T. V. Gopalakrishnan

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Tirupanithurai Viswanatha Gopalakrishnan (born 11 June 1932 in Thripunithura, Kerala) is a Carnatic and Hindustani musician from Chennai.[1]

Gopalakrishnan hails from a family of musicians spanning over two centuries.[2] His father was a court musician for the Cochin Royal Family.[3] He is a vocalist, plays the violin and is also an exponent of the mridangam.[4] Gopalakrishnan started playing the mridangam at the age of four and had his arangetram at the Cochin palace at the age of six.[5] He is a disciple of Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar.[5][6] He has also collaborated with drummer/composer Franklin Kiermyer on live performances.[7]

Gopalakrishnan was given the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1990. He has been awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India in the year 2012.[8]


Awards

In his career spanning over five decades, many honours and awards that have been bestowed on Dr.TVG. A few outstanding awards have been:

References

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