Daily Quiz | On Sangita Kalanidhi award Premium
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A quiz on the prestigious Sangita Kalanidhi award that has been in the news of late
Q: Though the Music Academy Sabha was established in 1928 and began its annual music conferences in 1929, in which year did everyone, who had presided till then, get the title of Sangita Kalanidhi?
A: 1943. The award was the brainchild of the then Music Academy president K.V. Krishnaswamy Aiyer
Q: If Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer is the youngest male artiste to get the Sangita Kalanidhi, who is the youngest female awardee?
A: M.L. Vasanta Kumari
Q: The award was not bestowed in 1946 and 1967 because of Thyagaraya’s death centenary and bicentenary of his birth respectively. Why was it not given in 1975?
A: To mark the bicentenary of Muttuswami Dikshitar’s birth
Q: Before G.J.R. Krishnan and Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi, the last sibling pair to get the coveted award was the ‘Bombay Sisters’ in 2010. Name them.
