Chennai (PTI): Violin maestro Lalgudi G Jayaraman will be conferred a special'Life Time Achievement Award' by the prestigious Music Academy here.

"The award is in recognition of and a tribute to the monumental contribution of this great veteran musician to carnatic music over the last six decades -- as an outstanding violinist, a teacher and a composer par excellence," Academy President N Murali said in a statement here.

The award would be given at a special function to be held shortly, he added.