Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan

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Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan
திருவாரூர் வைத்தியநாதன்
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Born (1963-05-11) 11 May 1963 (age 62)
Tiruvarur, Tamil Nadu, India
OccupationMridangam artist
Awards Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (2017)
Website tvpschool.com

Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (born 11 May 1963) is an Indian mridangam artist from a family of mridangam artists. He is a recipient of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for his contribution to Carnatic instrumental music.

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Early life

Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan was born on 11 May 1963 in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu, into a family with a strong tradition in Carnatic music. He received his initial training in the mridangam from his grandfather, Tiruvarur Shri Kunju Iyer, and his uncle, Tiruvarur Shri Nagarajan Iyer, both respected percussionists of their time. He later underwent advanced training under the guidance of Karaikudi R. Mani. [1]

Career

A top-grade artiste of All India Radio, Vaidyanathan has performed extensively across India and internationally. Over the course of his career, he has accompanied several leading figures of Carnatic and Hindustani classical music, including M. Balamuralikrishna, Maharajapuram Santhanam, D. K. Pattammal, M. L. Vasanthakumari, T. N. Krishnan, Sudha Raghunathan, Aruna Sairam, Bhimsen Joshi, and Ajoy Chakrabarty. [2] [1]

Additionally, he has conducted numerous mridangam workshops in India and abroad and has several recordings to his credit. [3]

Awards

Vaidyanathan receives the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for his contribution to Carnatic instrumental music. Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan.jpg
Vaidyanathan receives the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for his contribution to Carnatic instrumental music.

Additionally, he has received multiple honours, including the Yuva Kala Bharathi (1993), Asthana Vidwan of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham (2009), Acharya Ratnakara from the Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana (2016), and Vani Kala Sudhakara from the Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha (2017). [7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Wayback Machine" (PDF). www.sangeetnatak.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
  2. ↑ Srikanth, Venkatesan (22 January 2015). "Bringing the melody home" . The Hindu . Retrieved 4 February 2026.
  3. ↑ "Vande Mataram: A Musical Journey Through India | Asia Society". asiasociety.org. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
  4. ↑ PIB Delhi (5 February 2019). "President of India to confer Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards (Akademi Puraskar) for the Year 2017". Press Information Bureau. Retrieved 3 February 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ↑ The Weekend Leader (6 February 2019). "President presents 2017 Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards to 42". The Weekend Leader. Retrieved 3 February 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ↑ "Honour for mridangam vidwan". The Hindu. 1 December 2009. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  7. ↑ "Vande Mataram: A Musical Journey Through India | Asia Society". asiasociety.org. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
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