Trivandrum R. Venkataraman

R Venkataraman

Veena R. Venkataraman, performing at a Mavelikara devi temple near Saraswati Puja Day
Background information
Born (1938-08-31)August 31, 1938
Cheranmahadevi, Tirunelveli, India
Origin Tamil Nadu, India
Died January 5, 2010(2010-01-05) (aged 71)
Ulundurpet, Tamil Nadu, India
Genres Carnatic music
Occupation(s) Musician, instrumentalist, veena
Instruments Veena

R Venkataraman (31 August 1938  5 January 2010) was a classical musician and veena player from India, in the Carnatic Music genre. He was one member of a veena-violin-venu trio whose other members were Lalgudi G Jayaraman and N. Ramani.

Early days and personal life

Venkataraman started his training in vocal music when he was four years old, under the guidance of his father Rama Subba Sastri. He started his veena lessons when he was eight under Lakshmi G. Krishnan. Venkataraman went on to become a student of Padma Bhushan K. S. Narayanaswamy. He later developed his vocal music skills under the guidance of Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer and C. S. Krishna Iyer.

Career

Venkataraman's career spanned five decades. During the years 1965 to 1968, he was part of the famous Veena-Venu-Violin trio concerts along with Lalgudi G. Jayaraman and N. Ramani.

Tours

Venkataraman has toured extensively between the years 2001 and 2005. Some of his performances have been in Australia, France among other countries. In addition to is performances he was well known for his lecture demonstrations.

Students

He has been the guru for numerous students for the veena and vocal performances. Some of his prominent students are Prince Rama Varma (vocal and veena), Sesha Nambirajan (veena), Iyer Brothers (veena), Seetha Balakrishnan (veena) and Sugandha Kalamegam. (vocal).

Awards & felicitations

Death

The maestro and his daughter Jayasree died in a car accident at Ulundurpet on the 5th of January 2010. The accident happened when the car they were traveling in met with an accident while crossing a bridge on the national highway.[3]

References

  1. "Fellowship and Awards". Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  2. "And the awards go to…". Chennai. The Hindu. 1 December 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  3. "Veena vidwan, daughter killed". Villupuram. The Hindu. 6 January 2010. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
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