Quotes from The Hindu on Mandolin Srinivas: As a child prodigy, a permanent smile on his face and with joy apparent while playing his instrument, he created waves in the Carnatic music world. He instantly caught the attention of late Chief Minister M.G. Ramachandran, who declared him the musician of the Tamil Nadu Government when he was just 11 yeas old. He was awarded Padmashree in 1998. “After listening to him play in a temple, I recorded him for the Doordarshan. The audition test was attended by great musicians such as Emani Sankara Shastry. When we telecast the programme, we received a call from the then Chief Minister M.G. Ramachandran, requesting a copy of the recording and his address,” said Sampath Kumar, who worked for both the All India Radio and Doordarsan. ..... Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain tweeted: “Today mother India cries, today a part of Indian music died and we are orphaned, RIP my dear brother Mandolin Shrinivas.” From Business Line His most famous concert was at the Indian Fine Arts Society, 1981. It was a historic moment when noted Carnatic singer TN Seshagopalan gifted Srinivas his bejewelled ring. That news spread like wildfire in the music circuit. Srinivas was always eager to perform at concerts in temples. Once at the Sai Baba Temple in Mylapore, where Srinivas was performing a concert, a rasika approached him during the interval, and asked him to perform a piece in a particular raga. Srinivas said he didn’t know the raga. But he asked the rasika if she could hum the raga or rather its aarohana and avarohanam, and he could try performing the piece. So the rasika hummed the scales for him. And that’s all Srinivas needed. He went on to perform in that raga for about 45 minutes at that concert. He had instantly converted that scale into a full blown picture of the raga. He went on a world tour within a few years and at one of the concerts he was made to play a number three times with the standing ovations and cries of once more from the audience. The audience went around for a spot collection, went to the nearest electronic shops and bought expensive gifts to present to him. He was a master at that young age and remained one throughout. Of course being a Carnatic music player, the north India doesnt know much about him. Classical music is poorer today. Here are two pieces: One is from the Julia Roberts film Eat Pray Love and another an old recording of him as a boy recorded by a western music lover. https://youtube/watch?v=SKBAwa2MDCQ&list=PL1A2F340CA69EE9EB https://youtube/watch?v=H07Yqe5-daU&list=PL1A2F340CA69EE9EB&index=2
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