Ilayaraja Prescribed for Sangeeth Natak Academic Award for 2012
Posted on: 25/Dec/2012 11:45:32 AM
Indian Maestro Isaignyani Ilayarajah is prescribed for Sangeeth Natak Academic Award 2012.Ialayarajah is one of the 36 persons who were been selected for their extraordinary performance for puppetry, music, dance etc�Ilayaraja has been awarded for creative and experimental music. The other eight eminent artistes from the field of music are: Rajashekhar Mansur and Ajay Pohankar for Hindustani vocal music, Sabir Khan (tabla) and Bahauddin Dagar (Rudra veena) for Hindustani instrumental music.
O. S. Thyagarajan for Carnatic vocal music, Mysore M. Nagaraja (violin) and K. V. Prasad (mridangam) for Carnatic instrumental music and Bhai Balbir Singh Ragi (gurbani) for other major traditions of music have been selected for the award.
There are very few talented to get the nomination of this awards. Now there are currently 40 fellows were having The honour of Academic Fellow carries a cash award of Rs. 3 lakh, while Academic Awards carry Rs. 1 lakh, besides Tamrapatra and Angavastram.
