'Youth should take music as a profession'
Chennai,
Nov
25:
Stressing
on
the
point
that
music
can
be
taken
as
a
profession,
N
Murali,
Managing
Director,
The
Hindu
and
President,
The
Music
Academy
said,
"It
is
time
that
the
young
think
of
music
as
a
profession."
"Earlier,
parents
were
not
sure
whether
music
was
lucrative
or
not," he
said,
adding
that
the
scenario
has
changed
with
lot
of
opportunities
available
today
in
India
and
abroad
for
musicians.
He was speaking at the inauguration of the National Music and Dance Festival 2008 organised by Aanmajothi here on Monday, Nov 24. Various artistes, including Mohiniyattam dancer Neena Prasad, violinists Lalgudi G.J.R. Krishnan and Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi, Kuchipudi dancer Sathyapriya Ramana, Hindustani vocalist Meeta Pandit, mridangist Umayalapuram K. Sivaraman and veena exponent B. Kannan will perform in this eight-day festival.
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