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Mr Sivaraman, who has performed with four generations of musicians, said he is ready to accompany the next generation as well. “I have the two sides of a coin. One is the mastery of the past; the other is how to help these people become great masters,” he said.
Recalling his experience with Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar, he said the veteran often sang in madhyama kalam, and sometimes the mridangam player had to establish the tempo before he began the kriti.
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