Sripada Pinakapani (3 August 1913 – 11 March 2013), was a medical doctor, administrator, professor in medicine, and

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ian. He received Sangeetha Kalanidhi award in 1983. Pinkapani was born at Priya Agraharam of

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. He spent three months in violin maestro Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu's school. He joined M.B.B.S. in 1932. He completed M.D. in general medicine in December 1945 also from Andhra Medical College, under

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, Visakhapatnam. Pinakapani worked as assistant professor at Madras Medical College from 1944 to 1949 and later at Andhra Medical College. He opted for Andhra Services and resigned to rejoin in the same post in 1951. He held the position of Professor of Medicine on 17 May 1954 and later transferred to Kurnool Medical College on 26 January 1957 and retired in the same position on 2 August 1968. Pinkapani had a successful career performing at major festivals and concerts. His disciples include carnatic vocalists,

Nedunuri Krishnamurthy Nedunuri Krishnamurthy ( Telugu: నేదునూరి కృష్ణమూర్తి;10 October 1927 – 8 December 2014) was an Indian Carnatic vocalist.

, Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana, Voleti Venkatesvarulu, Srirangam Gopalaratnam, the Malladi Brothers, Dr.N Ch Pardhasaradhi and many others. He wrote several books on carnatic music and Gaanakalasarvasvamu ran multiple volumes which had every minute detail of krithis. He is the paternal grandfather of singer Chinmayi Sripada. He died on 11 March 2013 in

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, at the age of 99, a few months short of completing 100.

Awards

* He was awarded Gyana Vidya Vardhi by Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams on 3 August 2012 on the occasion of his 99th birthday. * He received the title of Sangeetha Kalanidhi (Treasure for the art of music). * He received the Sangeetha Kalasikhamani award in 1970 bestowed on him by The Indian Fine Arts Society, Chennai. * He has been honoured with

Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (IAST: Saṅgīta Nāṭaka Akādamī Puraskāra), also known as the Akademi Puraskar, is an award given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama. It is the highest Indian recogni ...

in 1983 Sangeetnatakakademi.vocal carnatic music awards
in 1977. * He was awarded

Padma Bhushan The Padma Bhushan (IAST: ''Padma Bhūṣaṇa'', lit. 'Lotus Decoration') is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri. Instituted on 2 Januar ...

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in 1984. *

honored him with Kala Prapoorna in 1978. * He was honoured with Sangeet Natak Akademi Tagore Ratna in 2011

Books written

*Sangeetha Sourabhamu, (vol 1 – 4) *Sangeetha Yatra *Mela Raga malika *Manodharma sangeetham *Pallavi Gana sudha.

References

External links

*
''Music greats fete Pinakapani'', The Hindu, 28 November 2005

''gaana vidyaa vaaridhi'', Eamaata, September, 2012
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