Mysore : 

Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, Gokulam, has organised a music concert By Vidu. Dr. Padma Murthy on Oct. 20, at Alwar Kala Bhavan, Sri Krishna Temple premises, here at 6 pm.

The artiste will be accompanied by Vid. T.S. Murthy on violin, Vid. Kumara Swamy on mridanga and Vid. S. Manjunath on ghata.

Artiste’s Profile :

A senior disciple of the great composer, Padma Bhushana, Sangeetha Kalanidhi Mysore K. Vasudevachar, Dr. Padma Murthy hails from a music family of Mysore, born in 1932 to Jayalakshmi and T.S. Rajagopala Iyengar, a freedom fighter, Supreme Court advocate and an art patron.

Dr. Padma Murthy gave her first concert at the age of eight in 1940, accompanied by great maestro T. Chowdaiah on violin. She was instantly hailed as child prodigy. She received training from Vidwans T. Puttaswamaiah and Thitte Krishna Iyengar and further received advanced training from Vid. R.K. Srikanthan and Vid. D.K. Jayaraman.

She has given thousands of concerts an all leading music sabhas of the nation and was called Mysore M. Subbalakshmi. As an artiste of Akashvani and Doordarshan, she has taken part in various national programmes and seminars and workshops.

Dr. Padma Murthy was the first musician to get a doctorate in music, first to become a professor of music at Bangalore University. She has a doctoral degree in Musicology from US and Doctor of Education from Belgium and also a MA in Psychology. She has written several articles & books on music and guided Ph.D students.

An avid traveller, she has represented India in Seven International Music Therapy Conferences held in USA accompanied on violin by her husband Wg. Commander T.S. Murthy. She has also given concerts at Australia, Switzerland and London. She has been awarded Karnataka Kalashri by GoK, Sangeetha Vidyanidhi by Suttur Mutt, Nadanidhi by Datta Peetha, Mysore and other innumerable awards, gold medals and citations.

Her Guru, guide and philosopher Sri Ganapathi Sachchidananda Swamiji is presently guiding her in music therapy research.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / October 17th, 2013