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Ombathuveli Subrahmanyam Thyagarajan (3 April 1947 – 31 December 2023) was an Indian carnatic musician based in Chennai.


Biography

Born on 3 April 1947, he was the son and disciple of Sangeetha Booshanam O.V.Subrahmanyam. He learnt music from Sangeetha Kalanidhi T. M. Thiagarajan, while Padmabhushan
Lalgudi Jayaraman Lalgudi Gopala Iyer Jayaraman (17 September 1930 – 22 April 2013) was an Indian Carnatic violinist, vocalist and composer. He is commonly grouped with M.S. Gopalakrishnan and T.N.Krishnan as part of the violin trinity of Carnatic mu ...
provided guidance/mentorship early in his career. An ‘A-Top’ graded artist of the All India Radio and of Doordarshan, he gave a large number of concerts, and was considered one of the eminent artists of his generation. He was regularly featured by all leading sabhas in Chennai as well as throughout India and was accompanied by top accompanists such as Lalgudi Shri.G.Jayaraman, M.S. Gopalakrishnan, V.V. Subrahmanyam on violin, Palghat Mani Iyer, Dr T.K.Murthy, Palghat Raghu, Karaikudi Mani, Trichy Sankaran, Umayalpuram Sivaraman on mridangam, Shri.G Harishankar on Kanjira and Vikku Vinayakaram on Ghatam. He toured many countries, including the USA, Canada, Australia, Singapore, the Middle East, Malaysia, Hong Kong, South Africa, and many cities in Europe. He worked as Dean and Faculty of Fine Arts at Annamalai University for 5 years. Thyagarajan trained many disciples who are active on the concert circuit. He died on 31 December 2023, at the age of 76.


Awards and honours

* Sangeetha Natak Academi Puraskar (Sangeetha Natak Academi) * Sangeetha Choodamani (Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, Chennai) * Sangeetha Kala Sagara (Kalasagaram, Hyderabad) * Nada Gana Kala Praveena (Sangeetha Samraj, Madurai) * Nadha Booshanam (Shanmukananda Sangeetha Sabha, New Delhi) * Vani kala sudakara (Vani Mahal) * GNB award (Indian Fine Arts) * Kalasironmani (Chennai cultural academy)


Discography


See also

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List of Carnatic singers Carnatic Music, Carnatic music is the classical music of South India. The following lists provide links to concert artists who have been widely recognised. Vocalists - born before 1800 *Oothukkadu Venkata Kavi, born 1700 *Dharma Raja Karthika Th ...


References


External links

* * * https://web.archive.org/web/20150621170233/http://www.carnaticdarbar.com/interviews/2010/OS-Thyagarajan.asp * {{DEFAULTSORT:Thyagarajan, O. S. 1947 births 2023 deaths Male Carnatic singers Carnatic singers 20th-century Indian male classical singers Sanskrit-language singers 21st-century Indian male classical singers Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award People from Thanjavur