Unknown singers of Hindustani classical music get Pamabhushan and a Carnatic singer of the class of Sudha has been awarded only padma Shri and that too now only. Well right from the wide disparity of payments in AIR to the artists of the two different type of singing methods the diffrentiation continues. Not good for the integration of the country.
The gap created after MLV or other greats of her times cannot be easily replaced. New generation performers have to practise a lot, sing a lot in heavy raagams, focus more on the kritis of the trinity, elaborate the aalapanas, bring out nerevals and kalpana swarams more frequently and sing fewer bhajan and light Maharajapuram Santanam type songs. Also, many present day singers have husky voices with the range being poor to very poor. Emphasis on rigorus practice and top quality voice culture has to be the priority.
The gap created after MLV or other greats of her times cannot be easily replaced. New generation performers have to practise a lot, sing a lot in heavy raagams, focus more on the kritis of the trinity, elaborate the aalapanas, bring out nerevals and kalpana swarams more frequently and sing fewer bhajan and light Maharajapuram Santanam type songs. Also, many present day singers have husky voices with the range being poor to very poor. Emphasis on rigorus practice and top quality voice culture has to be the priority.
The gap created after MLV or other greats of her times cannot be easily replaced. New generation performers have to practise a lot, sing a lot in heavy raagams, focus more on the kritis of the trinity, elaborate the aalapanas, bring out nerevals and kalpana swarams more frequently and sing fewer bhajan and light Maharajapuram Santanam type songs. Also, many present day singers have husky voices with the range being poor to very poor. Emphasis on rigorus practice and top quality voice culture has to be the priority.
