Trivandrum V. Surendran
Trivandrum V. Surendran | |
|---|---|
| Born | V. Surendran 1941/1942 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Citizenship | India |
| Occupation | instrumentalist |
| Spouse | K. Sushila |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | Carnatic music |
| Instrument(s) | Mridangam |
Trivandrum V. Surendran is a mridangam exponent from Kerala, India. He received several awards including Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship, Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award and Madras Music Academy Award.
Biography[edit]
V. Surendran, a native of Edappazhanji of Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), learned the instrumental lessons from his uncle P. Gangadharan Nair.[1] Surendran graduated from Swathi Thirunal College of Music, Thiruvananthapuram in the first batch of 1959.[2] He completed Ganabhushanam course from there in 1962.[3] After studying mridangam for four years under the famous mridangam player Mavelikkara Velukkutty Nair, he became a disciple of Palghat Mani Iyer under the Gurukula system of education with a scholarship from the Government of India, Ministry of Culture.[2] It was his guru Mani Iyer who gave him the name Trivandrum V. Surendran.[4]
In 1970, he became a teacher at the Swathi Thirunal Music College, where he studied.[1] In 1974, at the age of 28, he joined Kozhikode Akashvani as a staff artist in the music department and worked in Akashvani for thirty years.[5] Later he worked in Thrissur and in 1982 he moved to Thiruvananthapuram Akashvani.[1]
Personal life[edit]
Surendran lives with his wife K. Sushila in Edappazhanji Vivekananda Nagar Dhwani.[1] Of the two sons, Sandeep is an expert in mridangam and Shankar in violin.[1]
Musical career[edit]
He is one of the exponents of Thanjavur Bani style in mridangam.[5]
In 1981, Surendran was appointed to the Thiruvananthapuram Akashvani, where he had the opportunity to play Mritangam with many prominent musicians at the Navratri Mandapam Music Festival.[3] He has performed with many noted instrumentalists such as Chembai, K. V. Narayanaswamy, S. Balachander, K. S. Narayanaswamy.[6]
Awards and honours[edit]
Surendran received many awards including Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award, Madras Music Academy Award, Navarasa Sangeetha Sabha Award, Sangeetha Bharata Puraskaram, Mridanga Vadyaratnam Award and Madurai Sangeetha Sabha's Layavadyavisharad honour.[5] He received Sree Guruvayurappan Chembai Puraskaram in November 2022.[7] In 2019 he received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Carnatic instrumental-mridangam [8] and Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship.[9]
References[edit]
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- ^ a b "Trivandrum V. Surendran's mridangam magic - Bharat Times". bharat times. 16 December 2022. Archived from the original on 29 April 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ^ "ഗുരുപാതയിലെ മൃദംഗമാധുരി". Samakalika Malayalam (in Malayalam). Samakalika Malayalam Vaarika. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
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- ^ "Drumming to the rhythms of perfection". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 29 April 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ^ Paul, G. S. (16 December 2022). "Trivandrum V. Surendran's mridangam magic". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 29 April 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ^ "Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards for the year 2019" (PDF). Sangeet Natak Akademi. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 April 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ^ "ബിയാട്രിസിനും സദനം വാസുദേവനും വി. സുരേന്ദ്രനും : സംഗീത നാടക അക്കാദമി ഫെലോഷിപ്പ്". Mathrubhumi. Archived from the original on 17 September 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2023.