Vijay Siva’s life in pictures – We trace his life beginning from the raga identifying three year old child prodigy that he was to the erudite and respected musician that he is now.
Read Vijay Siva’s profile here
We asked Vijay Siva two sets of questions – the first set on his music career and the second on Vijay the person. His answers were a clever play of words! We’ve reproduced his answers below. Have fun reading!
Vijay Siva speaks…
Musical Highlights:
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Gurus | Mother Smt. Akhila Siva, Sri D K Jayaraman, Smt. D K Pattammal and Sri Kumbakonam Rajappa Iyer |
2 | Career span | So long, it has been short. Hope to be nothing short of long, in future. |
3 | Countries visited
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USA, Canada, France, Middle East, Singapore and Srilanka |
4 | Favourite concert venue | Anywhere, when purity in heart lies with me and the listener(s) |
5 | First concert – venue | Unable to remember the exact venue.
Isn’t it a risk to recollect the age? |
– age | ||
6 | What made you pursue music as your career?
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The sheer joy of experiencing the highest bliss with others. |
7 | Musicians you admire
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Apart from my teachers, Smt. M S Subbulakshmi, Sri Semmangudi, Sri KVN and Sri Madurai Mani Iyer |
8 | Favourite raga | The one(s) tested by time |
9 | Favourite composer | The one(s) who has not sought others to sing his/her composition. |
10 | Do you sing or play any instrument apart from the one you are known for? If yes, which ones? | Mrudangam |
Sidelights:
1 | Date of birth | 29th March 1967 |
2 | Zodiac | Aries |
3 | Birthplace | T. Nagar, Chennai |
4 | Father’s name | A N Siva |
5 | Mother’s name | Akhila Siva |
6 | Family details | Big one, culturally rich and materialistically content |
7 | School | Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan and Vivekananda college |
College | ||
8 | Godfather/Mentor | God – who sent me my parents and teachers to be my mentors |
9 | Best friend | My athma |
10 | Strengths | Not able to see others weakness |
11 | Weaknesses | Unable to assess my own strengths |
12 | Favourite food | Anything that keeps me light and cool |
13 | Favourite beverage | Water |
14 | Favourite restaurant | That which serves health conscious food |
15 | Favourite colour | The better one that eclipses the poorer one |
16 | Favourite/lucky number | “What am I but a big zero in this huge world”-this feeling can bring nothing but luck |
17 | Favourite book | Autobiography of a Yogi |
18 | Favourite magazine | Kalki |
19 | Favourite holiday destination | Anywhere, treating each day as a holy – day. |
20 | Hobbies | Reading and watching healthy humourous stock |
21 | Fitness regimen (For example, do you do yoga, go to the gym, jog/walk/cycle regularly, etc.) | Art of Living exercises, meditation and walking |
22 | Personalities from other walks of life who have inspired you | All those who never sought to deliberately inspire others |
23 | Most memorable incident | Many incidents of having received help from so many people. Unable to choose and quote the best of them. |
24 | Most forgettable incident | Already well forgotten. |
25 | Superstitious beliefs you have | Not to ignore everything as superstition. |
26 | If you had another avatar, what would you like to be? | Someone who will not call an ordinary as avatar |
27 | Your message to your fans and rasikas | A message, also for me to remember always- “Never try to promote music. Serve it and it will promote you.” |
Vijay Siva will perform at Bharat Sangeet Utsav on the 1st of November from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm, with R.K.Shriram Kumar (Violin) and Manoj Siva (Mridangam).