. She loves it and is more keen to go forward though as there are no girls of her age learning in TFA and there are only a few in Singapore.
My younger wanted to learn Violin ( Both the girls were not interested in flute for unknown reasons!!). She is currently learning from Shri G Manikandan who had accompanied my mother in law in her vocal concerts during the 1970's.
I feel parents need to guide and at the same time give the freedom for kids while choosing their passion.
Music is truly a medicine. Any form of music has its own richness. It's a stress reliever and it enhances your memory as well.
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