Nagai Sriram

Nagai Sriram (born June 19, 1980) is an Indian musician and Carnatic violinist.

Career

He was introduced to the Carnatic violin at the age of 10 under his grandmother, Smt R. Komalavalli. He currently receives more advanced training from his uncle Vidwan Kalaimaamani Nagai Sri R. Muralidharan.^[1] All India Radio rates him as an A-grade artist, and he is also rated highly by Doordarshan Television.^[2]

Nagai Sriram commenced his career as a violinist at the age of 12 when he played for Sri Neyveli Santhanagopalan in New Delhi. Since then, he has accompanied many leading artists including Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna,^[1] P. Unnikrishnan, T. N. Seshagopalan,^[3] T.V. Sankaranarayanan,^[4] O. S. Thyagarajan, Madurai Seshagopalan,^[2] K.V. Narayanaswamy, S. Sowmya,^[2] Hyderabad Brothers, Dr. N. Ramani, Sanjay Subramaniam, T. M. Krishna, and the Carnatica Brothers.^[5]

Nagai Sriram toured the United States with Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman in the fall of 2004.^[1] He currently resides in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Awards

Nagai Sriram has won many awards including:

• Shanmukha Sangeetha Sironmani - Shanmukhanandha Sabha, Mumbai - 2007
• Best Violinist - Music Academy Chennai - 2001 through 2008 (8 consecutive years)
• Best Violinist - Maharajapuram Vishwanatha Iyer Trust - 2004
• Yuvakalabharathi – Bharath Kalachar, Chennai - 2003^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "Double header Vocal Concerts on October 23, 2005". The Carnatic Music Association of North America Inc.. 2005-10-20. http://www.cmana.org/Fliers/doubleheader.htm. Retrieved 2010-04-08. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} "Pallavi of Capital District presents an evening of Indian Classical Vocal Music". Pallavi. 2008. http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~moorthy/Pallavi2008/newsletter2.txt. Retrieved 2010-04-08. 
3. ^ M. Balaganessin (2009-02-13). "Friday Review Chennai / Music : Remembering the bard". The Hindu. http://www.hindu.com/fr/2009/02/13/stories/2009021350630300.htm. Retrieved 2010-04-08. 
4. ^ V.Subrahmaniam (2007-01-05). "Music Season / Music : Question of planning". The Hindu. http://www.hindu.com/ms/2007/01/05/stories/2007010500130300.htm. Retrieved 2010-04-08. 
5. ^ "A musical homage to all time legend duo classical singers – Alathur Brothers" (pdf). The India Music and Dance Society. 2007. http://sruti.org/concerts/2007/CarnaticaBrothers/CarnaticaBrothers_flyer.pdf. Retrieved 2010-04-08. 

See also

• List of Carnatic artists

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