Vidya Shankar | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Pratibha_Devisingh_Patil_presenting_Sangeet_Natak_Akademi_Award_2007_to_Smt._Vidya_Shankar,_(Carnatic_Instrumental_-_Veena),_at_the_investiture_ceremony_of_Akademi_Fellowship_and_Akademi_Awards_2007,_in_New_Delhi.jpg) President Pratibha Patil awarding Vidya Shankar the 2007 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (Carnatic Instrumental - Veena) | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 28 December 1919[1] Madras, Madras Presidency, British India (now Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India) |
| Died | 29 June 2010 (aged 90)[2] Mylapore, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India[2] |
| Genres | Carnatic music |
Vidya Shankar (28 December 1919—29 June 2010) was a distinguished Indian musicologist, educationist and vainika (veena musician).[3] She was a recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, the highest Indian award for practising artists.
- ^ "TTK Memorial Award". The Journal of the Music Academy (Madras). 70: 40. 1999.
- ^ a b "Veena Vidushi passes away". Mylapore Times. 30 June 2010. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ Krishnan, Lalithaa (1 July 2010). "Art and science converged here". The Hindu. Retrieved 3 December 2020.