SSC CGL 2024 Tier-I · 13 September 2024, Shift 3 · General Awareness · Question 21 of 98

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Sangeet Kala Acharya Award is given by which organisation every year since 1993?

(a)Subramaniam Academy of Performing Arts
(b)Madras Music Academy
(c)Calcutta School of Music
(d)Shankar Mahadevan Academy

Answer

Why

Correct — B. Sangita Kala Acharya is an award of The Music Academy, Madras, in Chennai, conferred during the Academy's annual conference and concert season on senior teachers of Carnatic music.

The Academy's honours run in a ladder. Sangita Kalanidhi is the highest, given to the musician who presides over that year's conference, and Sangita Kala Acharya recognises the gurus who trained the performers.

The stem's clue — an organisation giving it annually since 1993 — points to the Academy, option (b).

Why the others are wrong

(a)
Subramaniam Academy of Performing Arts — The Subramaniam Academy of Performing Arts is a music school associated with the violinist L. Subramaniam. It teaches, and it is not the body behind this award.
(c)
Calcutta School of Music — The Calcutta School of Music is a Kolkata institution teaching Western and Indian music. Its work is training and performance, not conferring Carnatic honours.
(d)
Shankar Mahadevan Academy — The Shankar Mahadevan Academy is an online music school founded by the playback singer. Its business is teaching, not an annual award for Carnatic teachers.

Concept

The Music Academy, Madras sits at the centre of the Carnatic music world, best known for the conference and concert season it runs each December and January in Chennai.

It confers titles rather than prizes alone. Sangita Kalanidhi is its highest, given to the musician chosen to preside over the conference.

Sangita Kala Acharya is the award for teaching — for the gurus whose training keeps the tradition alive. The stem dates it from 1993.

Awards questions are answered by the awarding body, not the winner. Fix each award to its institution: Sangita Kalanidhi and Sangita Kala Acharya to The Music Academy, Madras, and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards to the national academy for music, dance and drama.

Key facts

Sangita Kala Acharya is awarded by The Music Academy, Madras, in Chennai.
The Academy's highest honour is the Sangita Kalanidhi, conferred on the president of its annual conference.
The Academy's conference and concert season runs in December and January.
The Sangeet Natak Akademi is a separate national body, with its registered office in New Delhi.

Study next

Awards of The Music Academy, MadrasSangeet Natak Akademi awards and fellowshipsCarnatic music vocabulary and the December season

Common traps

Choosing the academy whose name carries a famous musician, when the award is institutional.
Mixing Sangita Kala Acharya up with the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, which is conferred by the national academy for the performing arts.

The Academy's top title is asked directly on 19 Sep 2024, 16:00, GA Q.16, which wants the youngest recipient of the Sangeetha Kalanidhi.

Sangeet Natak Akademi questions run alongside it — a Lavani singer at GA Q.13 of this same shift, a santoor player on 19 Sep 2024, 09:00, GA Q.7, and the Akademi's registered office on 25 Sep 2024, 16:00, GA Q.23.

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