Shri R. Pichumani - The Tradition Of Carnatic Music On Veena / La Tradition Carnatique de la Vina 1 - Tanjore Vani

Tracklist

1	Varnam - Rag Sahana - Tal Adi	6:12
2	"Vande Nisamaham" - Rag Hamsadwani - Tal Adi	9:33
3	"Aparama Bhakti" - Rag Pantuvarali - Tal Rupakam	11:18
4	Ragam, Tanam - Rag Sankara Bharanam	19:24
5	"Etuta Nilachite" - Rag Sankara Bharanam - Tal Adi	13:49
6	"Shuddha Satvananda" - Rag Revati - Tal Adi	5:46
7	Tirupugar - Rag Sivaranjani - Tal Misra Chapu	4:47

Credits

• Ghatam – S. Karthick
• Veena – Shri R. Pichumani

Notes

Born in 1920, R. Pichumani started studying music from the age of 10, carnatic singing and veena with Shree Tiruchi Kupanna at Tiruchi's National College of Music. When he was 15 he won his first national prize and continued his studies at Annamalai University. His teachers there were very famous: Shri Tiger Varadachariar, Shri K.S. Narayanaswami and Shri V.S. Gomathi Aiyar. In 1940, he started on a professional carreer: he has given by now nearly 1500 concerts around India and numerous concerts for the "National Programme" or the "Sangeet Sammelan Programme", of All India Radio. He has received the title of "Shanmuga Vadivu" of the Music Academy's festival (twice), the gold medal and the title of "Kalaimaamani" from the Sangeet Natak Academi. A well known teacher (he has trained many generations of musicians, as well as his two sons), he is now a member of Annamalai's Faculty of Arts. As a composer, he has created numerous Varnam, jawali and even a raga, Vasantha Kaisiki.