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T.N. Krishnan flays craze for instant fame
By Our Staff Reporter
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, FEB. 4. Musicians, especially youngsters, who try to become famous overnight are not only destroying music but also their talents, the noted violinist, T. N. Krishnan, has said.
Addressing a `Meet-the-Press' programme at the Thiruvananthapuram Press Club here today, Mr. Krishnan said years of hard work was needed for an artiste to mature and fame earned in a short time would be similarly short lived.
The lack of great masters was a disadvantage for the present generation of singers, he felt. He himself had been fortunate to have a virtuoso like Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer to guide his career.
Mr. Krishnan said he never played the violin for the audience but for his own satisfaction. According to him, the performance of an artiste reached its peak only when he performed for himself.
Mr. Krishnan said the number of critics had now surpassed the number of singers, but there was still a dearth of good and healthy criticism. All that the so-called critics did was to write nice things about all performers, he added.
The recipient of this year's Swathi Sangeetha Puraskaram, Mr. Krishnan said he valued the award all the more as it was the first one that he had received from his native State. He said he still remembered the days when he lived in the city while studying in the SMV High school and Government Model High school.
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