Nagai Muralidharan
Nagai Muralidharan (born 4 December 1958 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu) is a Carnatic violinist from India. He was awarded Kalaimamani by the State Government of Tamilnadu in 2003.
Nagai Muralidharan | |
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| Born | 4 December 1958 |
| Origin | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Genres | Carnatic music – Indian Classical Music |
| Occupation(s) | Violinist |
| Years active | 1969– |
Musical career
Nagai R.Muralidharan is one of the Top Ranking Violin Artiste, who is the most sought after by all the leading lights of Carnatic Music. He initially learnt from his mother Smt. R.Komalavalli. Further training in Violin was continued under the guidance of Sri R.S.Gopalakrishnan , a well known Violinist from Chennai.
His maiden performance was at the age of 10 and his career as a violinist has spanned for over 50 years. Today, he is a top-ranking violinist, noted for his clarity, rich tonal quality and crispness , and has developed a distinct scholarly style of his own. He is also a regular feature in the Radio Sangeetha Sammelan concerts on Doordharshan, and as an accompanist in several CDs and cassettes. Additionally, he also served as a Top Ranking violin artiste in All India Radio, Trichy from 1978 to 2004.
Over the years, Nagai Muralidharan has travelled and performed in countries all over the world including USA, Canada, Australia, Europe, Singapore, Malaysia, Dubai, Muscat, Doha, Behrain, Japan and Kuwait.
He has accompanied many legends and young artists in their vocal and instrumental concerts including Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, Alathur Srinivasa Iyer,M.D.Ramanathan, Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna, Voleti Venkateswarulu, Nedunoori Krishnamurthy, R.K.Srikantan, Maharajapuram V.Santhanam, Madurai Somasundaram , Palghat K.V.Narayanaswamy, T.M.Thyagarajan, D.K.Jayaraman, T.K.Govinda rao, Dr.S.Ramanathan, B.Rajam Iyer,Tanjore S.Kalyanaraman , Seerkazhi Govindarajan, Chidambaram C.S.Jayaraman , K.J.Yesudas, T.V.Sankaranarayanan, Madurai T.N. Seshagopalan, Neyveli Santhanagopalan, Sanjay Subrahmanyan, P.Unnikrishnan.
Instrumentalist’s Including S.Balachandar (Veena), M.Balamuralikrishna (Viola), T.R.Mahalingam (Flute), Dr. N.Ramani (Flute), Namagiripetai Krishnan (Nadaswaram), A.K.C Natrajan (Clarinet), Kadri Gopalnath (Saxophone).
In his Solo concerts many senior percussion artistes accompanied him including Dr.T.K.Murthy,Vellore Ramabadran ,Umayalpuram K.Sivaraman ,Trichy Sankaran, Guruvayur Dorai , Tanjore Upendran , Karaikudi R.Mani, Mannargudi Easwaran , Srimushnam Raja Rao, Thiruvarur Bakthavatsalam ,T.H.Vikku Vinayaka ram,Thirupanithura Radhakrishnan, Coimbatore Mohanram, V.Suresh and many others.
In the year 1985 , he has performed 26 hours non-stop Marathon Violin Concert held at SRI RANGAM TEMPLE at Tamilnadu. Nagai Muralidharan has accompanied Sri K.J.Yesudas in Dubai on the event of 50th Indian Independence day celebration in 1997.
Awards & Titles
KALAIMAMANI – TAMILNADU STATE GOVERNMENT – (2003)
ARSHA KALA BHUSHANAM – Arsha Kala Gurukulam – Poojya Swamiji Dayananda Saraswathi – (2007)
Maharajapuram Santhanam Memorial Award – Maharajapuram Santhanam Trust (2009)
SAHRUDAYA SEVA RATHNA – SHI-BA Sangeetha Sabha Chennai-(2009)
VANI KALA SUDHAKARA – Sri Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha -(2010)
SANGEET NATAK ACADEMY Award – GOVT OF INDIA –(2010)
GAANA PADHMAM – Brahma Gana Sabha, Chennai – (2011)
Asthana Vidwan- Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam, Kanchipuram - (2014).
SANGEETHA RATHNAKARA- Bhairavi Fine Arts,Cleveland Ohio,USA (2015)
Discography
- "Young maestros" - 1988
- "Na Jeevadhara" - 2014
References
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/sangeet-natak-akademi-fellowships-for-four-eminent-artistes/article2284394.ece https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/ldquoNo-language-barrier-for-music/article15586542.ece https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/Award-for-violinist/article16893098.ece