Anantapur remembers musician Mandolin Srinivas

Anantapur: The sudden demise of musician Mandolin U. Srinivas was a rude shock for many music lovers of Anantapur and Puttaparthi. Being an ardent devotee of Sri Satya Saibaba, Mr Srinivas has been a regular visitor and performed mandolin concerts several times. Anantapur Thyagaraja Sangeetha Sabha had a great attachment with the mandolin maestro since 1986.

Mr Srinivas had performed first Carnatic concert during the silver jubilee celebrations of Sangeetha Sabha at Anantapur in 1986. The music maestro had performed at least five concerts in Anantapur-1986, 1988, 1990, 1992 and last in 2004 organised by  Tyagaraja Sangeetha Sabha. The Sangeetha Sabha had also felicitated Mr Srinivas with 'Suvarna kankanam' on January 8, 2004.

Recalling that Srinivas adopted a difficult electric western instrument to the Carnatic concert, Sabha founder C.N. Gnaneswar Rao appla-uded it as an impressive concert. “He assured to do concert during inauguration of Srirama temple at the Sabha, three months ago,” Mr Gnaneswar Rao said. Meanwhile YSRC president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, who was in Anantapur as part of his two-day visit, expressed his deep condolence over the sudden demise of Srinivas. In a condolence message, Jagan said the state had lost a great personality in Carnatic music.