This week on Sarees and More we are elated to have on board two renowned artists. An artist, actor, a connoisseur of music and dance, Dr. Swarnamalya Ganesh. We also have Ramamoorthy Sriganesh, an eminent percussionist. And here is the part 1 of the much-awaited interview.
Swarnamalya is a combination of a performer with over 35 years of experience, a scholar of dance history as well as a trained academician in art practice and sociology. She is trained in Indian and Middle Eastern music, epigraphy, history and archaeology. She has received prestigious awards and fellowships for her contributions including the recent KREA- Faculty Research Fellowship for 20-21. She is currently Assistant Professor of Practice (Arts), KREA University, India. She is also the Director of Ranga Mandira Academy of World Dance/ Performance and Indic Studies which works at providing education in Performing Arts.
Born in Lalgudi, Tamil Nadu, in a family of musical interests Ramamoorthy Sriganesh had his initial training in Mridangam playing from Chidambaram V. Natraja Iyer in New Delhi. He went through advance training from Kalaimamani Kumbakonam Sh. A. Premkumar, a retired staff artiste of AIR New Delhi. Sriganesh is a versatile artiste who has accompanied frontline Carnatic musicians, top ranking dancers of the country and has many dance related rhythmic compositions to his credit. Travelled all over the globe, he is also the founder of DHWANI a musical ensemble which has performed in and out of the country. Also capable of playing the Drums Sriganesh believes in passing his knowledge to the future aspirants.
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