Malladi Suribabu

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Malladi Suribabu
Born (1945-05-01) 1 May 1945 (age 78)
Dubacherla,
Classical Vocalist
Years active1963–present
Labels

Malladi Suribabu (born 1 May 1945) is an Indian Carnatic vocalist and musician from Vijayawada, India.[1][2][3] He was conferred with Kala Ratna, a civilian honor by the Government of Andhra Pradesh in 2013[4] and TTK Award by Madras Music Academy in 2014.[5] He is a disciple of Voleti Venkateshwarulu, Sripada Pinakapani and Nedunuri Krishnamurthy.[1][6]

Early life

Suribabu was born on 1 May 1945 in Dubacherla, a village in

British India. He is the father of vocalist duo Malladi Brothers.[7] and vocalist Malladi Vasavi.[8]

His father developed a taste for the traditional way of singing and being a music analyzer and enthusiast, was keen to pass on tradition to his children. Suribabu has developed an aptitude for music from his father and at the age of 9 years, he could easily reproduce songs with perfection.[9]

Career

In 1963, Suribabu made his debut with All India Radio (AIR) children's musical fest and got a high rating from listeners then. In 1971, he joined All India Radio as a program announcer[6] and served for more than 35 years.[9]

While working in AIR, he received the opportunity to work with many legendary artist, including Voleti Venkateswarulu, whom he considers as Guru and learnt rare Kirthanas from him. He also conducted two most successful programs namely Bhakti Ranjani and Sangeeta Sikshana with All India Radio, Vijayawada.[6]

Bhadrachala Ramadas in 2008.[10]

He also performed for The Trinity and Other Vaggeyakara Music Festival held at

Bengaluru in April 2012.[3][11]

Till date, he is actively engaged in music concerts in India and overseas. He has composed over 2, 5000 songs of

Bhakta Ramadasu, Annamacharya and Narayana Teertha
's Krishna Leela Tarangam, produced several CDs to propagate rich tradition of music.

Works

Albums

Year Album Artist(s) Label
2006 Navagraha Krithimala Malladi Suribabu Kosmik
2011 Annamacharya Keerthanas Malladi Suribabu Swathi Soft Solutions
2014 Karnatic Classical Vocal Malladi Suribabu Lahari Music

Bibliography

  • R. K. Narayan; Malladi Suribabu (1962). Prayojakudu. M. Sesacalam, Madras (National Library of India).
  • Malladi Suribabu (1977). "Jīvanasarvasvaṃ" (in Telugu). Navabharat Buk Haus: 140.
    OCLC 76579054. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help
    )
  • Malladi Suribabu (1975). "Līlā Manōharaṃ" (in Telugu). Navabhārat Buk Haus: 138.
    OCLC 76579060. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help
    )
  • Varadarāmadāsu; Malladi Suribabu (2012). "Bhadrachala Ramadasu Keerthanalu" (in Telugu). Sama Gana Lahari Cultural Trust: 130.
    OCLC 793080706. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help
    )

Awards, titles and recognition

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Krishnan, Lalithaa (31 August 2017). "Moment to treasure". The Hindu.
  2. ^ "Malladi Trio excels". The Hans India. 4 February 2014.
  3. ^
    Govt. of India
    . p. 34.
  4. ^ a b "Malladi Suribabu, Hamsa Award 2013". YouTube.
  5. ^ a b "Leela Samson gets Natya Kala Acharya award". The Times of India. Chennai. 22 July 2014. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018.
  6. ^ a b c Sridevi, Jyothi (5 May 2018). "In tune with tradition". The Statesman.
  7. ^ Rao, P. Surya (24 September 2010). "Homage to a legend". The Hindu.
  8. ^ Subramanya, Mysore V. (11 September 2017). "Deep devotional compositions". Deccan Herald.
  9. ^ a b Govind, Ranjani (13 June 2014). "Malladi family to perform in rare concert". The Hindu.
  10. ^ Sruti, Issues 268–273. P.N. Sundaresan, the University of California. 2007. pp. 9, 10.
  11. ^ "Annual Report 2012-23" (PDF). Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  12. ^ "Title conferred on musicians". The Hindu. 6 August 2012.

External links

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