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T. V. Gopalakrishnan | |
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 Picture taken of TVG and T S Nandakumar during a speech in Bombay | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Tripunithura Viswanathan Gopalakrishnan |
| Born | (1932-06-11)11 June 1932 (age 92) |
| Origin | Kerala, India |
| Occupations | singer, violinist, mridangist |
Tripunithura Viswanathan Gopalakrishnan (Malayalam pronunciation:[t̪ɾipunit̪ʰuɾɐʋiswɐnɐt̪ʰɐngopɐlɐkɾiʃnɐn]) (born 11 June 1932 inTripunithura, Kerala), known asTVG, is aCarnatic andHindustani musician fromCochin, Kerala, India. He was awarded theMadras Music Academy'sSangeetha Kalanidhi in 2014.[1]
Gopalakrishnan was born on June 11, 1932 into a family of musicians with a history spanning over two centuries.[2] His father, T.G. Viswanatha Bhagavathar, was a court musician for theCochin Royal Family and a professor of music at the S.K.V. College inThrissur.[3] Gopalakrishnan was the eldest child of his parents, who totally had nine siblings. started playing themridangam at the age of four and had hisarangetram at theCochin palace at the age of six.[4] He is a disciple ofChembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar.[4][5]
Gopalakrishnan is married to Radha. The couple have 3 children - Two sons named Viswanath (Late), Ramanath, and one daughter named Aparna Raghavan. The popular violinist T.V. Ramani andghatam exponentT. V. Vasan were his siblings.[6]
He is a musician who is equally proficient in both Carnatic and Hindustani vocals, mridangam and violin.[7] TVG has toured withGeorge Harrison,Bob Dylan,John Handy,Ravi Shankar,Ustad Alla Rakha.[8] He has also collaborated with drummer/composerFranklin Kiermyer,Don Peake, Seigfried Kutterer andCarola Grey.[9]
Gopalakrishnan was given theSangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1990. He has been awarded thePadma Bhushan by theGovernment of India in the year 2012.[10]
In 2018, he was awarded a doctorate by Bharatidasan University for his research on the topic "Layathwam in Carnatic music".[11]
This is an incomplete list of releases. The release dates are also not always indicative of the original release date of the associated record.
In his career spanning over five decades, many honours and awards have been bestowed on Gopalakrishnan. These include:
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