CMANA Awards and Honors
 
Sangeetha Saagara

 
CMANA's highest award Sangeetha Saagara(Ocean of Music) is given for lifetime achievement in Carnatic Music as a musician, musicologist or composer. So far, the recipients of this award have been - Dr. Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, Professor T. N. Krishnan, Mr. Lalgudi Jayaraman, Dr. M S Subbulakshmi, Smt. D K Pattammal, Smt. Kamala Narayan, Dr M Balamuralikrishna, Mr. T N Seshagopalan. In addition, CMANA honors individuals for exemplary service to the Association and Carnatic Music by including them as Honorary Patrons. 
 
 
Endowment prize  
 
The CMANA Endowment prize at the Music Academy, Madras, is presented each year to a Carnatic vocalist under 25 years;
CMANA takes pride in considering the winners of this award for a concert tour. 
 

 
Honor Roll of Musicians 
 
The list of musicians who have toured the U. S. and Canada under the auspices of CMANA is almost like a Who is Who in Carnatic Music. 
 
1976 Dr. M. L. Vasanthakumari  
1977 D. K. Pattammal Parween Sultana
1978 T. S. Kalyanaraman Dr. S. Balachander
1979 Mani Krishnaswamy  
1980 Dr. S. Balachander  
1981 Maharajapuram Santhanam Gowri Kuppuswami
1982 B.N. Suresh - Flute  
1983 Lalgudi G. Jayaraman  
1984 P. S. Narayanaswamy Mandolin U. Srinivas
1985 Sikkil Neela and Kunjumani - Flute E. Gayathri - limited tour
1986 D. K. Jayaraman  
1987 Kadri Gopalnath  
1988 T. R. Subramanyam N. Ravikiran
1989 Bombay Sisters Seetha Doraiswamy - Jalatarangam
1990 T. V. Sankaranarayanan Lalgudi Krishnan and Vijayalakshmi
1991 Rudrapatnam Brothers A. Kanyakumari - Violin Solo
1992 T. N. Seshagopalan Sudha Raghunadhan
1993 O. S. Thyagarajan K. S. Gopalakrishnan
1994 T. N. Krishnan Neyveli Santhanagopalan
1995 P. Unnikrishnan Kadri Gopalnath
1996 K. S. Gopalakrishnan M. S. Sheela
1997 Balaji Shankar N. Ravikiran
1998 N. Ravikiran Trichur V. Ramachandran
1999 Charumathi Ramachandran Sikkil Mala Chandrasekhar - Flute
2001 M. Chandrasekaran - Violin  
2002 Rama Ravi T M Krishna
2003 Chinmaya Sisters Uma and Radhika  
2006 Sanjay Subramaniam Sangeetha Sivakumar
2008 Sikkil Gurucharan  
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