Parur Sundaram Iyer
Parur Sundaram Iyer (1891—1974)[1] was an Indian violinist from Kerala who had mastered both the streams of Indian Classical Music, his native Carnatic style and Hindustani.
Iyer received the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award in 1972.[2]
Playing Style
He developed a style of playing which is known as Parur Bani, named after his native place named Parur.[3] Though he was from the place named Parur in the Indian state of Kerala, and thus grew up in the milieu of Carnatic music, he traveled to Mumbai in 1909 to learn Hindustani Sangeet from Pandit V D Paluskar. He served as a faculty member at Gandharva Maha Vidyalaya, Mumbai. He returned to Chennai in 1922. He proceeded to develop a new style which added some elements of Hindustani music to Carnatic violin playing.[4]
He won the admiration of fellow musicians like Harikesanallur Muttiah Bhagavadar and Chembai Vaidyanata Bhagavadar. Sundaram Iyer was fond of Abdul Karim Khan saab’s music and used to organize Chamber concerts at his home.[5]
Family of musicians
He and his wife Bhageerathi Ammal had eight children. Their eldest daughter, S Sitalakshmi (b 1920), played violin in an orchestra as a child artist.
Parur Sundaram Iyer died in December 1974.[1]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-565098-3, retrieved 2021-10-08
- ^ "Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award: Classical Music". Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ "Parur M.S. Anantharaman - rasikas.org". www.rasikas.org. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
- ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
- ^ "Parur Sundaram Iyer". www.sruti.com. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
- ^ https://dhvaniohio.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/parur.pdf [bare URL PDF]