A S Murali (Carnatic Vocal)
Nagai Sriram (Violin)
Thanjavur Murugabhupathi (Mridangam)
Sri Sundarkumar (Kanjira)
Saturday, December 19, 8:00
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About
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A S Murali
(Carnatic Vocal)
Hailing from a family of
musicians, Sri Anikode Krishna Sundaram
Murali (A. S. Murali) is one of the most
sought-after leading vocalists of today in
the field of South Indian Classical Music
(Carnatic Music). Sri A. S. Murali has
performed more than thousand concerts with
a global career of great repute spanning
over two and a half decades. Sri Murali
started his journey in music from his
parents Sri. A. K. Sundaram and Smt.
Parvathi and continued under his uncle Sri
A. K. Ganesha Iyer and Kalaimamani Smt. S.
Rajeswari. Later, his musical skills were
honed by none other than Padma Bhushan
Awardee Sri P. S. Narayanasamy, who
himself is a leading sishya of the doyen,
Bhishma Pithamaha Sri Semmangudi Srinivasa
Iyer, thus becoming the torch bearer of
one of the most traditional schools of
Carnatic music with a rich musical
lineage. His fascination towards laya and
the distinctive sound of the pot
instrument - “Ghatam”, drew him to get
trained under Ghatam Maestro Sri T. V.
Vasan, was instrumental in shaping Sri
Murali’s musical career.
Sri Murali is an “A Graded Artist” of the
All India Radio, Chennai – both in
Carnatic vocal as well as Ghatam, hence
making himself a complete musician. His
resonant and mellifluous voice and strict
adherence to classicism have enriched his
art progression over the years. His music
is marked with a very high level of
aesthetics in conception and execution. He
is known for his tremendous blend of
Manodharma (imaginative) and Sampradaya
(traditional) Sangeetham (music) in his
concerts. His complete involvement and his
ability to unfold ragas with ease have
left many a listeners getting lost in his
music.
Sri Murali has received numerous awards
and accolades from various leading
institutions globally, few of which
include “Asthana Vidwan” of Kanchi
Kamakoti Peetam, “Sangeetha Bhushanam”,
“Yuva Kala Jyothi”, “Sri Sushmeendra
Puraskar”, “Gandharva Kala Rathna”,
“Senior Fellowship in Music” by the
Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
His music has been applauded and enjoyed
by audiences in various parts of the globe
such as the United States of America,
Europe, Brazil, Argentina, Columbia,
Japan, Australia, various Middle East
countries, South America, New Zealand,
etc. Sri Murali invariably falls in the
list of senior and favorite students of
his guru and has also been one of the few
preferred by his guru Sangeetha Kalacharya
Sri P.S. Narayanasamy, to accompany him on
vocal support during his concerts.
Academically, Murali is a qualified Cost
accountant and holds a First Class Post
graduate degree in Carnatic Music.
Apart from being a main stream performer,
Sri A. S. Murali is also one of the most
sought after teachers in the Carnatic
Music fraternity. He has produced several
hundreds of students, all over the world,
who have been proving themselves in
various fields of music. He has also been
to several countries on various tutorship
programs and have trained students in such
a way that their whole perspective on
Carnatic Music changes for betterment. His
teaching techniques are unique and most
appealing such that, any student who joins
him seldom wishes to leave his classes. He
has also been awarded several awards for
his dedicated teaching. Sri Murali has
also been a panelist in the selection
committee for the Department of Arts and
Culture, Government of India.
Currently, Sri Murali is working as a
faculty in the Department of Vocal Music
in the most reputed Kalakshetra College of
Fine Arts, Chennai.
(Biography sourced from
https://chennaievent.com/artist_details.php?x=1910)
Nagai
Sriram (Violin)
Nagai
Sriram hails from a family of musicians.
He was initiated into Carnatic Violin
music at the age of 10 by his grandmother,
Smt R. Komalavalli. Currently, Nagai
Sriram is receiving advanced training from
his uncle Vidwan Kalaimamani Nagai Shri R.
Muralidharan and is an A-grade artist of
All India Radio.
He began his career as an
accompanist at the age of 12 when he
played for Shri Neyveli Santhanagopalan in
New Delhi, India. Since then, he has been
accompanying various leading artists
including Dr. M. Balamurali Krishna, K.V.
Narayanaswamy, T. N. Seshagopalan, T.V.
Sankaranarayanan, O. S. Thyagarajan,
Hyderabad Brothers, Dr. N. Ramani, Sanjay
Subramaniam, P. Unni Krishnan, and T. M.
Krishna, to name a few.
Nagai Sriram has many awards and laurels
to his name including, Shanmukha Sangeetha
Sironmani (Shanmukhanandha Sabha, Mumbai,
2007), Best Violinist (Music Academy,
Chennai, 2001 through 2008), Best
Violinist (Maharajapuram Vishwanatha Iyer
Trust, 2004), and Yuvakalabharathi
(Bharath Kalachar, Chennai, 2002).
Thanjavur Murugabhupathi
(Mridangam)
Thanjavur K Murugaboopathi belongs
to a family of artists and musicians.
He had his
initial training
under Sri
T.R.Srinivasan, a
Mridangam Vidwan and
Lecturer in the Tamilnadu Government
Music College. After receiving
the 'Vadhya Visharada' with
distinction from the Music College, he
came under the guidance of Late Sri
Tanjore Upendran. He learnt from
the late maestro in the age old
tradition of Gurukulavasam.
Sri Murugaboopathi has won numerous
awards including the Vadya Kalaimani
from the Music
College, Chennai,
the Laya Kala
Ratna from the
Tiruppur Murugan Mandram,
the Best Artiste
Award from the
South Indian Music
Club, Andhra Pradesh, the Music
Academy and the Sivan Mandram, Sydney,
Australia.
Murugaboopathi can adapt his playing
to any style of singing or
instrumental music and has
won the appreciation
of the artists
as well as the
rasikas. With
his uncompromising
orthodox style of
playing he
gracefully blends
the best of the
Pazhani Subramania Pillai and the
Palghat Mani Iyer schools making him
one of the most sought after mridangam
players today.
Boopathi as he is
fondly known with
his contemporaries,
regularly accompanies leading
artists such as Sangeetha Kalnidhis
Shri Madurai T.N. Seshagopalan, Dr. N.
Ramani, Shri T
V Sankaranarayan,
the Hyderabad
Brothers, Mandolin
Srinivas, Sudha Ragunathan, and other
contemporary artists such as Sanjay
Subramaniam, T M Krishna, Bombay
Jayashri and Aruna Sayeeram to name a
few.
Within India, he has performed in
various venues in most metros
including New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai,
Hyderabad, Bengaluru,
Thiruvananthapuram and across Tamil
Nadu. Internationally, he is widely
travelled on tour with the above
reputed artists in North America
including USA and Canada, in Europe
including Great Britain, Scotland,
Germany, Spain, Belgium, Turkey, South
Africa, the Middle East at Dubai,
Muscat, and Doha, South East Asia in
Singapore and Malaysia, Australia and
New Zealand.
Sri Sundarkumar (Kanjira)
Sri Sundarkumar is one of the leading Kanjira
artists in the world of Rhythm music. Having
entered the musical world at the age of three, he
has been mesmerizing audience with his intricate
rhythm beats and innate creativity, that he
inherited from his musical family.
After the initial tutelage under his father, a
renowned Mridangam player, Dr. K. B. S Mani, he
underwent rigorous training under legendary Guru
Karaikudi Sri R. Mani. It was under his guidance
that Sundarkumar perfected the art of playing
Mridangam, and then took to playing his most
favorite percussion instrument, the Kanjira. His
mastery and understanding of the subtle nuances of
playing this instrument is unparalleled.
IMSOM's
Fall 2020 Concert Series has been is made
possible in part, by the UHG “Dollars for
Doers” Grant, matching grants from Honeywell
& US Bank, a generous donation from the
Dr. Dash Foundation, late Dr V Premanand
& family, and the generosity of IMSOM’s
members and donors. The
activity is made possible by voters of
Minnesota through a grant from Minnesota
Regional Arts Council (MRAC), thanks to a
legislative appropriation from the arts
and cultural heritage fund. All
concerts are co-sponsored by KFAI Radio (90.3
FM Mpls/106.7 FM St. Paul).
