T. N. Seshagopalan

Last updated

Madurai T. N. Seshagopalan
T. N. Sheshagopalan.jpeg
Background information
Born (1948-09-05) 5 September 1948 (age 76)
Nagapattinam, Madras Province, Dominion of India (now Tamil Nadu, India)
Genres Carnatic music - Indian Classical Music
OccupationSinger
Years active1970–present

Madurai Thirumalai Nambi Seshagopalan (born, 5 September 1948) is a noted Carnatic singer, musician and composer. [1] He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 2006. As well as being a master of the veena and harmonium, he is an exponent of harikatha.

Contents

[2]

Early life

Though T. N. Seshagopalan uses 'Madurai' in front of his name, he was actually born in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu, as the son of Thirumalai Nambi Iyengar and Thiruvenkatavalli Ammal. He first learnt under his mother, and later under tutelage of Ramanathapuram C. S. Sankarasivan. He holds a degree in science from Madras University and a degree in music from Madurai Kamaraj University where he later served as professor of music.

Music career

He is proficient in rendering Harikatha and performs as per the guruparampara of Harikesanallur Muthiah Bhagavatar. Seshagopalan continues to increase his wide repertoire with compositions of his own. He is noted for his own elegant thillanas, bhajans, namavalis and abhangs. He is equally at home with North Indian ragas and has participated in several jugalbandhis. Noted singer Gayathri Girish is his disciple.

Tours

In 1984 he was invited to sing at the Adelaide International Festival in Australia (and included performances Perth, Adelaide, Sydney and New Zealand). In 1987 he was India's cultural ambassador to Russia. He has performed in countries like Singapore, Malaysia, Bahrain and Sri Lanka and has visited and performed in the United States of America numerous times. [ citation needed ]

Film

In 1983 he produced and played hero in a Tamil movie "Thodi Raagam". He also acted as Prashanth's father in Jambhavan (2006).

The song "Innarul Tharum Annapoorani" is from the Tamil movie Athma (1993), directed by Prathap Pothan. It features Ramki, Rahman, Kasthuri, and Gouthami, with music composed by Ilaiyaraaja, lyrics by Vaali, and vocals by T. N. Seshagopalan. The song is a devotional piece dedicated to Goddess Annapoorani, expressing reverence and seeking her blessings.

Awards and titles

References

  1. ↑ Article Title [ usurped ]
  2. ↑ "TN Seshagopalan honoured - Sify.com". sify.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2007. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.