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T. K. Govindarao | |
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| Born | (1929-04-21)21 April 1929[1][2] |
| Died | 18 September 2011(2011-09-18) (aged 82)[2][3] Chennai,Tamil Nadu, India |
| Other names | TKG |
| Occupation(s) | Carnatic Musician, Composer |
T. K. Govindarao (Tripunithura Krishnarao Govindarao) (21 April 1929 – 18 September 2011) was a leading Karnatic Vocalist, and the recipient of the prestigious Sangeetha Kalanidhi award.
He was born as the son of Tripunithura Vadakkekkotta Chakkalamutt Pallisserrimadathil Krishnarao and Kamalammal. He took an initial training under Chembai Vaidhyanatha Bhagavathar and later came under the tutelage ofMusiri Subrahmanya Iyer - a rigoruous gurukulavasa that lasted over 15 years, and many more years of close association. He was known as the torchbearer of the Musiri style bhava-laden rendering.
Prior to taking up Karnatic music training, he was involved with film music for a brief period - the first Malayalam film background songSubhaleela in the movie Nirmala was sung by him. The first Malayalam movie duetPaaduka poonkuyile too was sung by him along with P. Leela. He sang only in this movie where the lyrics was byG Sankara Kurup and the score was by P. S. Divakar.
He worked as chief producer at Akasavani Delhi and as producer at Akasavani Chennai. He was the president of Sri Tyagaraja Sangita Vidvat Samajam, Tyagarajapuram, Chennai. He collected and published the compositions ofThyagaraja,Muthuswamy Dikshitar andSyama Sastri with notations and the meaning in English. He published around 400 krithis ofSwathi Thirunal. Very particular that Carnatic Music should be sung with the music of the lyrics understood, he formed a trust for the same namedGanamandhir.
He died at Chennai on 18 September 2011. T. K. Govindarao was awarded the prestigiousSangeetha Kalanidhi award of theMadras Music Academy in the year 1999.
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