Smt. Malini Vishwanath

Smt. Malini Vishwanath

– An Exponent of Carnatic Music

                                                                                                -by Surya Prakash

Carnatic music conjures up images of a village with green fields lined with tall and swaying trees, pigeons, sparrows chirping and flying and resting on the dome of the sanctorum of colorfully painted temples, ringing of temple bells, colorful and intricate designed rangoli in front of their houses etc.

It is for a reason that such images come rushing into our minds. The Carnatic music dates back to the vedic periods when man heavily depended on mother nature. So in South India some people thought it befitting to give thanks to our mother nature for her bounties. The feelings expressed in their songs and music came to stay in Carnatic music and through ages have remained so. Hence the closeness of Carnatic music to Mother Nature.

The saga of Carnatic music continues to mesmerize people across nations and to take it onwards and spread the beauty and serenity of this wonderful music we have several people in each age devote their lives to this music. In this age one of them is Smt. Malini Vishwanath who is living in Kuwait with her husband Mr. Vishwanath who is working in KGL. Though Smt. Malini Vishwanath is an engineer, she found her passion and interest in Carnatic music. She was trained by some selfless gurus Guru Purshottaman, Guru Sangeetha Mahmahopodyaya Shri Kollegal Subramaniam, Smt. Radha (daughter of Bharat Ratna M.S. Subhlakshmi). Learning under such renowned and devoted Gurus Smt. Malini Vishwanath realized that in fact Carnatic Music is a way of life.

She made experiments by having a fusion of Carnatic Music with other forms of music like Arab music, South East Asean music, Western music. This concept of fusion made her realize the similarities in various forms of music and hence the universality of music. She started Raag N Rhythm an ensemble to promote classical Indian music in Kuwait and teach genuine students this fantastic art.

She had performed, conducted and organized many shows in Kuwait promoting Carnatic music.e-mail: visragmal@yahoo.com

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