Mylapore Sundaram Anantharaman (26 August 1924 ? 19 February 2018) was an Indian Carnatic and Hindustani violinist . He was an exponent of Parur style of violin playing. He received several awards including Kalaimamani Award and Sangeet Natak Akademi Award .

Biography [ edit ]

M. S. Anantharaman was born on 26 August 1924, in a musical family in Paravur , Aluva in present-day Ernakulam district of Kerala. His father Parur Sundaram Iyer was a violinist in the royal palace of Travancore . ^[1] Iyer, migrated to Chennai from Kerala in 1932. ^[2] Anantharaman learned the violin at the age of six from his father Sundaram Iyer. ^[3] His father, who introduced Violin in Hindusthani music, ^[3] trained Anantharaman and his brother M. S. Gopalakrishnan , both Carnatic and Hindustani music. His elder sister Parur Sitalakshmi was also a violinist. ^[4] He made his debut at the age of seven. ^[5] He and his sister played violin duets at the Ramanathaswamy Temple , Subramaniya Swamy Temple, Tiruchendur and Kanyakumari Temple . ^[4]

Anantharaman designed his own style with his brother. ^[6] The brothers were popular in Parur Bani (mix of Hidustani and Carnatic styles). ^[3] He was a regular participant at concerts in Chennai as part of the Markazi festival. ^[6] Later, when M. S. Gopalakrishnan performed his own violin concerts, Anantharaman became accustomed to accompanying musicians on the violin. ^[6] Anantharaman became a violinist along with Carnatic musicians including M. S. Subbulakshmi and Hindustani musicians including Omkarnath Thakur . ^[6]

He has served as a professor of violin in the Tamil Nadu Government Music College in Chennai from 1962 to 1983. ^{[5] [7]} Later, he taught violin in Pittsburgh, United States also. ^[7]

His sons M. S. Sundareswaran and M. A. Krishnaswamy were also Carnatic violinists. ^{[6] [2]} His daughter M. A. Bhagirathi is a Carnatic vocalist. ^{[6] [2]}

He died on 19 February 2018, at his home at Sri Apparswamy Koil Street, Mylapore , Chennai, Tamil Nadu. ^[8]

Awards and honors [ edit ]

• Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 1998 ^[7]
• Kalaimamani award of the Tamil Nadu Eyal Isai Nataka Manram ^[7]
• T.T.K award of the Music Academy 1996 ^[7]
• Sangeetha Kala Acharya of the Music Academy ^[7]
• He was the Asthana Vidwan (Head Scholar) of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham ^[7]

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