Krishna stepped into Nityanand’s office for the first time and shared his concern regarding “Carnatic music becoming elitist and being stuck in certain spaces which only certain audiences can access”. Krishna and environmentalist Nityanand Jayaraman, attempts to bridge this gap. The Urur Olcott Kuppam Vizha (UOKV), an art festival started four years ago by Carnatic musician and Ramon Magsaysay award winner T.M. Soon this recognition was equated with Carnatic music and the December music festival, touted to be the largest music festival with more than 1,500 performances, spanning for six weeks.Īlthough Chennai houses different genres of music such as gaana-fast beat songs that originated in north Madras-Tamil rock, Tamil rap and film music, Carnatic music and the December music festival often cast a shadow on these other music genres. On October 31, 2017, the UNESCO included Chennai in its Creative Cities Network-a group of 180 cities from 72 countries-for its “rich musical tradition”.
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