An MoU was signed to start ‘ILAYARAJA MUSIC LEARNING AND RESEARCH CENTRE’ in the name of Ilayaraja at Chennai IIT!
Everyone says I’m accomplished but I don’t feel like it; Music comes naturally to me just as breathing comes naturally – Music Composer Ilayaraja!
The 9th conference of the organization to popularize Indian classical music and culture among the youth is being held from today (May 20) to May 26 on behalf of IIT Chennai.
Music composer Ilayaraja, IIT Director Kamakody, Tripura Governor Indra Sena and others participated in the inauguration ceremony.
More than 1,500 students and volunteers from India and abroad are participating in the week-long conference. 25 training workshops, 70 art-related artists and experts are going to participate in this event. It will give the participants an opportunity to learn about the specialties of Indian culture, tradition and ethics and interact with great artists. Not only the students of schools and colleges, but also the general public will be allowed to visit the conference.
More than 40 different traditional arts events are listed.
In this ceremony, an MoU was signed to start the ilayaraja Music Learning and Research Center at IIT Madras in the name of Ilayaraja.
IIT Director Kamakody speaking on the stage,
It is a pleasure to participate in this event. We are very proud to say that we are Indian. Every state has different culture, tradition, dance etc. In Tamil Nadu, Shiva Vytam is very important. Among the traditional arts of Tamil Nadu, Poikkal Nidhu, Mayilattam Wailatam are included in this program.
During the introductory meeting of the event, a question was raised about the non-inclusion of Tamil Nadu arts, which was added following the director’s assurance that it would definitely be included.
Musician Ilayaraja brought Indian cultural music to the common man of the country.
2047 is very important. Because it is 100 years since independence. On behalf of the IIT Chennai Research Center, musician Ilayaraja said that the foundation stone of the Music Research Center has been laid today.
Music composer Ilayaraja who spoke on stage,
Today is an important day in my life. A small boy (me) came to Chennai to learn music. His mother sent 400 rupees to him and his brother Bhaskar. Don’t know about music. He came to learn. If you have come and learned till now, you have not learned. I came looking for this kind of learning, I started to start a center and teach everyone, but if I want to learn in my hometown, there is no one to teach. I searched.. I searched.
Don’t give water to someone, make him thirsty. Definitely
He will find the water himself. Be it studying or doing any work, there should be a thirst in it. If you try with that thirst and ideal, you can achieve any place, everyone says that I have achieved. I don’t know anything like that. 
I feel the same way I left the village that day. Today is the inauguration of this research center. Is it enough to just say inauguration? He said whether or not to inaugurate, and the people in the arena sang along.
Now I have started you with interest without any admission without any qualification. I was told that 200 Ilayarajas would come to this center and the music left me breathless. Music comes naturally to me.
He came from the village to learn without knowing anything and consulted a lot and said that he is doing this with IIT and pointed out Bharathi’s lines, today is an important day. This center will come good if we go as planned.
