Malladi Suribabu (born 1 May 1945) is an Indian Carnatic vocalist and musician from

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, India. He was conferred with

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, a civilian honor by the

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in 2013 and TTK Award by

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in 2014. He is a disciple of Voleti Venkateshwarulu,

Sripada Pinakapani Sripada Pinakapaani (3 August 1913 – 11 March 2013), was a medical doctor, administrator, professor in medicine, and carnatic musician. He received Sangeetha Kalanidhi award in 1983. Pinkapani was born at Priya Agraharam of Srikakulam d ...

and

Nedunuri Krishnamurthy Nedunuri Krishnamurthy (10 October 1927 – 8 December 2014) was an Indian Carnatic vocalist.

Early life

Suribabu was born on 1 May 1945 in Dubacherla, a village in West Godavari district,

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, in then

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. He is the father of vocalist duo

Malladi Brothers The Malladi Brothers, Malladi Sreeramprasad (b. June 12th, 1971) and Malladi Ravikumar (b. April 21st, 1973), are a Carnatic music vocalist duo. They started their music education under Malladi Srirammurthy and Malladi Suri Babu, their grand ...

. and vocalist Malladi Vasavi. His father developed a taste for the traditional way of singing and being a music analyzer and enthusiast, was keen to pass on tradition to his children. Suribabu has developed an aptitude for music from his father and at the age of 9 years, he could easily reproduce songs with perfection.

Career

In 1963, Suribabu made his debut with

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(AIR) children's musical fest and got a high rating from listeners then. In 1971, he joined

as a program announcer and served for more than 35 years. While working in

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, he received the opportunity to work with many legendary artist, including Voleti Venkateswarulu, whom he considers as

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and learnt rare Kirthanas from him. He also conducted two most successful programs namely ''Bhakti Ranjani'' and ''Sangeeta Sikshana'' with

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released a CD of Malladi Suribabu and Malladi Narayanaswami. This was followed by group renderings of songs of

Annamacharya Tallapaka Annamacharya (Telugu : తాళ్ళపాక అన్నమాచార్య) ( IAST: taḷḷapāka annamācārya; 22 May 1408 – 4 April 1503), also popularly known as Annamayya, was a 15th-century Hindu saint and the ea ...

and

Bhadrachala Ramadas Kancharla Gopanna ( te, కంచర్ల గోపన్న) ( – 1688), popularly known as Bhakta Ramadasu or Bhadrachala Ramadasu ( te, భద్రాచల రామదాసు), was a 17th-century devotee of the Hindu god Rama, a sain ...

in 2008. He also performed for The Trinity and Other Vaggeyakara Music Festival held at

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in April 2012. Till date, he is actively engaged in music concerts in India and overseas. He has composed over 2, 5000 songs of Bhakta Ramadasu,

and

Narayana Teertha Sri Narayana Teertha (c. 1650 – 1745 CE) was a great saint, devotee of Lord Sri Krishna, the supreme lord, and sang many songs on him. Brief lifesketch Sri Narayana Teertha was born in South India in the region covered by the present-day Andhra ...

's Krishna Leela Tarangam, produced several CDs to propagate rich tradition of music.

Works

* ''Taranga Bodhana'' (

's Tarangam teaching) * ''Sadasiva Brahmendra Keerthanas'' (Sarvam Bhrahmam) * ''Amrutha Varshini'' (CD of Telugu Gazals) * ''Bhajare Sriramam'' (

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Keerthanas) * ''Sangeetha Sikshana''

Albums

Bibliography

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Awards, titles and recognition

* Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 2018 * Akashawani Annual Awards, 1984, 1996, 2001 & 2004 * Sapthagiri Sangeetha Vidwanmani, at the 70th Sri Thyagaraja Festival of Music and Dance, 2012 * Tyaga Bhrahma Nada Ratna by Nada Sudha Chennai, 2012 * Kanchi Paramacharya Music Award by Shanmukhananda Sabha, Mumbai *

award by the

, 2013 * Sri Kalaprapoorna title by Sri Annamacharya Project of North America (SAPNA), 2013 * TTK Award, by

, 2014

References

External links

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