Chennai Music Academy

Chennai Music Academy

Address of Chennai Music Academy: Madras Music Academy
306 T T K Road Royapettah, Chennai - 600018, Tamil Nadu, India

Contact no. at Chennai Music Academy: +91 44 28112231, +91 44 28115562

Features of Chennai Music Academy

Chennai Music Academy is one of the premier and early Music Academies in the South Indian city of Madras, now Chennai. It plays an important role in encouraging and promoting primarily the Carnatic Music south Indian art form. The Academy was formally inaugurated on the 18th of August, 1928 by C.P. Ramaswami Iyer, in the Y.M.I.A. Auditorium before a large and distinguished gathering. The features of Chennai Music Academy include:

  -   Annual music conferences are held every December to collect all information regarding music, maintain the library and publish a journal.

  -   They also help to bring to public notice aspiring musicians and scholars by conducting competitions and other presentations.

  -   There are two buildings for the Music Academy: the T.T. Krishnamachari Hall and the Kasturi Srinivasan Hall.

  -   The T.T. Krishnamachari Hall is the first building that was built in 1955. It is after this building that the road on which it lies was named the TTK Road. It has a seating capacity of 1600.

  -   The Kasturi Srinivasan Hall was built in the year 1982. It houses a small auditorium for conferences and concerts, a library, a committee room and a recording and demonstration room.

  -   Sangeetha Kalanidhi, the Music Academy has been recognizing and rewarding people who contributed to the field of Carnatic music by honoring them with the title Sangeetha Kalanidhi.

  -   Sangeetha Kala Acharya later in 1993 started giving out the Sangeetha Kala Acharya title.

Trivia about Chennai Music Academy

M.S. Subbulakshmi gave her first official concert in the Chennai Music Academy. Because of legal issues with Mr.T.T. Vasu and the other people who run the Academy, the December Season of 2004 was about to see a dramatic change with the Chennai Music Academy not participating in the festival. The Madras High Court resolved the issue and rasikas were able to enjoy the 2004 season.

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