CHENNAI: Carnatic vocalist Bombay Jayashri will be conferred the Sangita Kalanidhi award, the Music Academy said on Sunday.
Bombay Jayashri is known for her melodic and meditative style of singing and has been awarded thePadma Shri.
She has also been training underprivileged children in music and contributing through her art to social causes, said a note from the academy.
Bombay Jayashri, one of the country's foremost Carnatic musicians today, was taught the classical art by her parents before she started training under her late guru T R Balamani and the violin maestro Lalgudi G Jayaraman. Apart from carnatic vocals, she is also trained to play the veena, and in classical dance, and Hindustani music.
The Music Academy also announced that Vasanthalakshmi Narasimhachari will be conferred the Nritya Kalanidhi award.
The other annual awards announced include Sangita Kala Acharya to Palkulangara Ambika Devi, who has taught music to three generations, and K S Kalidas, a senior mridangam player.
Thirunageswaram T R Subramaniam and Sargurunadha Odhuvar are to be conferred with TTK Awards.
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