Dr. Rose Muralikrishnan had her advanced vocal training from legendary late Dr. Madras Lalithangi Vasanthakumari also popularly known in the music world as MLV, was one of the distinguished singers of Carnatic Music. Along with M.S. Subbulakshmi and D.K. Pattammal, Dr. M.L.Vasanthakumari debased the popular myth that music rendered by women was somehow "not up to the standard". But what set MLV apart from the rest of the crowd was her musical scholarship, remarkable virtuosity as a singer and her spirit of adventure.
MLV had her initial training in music under her mother Lalithangi. Later her art was polished and perfected by her Guru another musical phenomenon G.N.Balasubramaniam. The hallmark of MLV's music was the vast collection of Purandaradasa Krithis which she learnt and mastered from her mother. It would not be an exaggeration to say that MLV was solely responsible for bringing Dasavani to the mainstream of Karnataka Sangeetha Paddhathi from the musico-political oblivion. MLV has left behind her musical legacy in vast collection of recordings and has trained several musicians. Among her well known disciples are Sudha Raghunathan, A.Kanyakumari (Violin), Charumathi Ramachandran, Rose Muralikrishnan, Prabhavathi & Trichur V. Ramachandran, Jayanthi Mohan and many others.
MLV had her initial training in music under her mother Lalithangi. Later her art was polished and perfected by her Guru another musical phenomenon G.N.Balasubramaniam. The hallmark of MLV's music was the vast collection of Purandaradasa Krithis which she learnt and mastered from her mother. It would not be an exaggeration to say that MLV was solely responsible for bringing Dasavani to the mainstream of Karnataka Sangeetha Paddhathi from the musico-political oblivion. MLV has left behind her musical legacy in vast collection of recordings and has trained several musicians. Among her well known disciples are Sudha Raghunathan, A.Kanyakumari (Violin), Charumathi Ramachandran, Rose Muralikrishnan, Prabhavathi & Trichur V. Ramachandran, Jayanthi Mohan and many others.
About Rose Muralikrishnan
Singer / Performer
Dr. Rose Muralikrishnan had performed in and around India and many other countries. She performed as well as conducted music in many International Music Festivals at the finest music venues around the world. Festivals include but not limited to Sydney Opera House of Australia, Carnegie Hall of New York, Walt Disney Concert Hall of Hollywood, Hodgson School Of Music, Georgia, to name a few. She had also performed in many World Music Festivals including Music Academy of the West, the Center for Jazz and World Music Festival, CSU San Marcos International Music Festival, UCSB's Day of Music and so forth. She had performed also in several local prestigious concert halls such as Shrine Auditorium, UCLA Schonberg Hall, SDSU Montezuma & Smith recital Hall, UCSD Mandeville Theater USC Annenberg Auditorium, UCLB, Carpenter's Performing Arts Theater, UCSB, Salk Institute of San Diego, to add a few.
Voice Trainer / Instructor
Dr. Rose Muralikrishnan is currently devoted herself with full time music teaching and performance through Spring Nectar Academy to promote Indian classical Music, Fine Arts, Theater Arts and Language Arts, founded and established along with her husband N. Muralikrishnan a renowned veena and keyboard player. She specializes in training vocal students of all levels in Carnatic tradition for concert preparedness and performances. For those serious music learners who finds distance as a learning barrier, she innovated a new teaching methodology through online 'VIRTUAL MUSIC EDUCATION FOR ALL'. With this innovative system many students not only have an access to Carnatic learning in their finger tips, but also save their valuable time from traveling to teachers classrooms in this fast-paced world.
Lecturer / Teacher
Dr. Rose Muralikrishnan worked at the San Diego State University, California, USA in 1991 as an Adjunct professor of South Indian Music at the Department of World Music. She gave lectures at several universities and UCSD, UCLA, UCSB, USC, SDSU to name a few. She worked as a principal of the Carnatic music school at the Santhome Communication Center, Chennai, India. Before joined the center she was working as a music instructor at the famous Jiddu Krishnamurthy Foundation Rishi Valley School, Andhra Pradesh, India along with her Guru Dr. M. L. Vasanthakumari. She served the community at large through music performances and lectures demonstrations to promote Indian music and culture in the United States. She had presented her expert interpretations of Indian classical music at major Indian Sabhas before moving into the USA.
Music Composer / Conductor
Dr. Rose Muralikrishnan's award winning compositions won Gold Awards at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Carnegie Hall, and Sydney Opera House where she was a conductor and director of the Indian Ensemble as well. Her unique production a Symphony of Carnatic Music entitled Gayaka Vadhya Brundham for the first time live in the United States at the prestigious Carpenter's Performing Arts Center in June 1996 was a master piece of the century, where a new life was given to over 2000 year old traditional art form called Vadhya Brundham (Orchestral music) of India. The unavailability of Indian instrumental music in the USA never stopped Rose by making her dream of reviving the art form come true. Rose brought over 200 instrumental and vocal performers involving a full Western Symphony Orchestra along with Indian musicians under one roof and trained them all with out fading out the beauty and originality of music and made the event possible in the USA was one of its kind in Carnatic music history in the USA.
Music Director / Song Writer
Dr. Rose Muralikrishnan was a one of the experienced music composer and director in Indian classical music genre in India. She is also one of the very few women music composer and directors in Indian Music history. Several famous leading performers such as Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna, Sudha Raghunathan, Rajkumar Bharathi and many others sang under her music directions. Dr. Muralikrishnan composed and directed music for many dance dramas, Indian opera productions and worked with several well know Nattuvanars, Seetharama Sharma, Udupi Lakshminarayana, Adayar Lakshmanan, Dhananjayans, Alarmelvalli are to name a few.