M.S. Gopalakrishnan, popularly known as MSG, was part of the holy trinity of violinists who played Carnatic music and was also well-versed in Hindustani Classical music.
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Pl do not get confused. Nation and political parties are different. Pl come out from that kind of notion. Each and every person in India is patriotic. There is no need to brag about it.
The first time i heard MSG live was at Donimalai, NMDC Ltd in 1985. It was a solo concert and i was completely mesmerised by his music. Unfortunately after that i could not get opportunity to hear him live in solo. He was most of the time accompanied by his daughter MS Narmada.
But i would say if one wants to experience the magic of MSG, one has to hear him in solo.
Great Genius and Maestro MSG Sir’s first concert as an violin accompanist was to my Guru and Father, Late Dr.Sandyavandanam Srinivasa Rao, a Doyen, Legend, Maestro and Guru, when at the age of 8 at Uttaradhi Mutt, Triplicane, Madras (Now, Chennai) in the year 1939. Sri Parur Sundaram Iyer, another legend and maestro, father of MSG was to accompany SSRao but due to indisposition, he requested SSRao to accept MSG to accompany him. SSRao was also given accompaniments by three generations of Parur Parampara-Prof.Parur Sundaram Iyer-Prof. Parur Anantaraman and Parur M.S.Gopalakrishnan-Parur Sundaresan and Parur Krishnaswamy. Students of Violin must study MSG Sir’s accompaniment to Great Maestros-truly Master Class!
You have mentioned that Sri .MSG belonged to the Violin Trinity of the 20th Century but it is actually a Violin Quartet comprising of one more Maestro , Sri.M.Chandrasekaran who is alsothe only surviving Member of that Elite Club at 84 years of age with 7 Decades of Music at the Highest Standards. All the four had great camaraderie with each other and enjoyed each one’s Style or Bhani with utmost relish.
My husband Eswara Narsinga Rao and I were graduate students at IISc in the 60s.We had the honor of arranging Sri M. Balamurali/MSG/TVG concert as students in the 60s in Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore campus for a packed audience. It was Sankranthi/Pongal. Sri Balamurali first was reluctant to come. “ we also celebrate Festivals, you know” he said. But my husband traveled to Madras to Sri Balamurali’s house directly and persisted . Sri Balamurali graciously guided him to MSG and TVG’s residents. All ended well . It was a glorious concert , hall packed to the hilt, people sitting in the windows just to have a glimpse of the trio !
Ma’am, thanks for sharing this. Do you remember what the KrishnaTraya (Balamurali-MSG-TVG) rendered that day? What was the exact date of the concert? And is there a recording available?
Sangita Kalanidhi ,Padma bhushan Dr T V Gopalakrishnan , (born Jun 11, 1932 ) is the living legend who who has mastered the carnatic and Hindustani vocal (kirana gharana)and has been performing with unbelievable ease both the genres all through his career for 8
decades besides being an inimitable maestro of Mridangam. Since boyhood , he has been an associate of Sri M S Gopalakrishnan in 1000s of concerts . While MSG accompanied TVG’s carnatic and Hindustani vocal music, TVG played Mridangam for MSG’s violin solos. TVG was the only mridangam wizard to have accompanied the trio of Parur Sundaram Iyer and his sons MS Anantharaman and MS Gopalakrishnan. Balamurali , MSG , TVG combine was a musical storm in the 60s and 70s a big hit among younger generation then. TVG , a guru of many Stars of today , had made a big impression on Pt Ravishankar and George Harrison is performing and teaching all three genres with incredible energy even at 88 today!!!
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Thanks alot for writing on Indian Classical Music, now a days very less people write, read and learn Indian Classical Music. I am 25 years old student of Hindustani Vocal Music.
It was great to see this article. ???
First of all, please tell us why you leave space for comments on articles like these but not your heavily loaded, anti-national political articles. I should like to answer that myself: because you don’t have the courage to do it, as you know that the readers would take you apart mercilessly and leave you naked. Grow up, The Print! Nothing is more sacred than the nation!
First of all, please tell us why you leave space for comments on articles like these but not your heavily loaded, anti-national political articles. I should like to answer that myself: because you don’t have the courage to do it, as you know that the readers would take you apart mercilessly and leave you naked. Grow up, The Print! Nothing is more sacred than the nation!
Pl do not get confused. Nation and political parties are different. Pl come out from that kind of notion. Each and every person in India is patriotic. There is no need to brag about it.
The first time i heard MSG live was at Donimalai, NMDC Ltd in 1985. It was a solo concert and i was completely mesmerised by his music. Unfortunately after that i could not get opportunity to hear him live in solo. He was most of the time accompanied by his daughter MS Narmada.
But i would say if one wants to experience the magic of MSG, one has to hear him in solo.
Great Genius and Maestro MSG Sir’s first concert as an violin accompanist was to my Guru and Father, Late Dr.Sandyavandanam Srinivasa Rao, a Doyen, Legend, Maestro and Guru, when at the age of 8 at Uttaradhi Mutt, Triplicane, Madras (Now, Chennai) in the year 1939. Sri Parur Sundaram Iyer, another legend and maestro, father of MSG was to accompany SSRao but due to indisposition, he requested SSRao to accept MSG to accompany him. SSRao was also given accompaniments by three generations of Parur Parampara-Prof.Parur Sundaram Iyer-Prof. Parur Anantaraman and Parur M.S.Gopalakrishnan-Parur Sundaresan and Parur Krishnaswamy. Students of Violin must study MSG Sir’s accompaniment to Great Maestros-truly Master Class!
You have mentioned that Sri .MSG belonged to the Violin Trinity of the 20th Century but it is actually a Violin Quartet comprising of one more Maestro , Sri.M.Chandrasekaran who is alsothe only surviving Member of that Elite Club at 84 years of age with 7 Decades of Music at the Highest Standards. All the four had great camaraderie with each other and enjoyed each one’s Style or Bhani with utmost relish.
My husband Eswara Narsinga Rao and I were graduate students at IISc in the 60s.We had the honor of arranging Sri M. Balamurali/MSG/TVG concert as students in the 60s in Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore campus for a packed audience. It was Sankranthi/Pongal. Sri Balamurali first was reluctant to come. “ we also celebrate Festivals, you know” he said. But my husband traveled to Madras to Sri Balamurali’s house directly and persisted . Sri Balamurali graciously guided him to MSG and TVG’s residents. All ended well . It was a glorious concert , hall packed to the hilt, people sitting in the windows just to have a glimpse of the trio !
Ma’am, thanks for sharing this. Do you remember what the KrishnaTraya (Balamurali-MSG-TVG) rendered that day? What was the exact date of the concert? And is there a recording available?
Sangita Kalanidhi ,Padma bhushan Dr T V Gopalakrishnan , (born Jun 11, 1932 ) is the living legend who who has mastered the carnatic and Hindustani vocal (kirana gharana)and has been performing with unbelievable ease both the genres all through his career for 8
decades besides being an inimitable maestro of Mridangam. Since boyhood , he has been an associate of Sri M S Gopalakrishnan in 1000s of concerts . While MSG accompanied TVG’s carnatic and Hindustani vocal music, TVG played Mridangam for MSG’s violin solos. TVG was the only mridangam wizard to have accompanied the trio of Parur Sundaram Iyer and his sons MS Anantharaman and MS Gopalakrishnan. Balamurali , MSG , TVG combine was a musical storm in the 60s and 70s a big hit among younger generation then. TVG , a guru of many Stars of today , had made a big impression on Pt Ravishankar and George Harrison is performing and teaching all three genres with incredible energy even at 88 today!!!
Hello, thank you very much for quoting my blog. However, the article inadvertantly links to another blog. Could you kindly replace the link with the right one? Many thanks.
I am surprised that the article has no mention of Shri Krishnanand, who taught Hindustani Music to MSG for years.
Thanks alot for writing on Indian Classical Music, now a days very less people write, read and learn Indian Classical Music. I am 25 years old student of Hindustani Vocal Music.
It was great to see this article. ???
First of all, please tell us why you leave space for comments on articles like these but not your heavily loaded, anti-national political articles. I should like to answer that myself: because you don’t have the courage to do it, as you know that the readers would take you apart mercilessly and leave you naked. Grow up, The Print! Nothing is more sacred than the nation!
First of all, please tell us why you leave space for comments on articles like these but not your heavily loaded, anti-national political articles. I should like to answer that myself: because you don’t have the courage to do it, as you know that the readers would take you apart mercilessly and leave you naked. Grow up, The Print! Nothing is more sacred than the nation!