Rotary award

THE ROTARY Club of North Madras felicitated violinist Kanyakumari, by conferring on her the ``For The Sake of Honour'' Award for this year. The vice-president of the club, Sukumar, spoke about Kanyakumari's career spanning several decades. Her inborn talent was first recognised by Ivaturi Vijayeswara Rao when she was still a child. She imbibed from him the techniques evolved by the unforgettable violin maestro of yesteryear - Dwaram Venkataswami Naidu and later on from Chandrasekharan. Another vice-president of the club and noted sitar artiste, Pt. Janardan introduced the chief guest, N. Pattabhiraman, editor of Shruti magazine. Pattabhiraman referred to the renowned women of Carnatic music - M. S. Subbulakshmi, D. K. Pattammal and M. L. Vasanthakumari - who overcame the rigid gender bias of male musicians in their careers through their patience, perseverance and vidwat. He looked upon Kanyakumari as one such worthy artiste who had succeeded in establishing herself in the still male- dominated music world. He handed her a silver plaque and citation on behalf of the club.

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