INDIA: 15 YEAR OLD PIANIST BECOMES THE YOUNGEST PERSON TO GET HIGHEST MARKS IN PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION FROM LONDON'S TRINITY COLLEGE OF MUSIC

Record ID: 1373060

  • Title: INDIA: 15 YEAR OLD PIANIST BECOMES THE YOUNGEST PERSON TO GET HIGHEST MARKS IN PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION FROM LONDON'S TRINITY COLLEGE OF MUSIC
  • Date: 8th January 2002
  • Summary: MADRAS, TAMIL NADU, INDIA (JANUARY 8, 2002) (ANI--ACCESS ALL) LONG OF RUKMA JAYARAM, YOUNG PIANIST PLAYING PIANO SCU LOSE OF JAYARAM PLAYING PIANO VARIOUS OF JAYARAM PLAYING PIANO SCU JAYARAM'S FEET VARIOUS OF JAYARAM PLAYING THE PIANO SCU PIANO AWARDS ON DISPLAY ON TOP OF PIANO/ PAN TO JAYARAM PLAYING VARIOUS RUKMA PLAYING
  • Embargoed: 6th July 2005 20:54
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  • Location: MADRAS, TAMIL NADU, INDIA
  • Country: India
  • Topics: Communications,Arts / Culture / Entertainment
  • Reuters ID: LVAEC4J422754470FFR2F44WVH54
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  • Story Text: A 15 year old girl from India's southern city of Madras has become the youngest person ever to top the annual Piano Proficiency Examination conducted by London's renowned Trinity College of Music.
    Music transcends all barriers and Rukma Jayaram has crossed all hurdles to reach the pinnacle of musical glory.
    The 15-year-old from India's southern Madras city is the youngest to top the annual Piano Proficiency Examination conducted by London's renowned Trinity College of Music.
    With 91 percent marks, Rukma was awarded seven prizes by the College including the prestigious "Cicely Goshan Shield" for securing the highest marks in grades five to eight.
    The young pianist attributes her success to dedication and a love for music.
    "It has meant a lot to me it does mean a great amount to me.
    There has gone a lot of hand work into it. There have been circumstances which have been like stumbling blocks. But at the end of it I have overcome them with the help of my parents, my brother, my family, friends, teachers. With the help of them I have been able to overcome all of this. So it does mean a lot to having won a world ranking," said Rukma.
    Rukma, who started playing piano at the tender age of three, appeared for her first piano exam at eight and has not looked back since then.
    She has an appetite for both Indian and Western classical music.
    The nearly century-old grand piano, which has a place of pride in the Jayaram household, is an inheritance from her maternal grandfather.
    Preeti Jayaram, the prodigy's mother, who has offered her unstinting support throughout, expressed her confidence in her daughter's ability to excel in all fields.
    "I am very lucky to have her as my daughter. She has been my right hand my left hand, my everything during my illness. She looked after me when I was very sick. I think very few mothers can be as lucky as I am. She has run the house for me, she studied, she played the piano. In one word I would say she is my best friend," said her mother.
    Now Rukma is awaiting her 18th birthday so that she can appear for the Trinity's Associate and Licentiate exams which will enable her to take up music as a profession.
    With her nimble and deft fingers flying across the black and white keys, Rukma seems all set to waltz into the record books once again.
    ENDS
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