Lalgudi Jayaraman

Lalgudi Gopala Iyer Jayaraman (September 17, 1930, to April 22, 2013) was a Carnatic violinist, vocalist, composer in India. He's usually grouped with MS Gopalakrishnan and T. Krishnan as part of the trinity of Carnatic music. The Indian government awarded him Padma Bhushan in 2001. He inherited the love of Carnatic music from his father, V. R. Gopala Iyer. When he was 12, he began his music carrier as an accompanying violinist associated with Carnatic musicians before rising as a soloist. He has expanded the violin style by inventing new techniques designed to meetclassical music needsc in India and establish unique styles known as Lalgudi Bani. Jayaraman has configured several groups, tyrannos, Varnams and the dance composition, a mixture of Raga, Bhava, Rhythm, and Lyrical Beauty. The instrumental talent of Lalgudi is reaching the lyrical domain.

Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar, Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar, M. D. Ramanathan, Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, G. N. Balasubramaniam, Madurai Mani Iyer, Alathur Brothers, Voleti Venkateswarulu, Nedunuri Krishnamurthy, K. V. Narayanaswamy, Maharajapuram Santhanam, D. K. Jayaraman, M.Balamuralikrishna, T. V. Sankaranarayanan, T. N. Seshagopalan and flute maestro N. Ramani were some of the greats, whom he accompanied. His biography, An Incurable Romantic, by Lakshmi Devnath released in 2013. It contains an introduction by Sitar player Ravi Shankar and includes a 70-year chart in the musical industry.

He earned several titles, such as Nada Vidya Tilaka by Music Lovers' Association of Lalgudi in 1963, Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1972, Nada Vidya Rathnakara by East West Exchange in New York Click to look into! >> Read More... , Sangeetha Natak Academy award in 1979 Vadya Sangeetha Kalaratna by Bharathi Society, New York; State Vidwan of Tamil Nadu by the Government of Tamil Nadu and 'Sangeetha Choodamani' by Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, Chennai in 1971, etc.