Carnatic vocalist Bombay Jayashri Ramnath was conferred with the Sangita Kalanidhi award at the Music Academy on January 1.
Former West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi noted that by honouring Ms. Ramnath, “we honour the purity of her swaras, the sublimity of her bhava, the yogic equipoise of her singing soul and the amazing strength of her will power”.
Presiding over the ‘Sadas’ of the 97th annual conference and concerts of the Music Academy, he talked about how artificial intelligence is ushering in a revolution. “In the realm of music, artificial intelligence can do some spectacular things like removing recording flaws and can clean up scratches without trace. The Music Academy can so guide and influence the regulators that must be placed in position for artificial intelligence in the realm of music. Artificial intelligence must nurse, not doctor music,” he said.