Valayapatti A. R. Subramaniam is an Indian classical musician and percussionist, considered by many as one of the foremost prominent exponents of thavil also known as dolu, a traditional percussion instrument in Carnatic music, accompanying windpipe instruments such as nadaswaram, saxophone, clarinet, etc, and string instruments like violin, mandolin, etc. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 2009. [1][2] He is a recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2007, for his contributions to Music.[3]
Subramaniam was born in Valayapatti in Pudukottai district of Tamil Nadu to Arumugham, a known Nagaswaram performer and learnt playing the instrument from his father.[4] Later, he trained in thavil under Mannargudi Rajagopala Pillai and started performing as an accompanist to several known nagaswaram players such as Thiruveezhimizhalai brothers, Sembanarkoil brothers, Karukurichi P. Arunachalam, Namagiripettai Krishnan and Thirumeignanam Nataraja Sundaram Pillai. Soon, he became a regular accompanist to Thiruvizha Jayashankar[5] and Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan and is reported to have performed at over 3000 concerts with the latter.[4]
The Sangeet Natak Akademi selected Subramaniam for their annual music award in 1988[6] and the Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of Padma Shri in 2007.[3] Three years later, he received the Sangeeta Kalanidhi title from the Madras Music Academy, thus becoming the first accompanist and Thavil player to receive the award.[1] He is also a recipient of the Thavil Ulaga Sooriyan title.[2]
valayapatti, subramaniam, indian, classical, musician, percussionist, considered, many, foremost, prominent, exponents, thavil, also, known, dolu, traditional, percussion, instrument, carnatic, music, accompanying, windpipe, instruments, such, nadaswaram, saxo. Valayapatti A R Subramaniam is an Indian classical musician and percussionist considered by many as one of the foremost prominent exponents of thavil also known as dolu a traditional percussion instrument in Carnatic music accompanying windpipe instruments such as nadaswaram saxophone clarinet etc and string instruments like violin mandolin etc He was awarded the Madras Music Academy s Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 2009 1 2 He is a recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 2007 for his contributions to Music 3 Valayapatti A R SubramaniamBornValayapatti Pudukottai district Tamil Nadu IndiaOccupation s Classical musicianPercussionistKnown forThavilChildrenSons S Manivannan Engineer S Malarvannan Classical musician Daughters 2ParentArumughamAwardsPadma ShriSangeet Natak Akademi AwardSangeet Kalanidhi AwardThavil Ulaga Sooriyan Contents 1 Biography 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksBiography Edit nbsp ThavilSubramaniam was born in Valayapatti in Pudukottai district of Tamil Nadu to Arumugham a known Nagaswaram performer and learnt playing the instrument from his father 4 Later he trained in thavil under Mannargudi Rajagopala Pillai and started performing as an accompanist to several known nagaswaram players such as Thiruveezhimizhalai brothers Sembanarkoil brothers Karukurichi P Arunachalam Namagiripettai Krishnan and Thirumeignanam Nataraja Sundaram Pillai Soon he became a regular accompanist to Thiruvizha Jayashankar 5 and Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan and is reported to have performed at over 3000 concerts with the latter 4 The Sangeet Natak Akademi selected Subramaniam for their annual music award in 1988 6 and the Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of Padma Shri in 2007 3 Three years later he received the Sangeeta Kalanidhi title from the Madras Music Academy thus becoming the first accompanist and Thavil player to receive the award 1 He is also a recipient of the Thavil Ulaga Sooriyan title 2 See also EditHaridwaramangalam A K Palanivel Thiruvalaputhur T A Kaliyamurthy nbsp India portal nbsp Music portalReferences Edit a b Sangita Kalanidhi for Valayapatti A R Subramaniam Carnatic Darbar 2016 Retrieved 17 January 2016 a b Padmashree Valayapatti A R Subramaniam MANGALA ISAI DVD Swati Sanskrities 2016 Retrieved 17 January 2016 a b Padma Awards PDF Ministry of Home Affairs Government of India 2016 Retrieved 3 January 2016 a b Sangita Kalanidhi for Valayapatti Subramaniam The Hindu 20 July 2009 Retrieved 17 January 2016 Thiruvizha Jayashankar Artist Valayapatti A R Subramaniam Artist Gopalakrishna Bharathi Composer Mysore Vasudevachar Composer Puliyur Doraiswamy Iyer Composer 2005 Thiruvizha Jayashankar Valayapatti A R Subramaniam Audio CD Saregama ASIN B0087E3KK8 Retrieved 17 January 2016 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar Akademi Awards Sangeet Natak Akademi 2016 Archived from the original on May 30 2015 Retrieved January 17 2016 External links Edit Sangeetha Kalanidhi Valayapatti A R Subramaniam Thavil YouTube video Raju Asokan 6 October 2008 Retrieved 17 January 2016 Valayapatti A R Subramaniam Audio files on Gaana Weblisting Gaana 2016 Retrieved 17 January 2016 Thiruvizha Jayashankar Artist Valayapatti A R Subramaniam Artist Gopalakrishna Bharathi Composer Mysore Vasudevachar Composer Puliyur Doraiswamy Iyer Composer 2005 Thiruvizha Jayashankar Valayapatti A R Subramaniam Audio CD Saregama ASIN B0087E3KK8 Retrieved 17 January 2016 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Valayapatti A R Subramaniam amp oldid 1142838432, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
