Trichur V. Ramachandran(born 1940) is a
Carnatic music vocalist. He received the most prestigious award of
Madras Music Academy's
Sangeetha Kalanidhi
Sangeetha Kalanidhi or Sangeeta Kalanidhi (Tamil: சங்கீத கலாநிதி, Sanskrit : संगीत-कला-निधि) (''sangeetha'' = music, ''kala'' = art, ''nidhi'' = treasure or ocean) is the title awarded yearly to ...
in 2012 from the
Madras Music Academy.
He was born in 1940 in
Thrissur,
Cochin State
The Kingdom of Cochin, named after its capital in the city of Kochi (Cochin), was a kingdom in the central part of present-day Kerala state. It commenced at the early part of the 12th century and continued to rule until 1949, when monarchy wa ...
. He gave his first concert at the age of 14 and was a disciple of
G. N. Balasubramaniam
Gudalur Narayanaswamy Balasubramaniam (6 January 1910 – 1 May 1965), popularly known as GNB, was an Indian Carnatic singer. He innovated the art through emphasis on ''laya ''control and reducing the ''gamakas'' which eventually made Carnatic ...
. Later he underwent training under
M L Vasanthakumari
Madras Lalitangi Vasanthakumari (popularly referred to as MLV) (3 July 1928 – 31 October 1990) was a Carnatic musician and playback singer for film songs in many Indian languages. MLV and her contemporaries D. K. Pattammal and M. S. Subbulaks ...
as part of an Indian government Cultural Scholarship.
Ramachandran married
Charumathi in 1973.
Ramachandran is recipient of
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (IPA: Saṅgīta Nāṭaka Akādamī Puraskāra), also known as the Akademi Puraskar, is an award given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi
Sangeet Natak Akademi (The National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama in Englis ...
in 2003. He also received the
Padma Bhushan award from the
Government of India in 2003. He also received the title of
Sangeetha Choodamani by
Sri Krishna Gana Sabha in 2001. He Among plenty of titles and accolades, he is also the recipient of Vidhya Tapasvi title from TAPAS Cultural Foundation in 2009.
.
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Endless passion for music
guru of Ramachandran
Male Carnatic singers
Carnatic singers
Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in arts
Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
1940 births
Living people
Sangeetha Kalanidhi recipients
Singers from Thrissur
20th-century Indian male classical singers
21st-century Indian male classical singers
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