K. S. Narayanaswamy, (full name Koduvayur Sivarama Iyer Narayanaswamy; 27 September 1914 – 1999) was a Carnatic veena exponent of the Thanjavur style, in which nuances and subtleties are given more importance over rhythm based acrobatics.[1] He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 1979.
He was born on 27 September 1914 to Narayaniammal and Koduvayur Sivarama Iyer at Koduvayur in Palghat district in Kerala. He underwent initial training in Carnatic music under K.S. Krishna Iyer, his brother, between his seventh and fourteenth years. Later, he joined the Music College at Annamalai University in Chidambaram where he learnt vocal music under stalwarts like Sangeetha Kalanidhi T S Sabesa Iyer and Sangeetha Kalanidhi Tanjore Ponniah Pillai, descendant of the famous Tanjore Quartet. He also learnt the veena under Desamangalam Subramania Iyer and the mridangam under Tanjore Ponniah Pillai. From 1937 to 1946, he served as the lecturer at the Annamalai University, his alma mater, and assisted in publishing the Tamil kritis of Gopalakrishna Bharathi, Neelakanta Sivan and Arunachala Kavi.[2]
In 1970, he came to Mumbai, as the principal of the Sangeetha Vidyalaya of Shanmukhananda Fine Arts and Sangeetha Sabha and taught both vocal music and veena till 1985.[1][2][3] In 1974, he took part as the teacher of Carnatic music and veena at the Eleventh Conference of International Society of Music Education at Perth, Australia. He also participated in the Indian Music and Dance Festival of the International Institute for Comparative Music Studies and Documentation at Berlin in 1977.[2]
^ abcdefgKalyani Sharma, Tribute to Sangeetha Kalanidhi Sri K.S. Narayanaswamy- 101 Keerthana Mani Malai, 2nd Edition (April 2006), compiled and published by Kalyani Sharma
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K S Narayanaswamy full name Koduvayur Sivarama Iyer Narayanaswamy 27 September 1914 1999 was a Carnatic veena exponent of the Thanjavur style in which nuances and subtleties are given more importance over rhythm based acrobatics 1 He was awarded the Madras Music Academy s Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 1979 K S NarayanaswamyBorn1914Palghat KeralaDied 1999 12 09 December 9 1999Chennai Tamil Nadu IndiaGenresIndian classical musicOccupation s Veena playerInstrument s Veena He was born on 27 September 1914 to Narayaniammal and Koduvayur Sivarama Iyer at Koduvayur in Palghat district in Kerala He underwent initial training in Carnatic music under K S Krishna Iyer his brother between his seventh and fourteenth years Later he joined the Music College at Annamalai University in Chidambaram where he learnt vocal music under stalwarts like Sangeetha Kalanidhi T S Sabesa Iyer and Sangeetha Kalanidhi Tanjore Ponniah Pillai descendant of the famous Tanjore Quartet He also learnt the veena under Desamangalam Subramania Iyer and the mridangam under Tanjore Ponniah Pillai From 1937 to 1946 he served as the lecturer at the Annamalai University his alma mater and assisted in publishing the Tamil kritis of Gopalakrishna Bharathi Neelakanta Sivan and Arunachala Kavi 2 Upon the invitation of His Highness the Maharaja of Travancore he took up lectureship in veena at the Swathi Thirunal College of Music erstwhile Swathi Thirunal Music Academy at Thiruvananthapuram Kerala 3 During his tenure at the academy he was instrumental along with Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer then principal of the academy in editing and publishing the kritis of Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma commonly known as Swathi Thirunal 1 4 5 He participated in several international conferences and was a member of the Music and Cultural Delegations to the erstwhile USSR and East European countries in 1954 In 1970 he was invited by Yehudi Menuhin to attend the Bath International Music Festival and perform at London Bristol Oxford Cambridge and Birmingham Later he succeeded Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer as the principal of the academy and retired in 1970 2 In 1970 he came to Mumbai as the principal of the Sangeetha Vidyalaya of Shanmukhananda Fine Arts and Sangeetha Sabha and taught both vocal music and veena till 1985 1 2 3 In 1974 he took part as the teacher of Carnatic music and veena at the Eleventh Conference of International Society of Music Education at Perth Australia He also participated in the Indian Music and Dance Festival of the International Institute for Comparative Music Studies and Documentation at Berlin in 1977 2 He was a recipient of many awards including the State Award of Kerala in 1962 and that of Tamil Nadu in 1968 2 the National Award of Central Sangeet Natak Akademi in 1968 6 the Padma Bhushan from the Government of India in 1977 7 Sangeetha Kalanidhi from the Madras Music Academy Chennai in 1979 8 and the Swathi Ratna in 1999 2 Among his disciples notable ones include Rugmini Gopalakrishnan 9 10 Kalyani Sharma 1 Saraswati Rajagopalan 11 Trivandrum Venkataraman 12 Aswathi Thirunal Rama Varma 13 Geetha Raja 3 Nirmala Parthasarathy 14 Jayashree Aravind Many musicians like M S Subbulakshmi and Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer have had good association with him and have appreciated his music 2 References Edit a b c d Homage to a Guru The Hindu 21 August 2001 a b c d e f g Kalyani Sharma Tribute to Sangeetha Kalanidhi Sri K S Narayanaswamy 101 Keerthana Mani Malai 2nd Edition April 2006 compiled and published by Kalyani Sharma a b c Geetha Raja on her Gurus The Navaratri Mandapam experience Usurped The Hindu 29 November 1998 Semmangudi looks back at 90 Interview of Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer with the Frontline magazine Vol 15 Issue 22 24 October 6 November 1998 List of Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards Archived 17 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine from Sangeet Natak Akademi India www sangeetnatak org List of Padma Bhushan Awardees from 1954 to 2009 Archived 10 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine from Ministry of Home Affairs India www mha nic in List of Sangeetha Kalanidhi Awardees Archived 30 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine from Madras Music Academy www musicacademymadras in Notes of excellence Usurped The Hindu Entertainment Thiruvananthapuram 1 April 2005 To honour a teacher Friday Review Thiruvananthapuram 21 July 2006 1 The Hindu Arts 15 October 2013 Rare artistic acumen The Hindu Arts 21 January 2010 A royal love for music Usurped The Hindu Metro Plus Kochi 3 January 2009 Rising like the Thanjavur gopuram Friday Review The Hindu 9 March 2007External links EditVideo of K S Narayanaswamy on YouTube Audio of K S Narayanaswamy Audio of K S Narayanaswamy Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title K S Narayanaswamy amp oldid 1071699608, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
