MADRAS MUSIC MELA 2002
     

RASIKA AWARD WINNERS FOR 2002!
     
The list is out! Yes, the following are Carnatica's first Rasika Award winners in various categories! The winners were announced at the concluding day of Carnatica's Sangeetanubhava festival on January 6, 2003 at Chennai. These awards were for music season 2002.

Children:

  1. Rithwik Raja
  2. Vibha Lakshmi
  3. Subhashri
  4. Pavitra Durai (Consolation Prize)

General:
  1. K Parthasarathy (Connoisseur - I, for attending the maximum number of lec-dems)
  2. V Balakrishnan  (Connoisseur - II)
  3. Dr. Vaseekaran (For attending maximum number of concerts - 120 concerts)
  4. Ganesh Kumar (Special mention)
  5. M A Srinivasa Iyer
  6. S S Venkataraman, The Great Bathroom Singer
  7. K R Sundaresan (Special Youth Award)
  8. S S Swaminathan (Consolation Prize)

Non-resident Indians:
  1. Brazil Subramaniam
  2. Ramanathan

Women:

  1. Dwaraki Krishnaswami (Bangalore)

  2. Vedavalli Ramanujam

  3. Vijayalakshmi

  4. Bhuvaneswari

  5. Kamala Ganesh

  6. Vanaja Sundararajan (with her husband Sundararajan)

  7. Saroja Swamy (Special mention)

  8. Dr. Ushalakshmi (Good technical reviews)

  9. K Anuradha (Professional reviews)

  10. Nirmala Rajan (Consolation Prize)
    

Posted on January 7, 2003
   

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