K. V. Narayanaswamy

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K.V. Narayanaswamy
Carnatic classical music
Websitewww.narada.org

Palghat Kollengode Viswanathan Narayanaswamy (15 November 1923 – 1 April 2002), often referred to as K. V. Narayanaswamy was an Indian musician, widely considered to be among the finest

Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship.[1]

Early life and background

Narayanaswamy was born to Kollengode Viswanathayyar and Muthulakshmi Ammal in

Kannappa Nayanar. The movie bombed at the box office.[2]

Narayanaswamy began extensive training under

Sangeetha Kalanidhi
Sangeetha Kalanidhi Padma Bhushan Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar, who were two of the four most dominant musicians of the first half of the twentieth century along with the likes of Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer and G. N. Balasubramaniam. Mani Iyer soon judged Narayanaswamy to be ready for gurukulavasam under Ariyakudi and in 1942, Narayanaswamy took the giant step. He entered the home of Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar and remained an ardent disciple until the latter's death in 1967.[3]

Performing career

Narayanaswamy's major break came at a

T.N.Krishnan
soon became a frequent and much admired combination on stage.

K.V.Narayanaswamy was intimately connected to the

Edinburgh Festival in Scotland in 1965.[5]

Visual list with many of Sri Narayanaswamy's concerts up until 1975 along with YouTube links. Note that the names of accompanists are abbreviated and full names can be found on the videos themselves.

On being made professor of music at

Fulbright Scholarship and went to San Diego State University in California as an artist-in-residence under the scholarship. For nine months he taught at the university and gave performances all over North America.[6]

Musical style and song repertoire

Though Narayanaswamy's singing bore his master Ariyakudi's Bani, over the years he evolved a unique style of his own. Strict classicism and blemish-less singing are some of the obvious facets of his music. His vast repertoire included songs that encompassed every genre, a number of languages and composers belonging to different ages.

Gopalakrishna Bharathi, especially VarugalAmo ayya and his incomparable and unique presentation of Krishna nee beganey in the style of Jayammal and Balasaraswati, in which he caressed the words and phrases exquisitely and had the audience in a trance as if he were a pied piper"[8] are noteworthy. Strict adherence to Shruthi (musical pitch
), lyrical purity and a poignant rendition were distinctive features of Narayanaswamy's music.

Leading disciples

Some of Narayanaswamy's leading disciples were Padma Narayanaswamy (whom he married), vocalist K.V.Ananthan, violinist and vocalist Hemmige V. Srivatsan, renowned flautist Shashank Subramanyam, Padma Sandilyan, Padmasri Veeraraghavan, Hemmige S. Prashanth, Pattabhirama Pandit, Sathish Rao, M.R.Subramaniam, T. S. Ranganathan, Manipallavam K.Sarangan, Balaji Prasad Krishnamurthy, Ravi Srinivasan, B. Raman and Ramanujan.[9] Also French Algerian Toufiq Touzene AKA Tulsi Ram.

Personal life

In 1948 Narayanaswamy married Palghat Mani Iyer's cousin Annapoorni. They had three daughters and a son: Muktha, Lalitha, Viswanathan and violinist Ramaa Raghunathan. She died in 1962.[10] In 1965 Narayanaswamy married Padma, a talented musician and disciple who continues to train her husband's students in his style. Their daughter Anuradha Krishnamurthy is a trained vocalist[11] and television actor.

Recognition

See also

References

  1. ^ Dr. Narayana Menon, An Essay on Shri K.V.Narayanaswamy, 1986
  2. ^ Neelam, K.V. Narayanaswamy: Foremost Disciple of Ariyakudi, pp. 25–31, 2001
  3. ^ Hemmige. V. Srivatsan, Palghat K.V. Narayanaswamy: Quiet flows a river of music, Sruti Magazine, Issue 27/28, December 1986
  4. ^ Neelam, K.V. Narayanaswamy: Foremost Disciple of Ariyakudi, pp. 34–41, 2001
  5. ^ Neelam, K.V. Narayanaswamy: Foremost Disciple of Ariyakudi, pp. 54–56, 2001
  6. ^ Hemmige. V. Srivatsan, Palghat K.V.Narayanaswamy: Quiet flows a river of music, Sruti Magazine, issue 27/28, December 1986
  7. ^ Hemmige. V. Srivatsan, "The Master's Concert Repertoire", Sruti Magazine, pp. 25–28, issue 212, May 2002
  8. ^ N. Pattabhi Raman, "A True Nada Brahmam", Sruti Magazine, pp. 49–51, issue 212, May 2002
  9. ^ G.S. Satya, "KVN & Carnatic Music in the US", Sruti Magazine, p. 33, issue 212, May 2002
  10. ^ Hemmige. V. Srivatsan, Palghat K.V. Narayanaswamy: Quiet flows a river of music, Sruti Magazine, issue 27/28, December 1986
  11. ^ Neelam, K.V. Narayanaswamy: Foremost Disciple of Ariyakudi, pp. 32–33, 2001
  12. ^ "Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award: Classical Music". Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  13. ^ Neelam, K.V. Narayanaswamy: Foremost Disciple of Ariyakudi, pp. 63–65, 2001

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