Shri Nedunuri Krishnamurthy was honoured by Shanmukananda Fine arts on 6th March 2010 at Shanmukananda Hall in the presence of the Governor of Maharashtra Shri Shankara Narayanan. Shri Nedunuri was presented with Shanmukananda eminence award for his outstanding contribution to Shastriya Sangeetham for more than 60 years. Shri Nedunuri , in his thanks giving speech, appreciated the Sabha for its role in developing classical music and arts in Mumbai and also recollected the olden days when he had performed below the same stage covered by a small roof . He also mentioned that it is befitting that the first recipient of this award by Shri Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer , his manaseeka Guru.
Smt. Sharadha, a student of Shri Nedunuri performed a vocal concert accompanied by Mr. Shankara Narayanan on the Mridangam and Mr. S.V.Ramachandran on the Violin.
The programme started with chanting of vedic hyms by children from Vedic college , Nerul . The representatives from various temples in Mumbai honoured both the Governor and Nedunuri followed by mementos by various Fine arts and sabhas in Mumbai.
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Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan gave away 10th Sri Shanmukhananda National Eminence Award to Sangeetha Kalanidhi Nedunuri Krishnamurthy for his lifetime contribution to the cause of promotion and preservation of Carnatic music, at a function held at Shanmukhananda Hall here on Saturday.
Sankaranarayanan described Nedunuri as a living legend and called for preserving the rich musical legacy created by him.
The award carries a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh, a citation, a silver lamp and a trophy. The first award instituted by the Shanmukhananda Fine Arts and Sangeetha Sabha was presented to Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer.
Shanmukhananda Sabha president V.Shankar and a large number of Carnatic music lovers were present on the occasion.
The felicitation was followed by a concert by Nedunuri’s disciple Sarada Subramanian.
Krishnamurthy was born to Ramamurthy Panthulu and Vijayalakshmi on October 10, 1927 at Kuthepalli, Pithampuram taluk, in Vishakhapatnam.
He was the Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts and Chairman of the Board of Studies in Music in Sri Venkateswara and Nagarjuna Universities.
Nedunuri established the ‘Nadasudha’ Trust for preserving and popularising Carnatic Music.
Beginning with Sangeetha Choodamani in 1986, he has won several awards and accolades during his musical career spanning 65 years.
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