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2 unusual facts about Madras Music Academy


Madras Music Academy

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.

T. V. Seshagiri Iyer

Seshagiri Iyer presided over the public meeting on January 7, 1926 at Soundarya Mahal in which the Madras Music Academy was formed.


Emani Sankara Sastry

He was the asthaan vidwan (court musician) of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, member of the university grants committee - to advise on music and member of the expert committee at Madras Music Academy.

K. Ramunni Menon

Menon was invited to preside over the annual Music Academy's Sadas in 1944 and was also one of the founding fathers of the Tamil Isai Sangam.


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