Artist Info: M L Vasanthakumari

M L Vasanthakumari, popularly refered to as MLV was the daughter of Smt. Lalithangi and Sri. Kuthanur Ayyaswami Iyer, both musicians. Her mother, was a concert performer. Having grown in this ambience, MLV used to give vocal support to her mother as an young teenager and so had the initial training from her mother and later from G.N.Balasubramaniam, (GNB). MLV imbibed some of GNB's style in her renditions.

Melody, laya and vidvat (MLV) were the watchwords of her rare musical artistry that was an aural feast to both the lay and the cognoscenti. [read more...]