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Musicians' Benevolent Fund
Music is a field where regular and assured income
during the life span of an artiste is not guaranteed.
Moreover, unlike employees in the organised
sector artistes do not enjoy retirement benefits
like Gratuity and Superannuation. To address
these issues IFCM created the Musicians' Benevolent
Fund (MBF) Scheme in 1994. Aimed at recognising
the lifetime contributions of musicians with
substantial financial awards and rewards and
giving aids to talented students of music, the
MBF has blazed a trail and set new standards
in the area of honouring artistes. Stalwarts
like Calcutta Krishnamoorthy, Srirangam Krishnamoorty
Rao, Tanjavur Shankara Iyer, Kumaraswami Iyer
and Vairamangalam Lakshminarayanan have been
honoured in this scheme. Many other deserving
artistes have been felicitated with the IFCM
Gold Medal for Excellence and IFCM Merit Certificates.
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The Musicians' Benevolent
Fund award being presented to veteran
vocalist Kumaraswami Iyer by Semmangudi
Srinivasa Iyer in 1998.
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Book release of Tanjavur
Shankara Iyer's compositions in 2001.
'Spencer' Venugopal, T R Subramaniam,
Shankara Iyer, Dwarakanath & Founder,
Ravikiran.
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Musicians' Benevolent
Fund award being presented to Vairamangalam
Lakshminarayanan by T T Vasu.
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Music Camps
IFCM regularly conducts camps and courses on
Carnatic music led by expert musicians and teachers
as detailed in the Education and IFCM-USA pages.
Other Activities
Though the IFCM has consciously tried to
steer clear of activities that are synonymous
with music organisations, it has, at times,
organised public events. A case in point is
the 10-day Navaratri 92 Festival, arguably the
first of its kind in Madras, in Sept-Oct 1992.
In 1997, a unique Question-Answer session in
collaboration with Hamsadhwani, received wide
acclaim.
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