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TN Sesha Gopalaln-GNB Isai vizha-Feb05-2010-courtesy Vijay TV I regret he comments about Shri MC. It is not that Shri M Chandra sekaran was only an Air Hydrabad Artist . A resume about him as appeared in The Hindu is reproduced for information.As I could see, he was also in admiration of the profound knowledge of Shri TNS as exhibited in the concert keeping aside his violin and himself enjoying the concert. "Ask Sangita Kalanidhi (designate) M. Chandrasekaran for his reaction to the award, and he emotionally says, "I dedicate this honour at the feet of my late mother who was also my guru." Charubala Mohan, for that was his mother's name, was shocked when, at the age of two, her second son, Chandrasekaran, turned irreversibly blind — an aftermath of jaundice. But she was not one to wallow in sorrow and she hated to be pitied. Charubala was an accomplished violinist having first learnt music from Umayalpuram Venkatrama Iyer and then the violin from Sangita Kalanidhi T. K. Jayarama Iyer. She sensed that her son had an instinctive understanding of music. Charubala was not wrong. When he was barely three years old, Chandrasekaran could identify many ragas. His mother decided that music would be his profession. Vocal lessons began in right earnest. At this juncture, the family was in Kanpur and Charubala employed a teacher to teach him Hindustani music as also the harmonium. With the demise of Chandrasekaran's father, Charubala decided to shift to Madras. Her goal was a successful career in music for Chandrasekaran. . In 1949, eleven-year-old Chandrasekaran made his debut at a concert in the Tyagaraja Vidwat Samajam, Mylapore. The very same year he qualified himself as a graded artiste of All India Radio. In 1950, he won the Best Violinist Award from the Music Academy. In 1951, he accompanied flautist T. Viswanathan, at the Academy and in the same year played for GNB at a family wedding. The year was 1952 and the venue the Kapali temple. Maharajapuram Visvanatha Iyer's accompanist, Chandrasekaran, had thrilled all with his kalpanaswaras for the phrase, "Agamamula Nutiyinchi'' in the Pantuvarali song, ``Siva Siva, Siva Yenaradha...'' Chandrasekaran was playing fiddle for all top-ranking performers like Madurai Mani, Mali, Alathur Brothers, Semmangudi, T. K. Rangachari and so on. A brilliant rendition of the raga Kathanakutoohalam had Nagaswara Chakravarti, T. N. Rajarathnam Pillai, caressing the boy's palms remarking, "These hands will play many more ragas thus." It was a blessing that fructified, for Chandrasekaran till date is a much sought-after artiste in the concert circuit. Chandrasekaran is a commendable vocalist too. In this, besides his mother, he has been trained by Mannargudi Sambasiva Bhagavatar, Kumbakonam Viswanatha Iyer and Vidyala Narasimhulu Naidu. From T. Jayammal he learnt padams and javalis. This he feels has helped him to hone his violin and vocal skills in no mean measure. With a bent of mind that allows him to absorb the best of all that he hears, Chandrasekaran's style of violin playing is, in the words of Sangita Kalanidhi Dr. R. Pinakapani, "A blend of vocal, veena and nagaswaram." Chandrasekaran's impressive repertoire of songs includes his own compositions — varnams, kritis, javalis and so on. In the 1970s, his duets with T. N. Krishnan were great hits amongst the public. As an accompanist, he thrills rasikas not only with his repartees but also by playing phrases from popular songs to indicate the ragas sung by the main performer.