Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman
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Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman | |
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British India | |
Genres | Carnatic music |
Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
Instrument(s) | Mridangam |
Website | https://umayalpuramsivaraman.com |
Umayalpuram Kasiviswanatha Sivaraman (born 17 December 1935) is an Indian musician and exponent of the Carnatic percussion instrument, the mridangam. He is a recipient of the Padma Vibhushan as well as the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award.
Early life
Umayalpuram Sivaraman was born to P. Kasiviswanatha Iyer, a doctor, and his wife, Kamalambal. He learned the art of the Carnatic mridangam from four gurus over fifteen years:
Recognitions
He was conferred with “Sangeetha Kalanidhi” by Madras Music Academy in 2001. He was conferred the award ‘
He was awarded Padma Bhushan in the year 2003 by Govt. of India.
Personal life
Umayalpuram Sivaraman is married to Abhirami Sivaraman. They live in Mylapore in Chennai. They have two sons - S.Swaminathan and S.Sivakumar.[5]
Disciples[6]
- Erode Nagaraj
- Neyveli Narayanan
- Arjun Kumar
- N C Bhardwaj
- R. Ramkumar
- Madurai Sundar Balasubramaniam
- Akshay Ram
- Vignesh Venkatraman
- Nirmal Narayan
- Amangudi Ramnaryanan
- Trivandrum Hariharan
- Vishvak Kumaran
- Rajna Swaminathan
- P Srinivasa Gopalan
Awards
- Sangeetha Kalasikhamani from The Indian Fine Arts Society in 1984
- Padma Shri from Government of India in 1988[7]
- Kalaimamani from Government of Tamil Nadu in 1977
- Maharajapuram Santhanam Award in 1995[8]
- Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1992
- Sangeetha Kalanidhi from Madras Music Academyin 2001
- Padma Bhushan from Government of India in 2003[7]
- Padma Vibhushan from Government of India in 2010[7]
- Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, 2011
- D.Littfrom The Tamil Nadu Dr.J Jayalalithaa Music and Fine Arts University in 2019
Books
- Musical Excellence of Mrudangam authored by Umayalpuram Sivaraman, T. Ramaswami and M.D. Naresh [9]
- Music Makers: Living Legends of Indian Classical Music[10]
References
- ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ^ "Padma Awards | Interactive Dashboard".
- ^ "This Year's Padma Awards announced" (Press release). Ministry of Home Affairs. 25 January 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
- ^ "Honorary Doctorate for Adoor, Mammootty and Umayalpuram". Archived from the original on 12 February 2010.
- ^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/s-swaminathan-9856501/?originalSubdomain=in [self-published source]
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Guru Vandanam by Senior Disciples - Moras and Korvais of Dr. Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman". YouTube.
- ^ a b c "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ^ "Maharajapuram Santhanam award". The Hindu. 23 June 1995. Archived from the original on 22 December 1996. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ "Monograph on mridangam released". The Hindu. 5 November 2019.{
- ^ Music Makers: Living Legends of Indian Classical Music. Rupa Publications India. 2 February 2004.
External links
- Umayalpuram Sivaraman Official Website
- Umayalpuram Sivaraman's Mridangam School
- Interview with Sri Sivaraman after the Sangeetha Kalanidhi award
- Carnatic corner - short biography
- Remembrances of things past
- I have not even touched the tip of the iceberg
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