MUSIC

I love music in any form, especially carnatic classical music. I sing too, and I am a graded artist of All India Radio. I have also given several carnatic concerts. Here are a couple of recordings of my singing: http://www.youtube.com/user/divyadwani/videos. :)

I enjoy music when it is flawless and there are several veterans in the field that I admire. Of them special mentions to Semmangudi Sreenivasa Iyer! What dedication and perseverance! One must learn 'hard work' from the pita maha. His speedy swara kalpana would also be full of bhava. His neravals were really one of a kind. He set a new style of singing and these days, several successful artistes belong to his school of singing. I also relish KV Narayanaswamy's neravals. Madurai Mani Iyer is the man I look to for swara kalpana. MD Ramanathan had a unique inimitable style of singing .. Its unfortunate that neither of the stalwarts are with us today. But their music continues to, and will always be with us.