Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan - Valayapatti | Violin And Thavil | Carnatic Instrumental Jukebox

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Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan was born to Sri Ramaswamy Sastri and Smt. Meenakshi at Kunnakudi, a temple town of Lord Murugan in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
His father was a scholar in Sanskrit and Tamil, and a composer and exponent of Carnatic Music and Kathakalakshepam. Vaidyanathan started learning South Indian Classical Music from his father at a very young age.
The violin was his forte. Known for the dexterity and subtlety in handling the violin, he catered not only to the music scholar but also to the layman. His play reflected his own different moods and the demands of his audience with whom he established and enjoyed a good rapport. He dwelled with ease and competence in the high as well as the low octaves.
At the age of 12, he accompanied great stalwarts like Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar, Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer and Maharajapuram Santhanam in concerts. He also performed with Nadaswaram vidwans like T.N.Rajarathinam Pillai and Thiruvenkadu Subramania Pillai.
He stopped accompanying vocal artistes in 1976 to concentrate more on solo concerts. He was famous for his fingering techniques on the violin. His interest in new attempts and innovations led him to work with veteran thavil vidwan Valayapatti Subramanian. They performed over 3,000 shows together. Vaidyanathan had deep faith in the therapeutic merits of music.
He was awarded the prestigious "Padma Shri" title by the Indian government, Kalaimamani award, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award by the Sangeet Natak Akademi in 1993, and the Karnataka Isaignani award. He has also won Best Music Director awards for his background scores for films. He received the Sangeetha Kalasikhamani award given by "The Indian Fine Arts Society" in 1996.

Tracks List:
1. Pranamamyaham 00:00
2. Ranjani 11:44
3. Sarasamukhi 20:53
4. Nagumomu 30:07
5. Radha Sametha Krishna 56:48

==Track Details==
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►Track - Pranamamyaham
Artist - Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan & Valayapatti
Lyricist - Mysore Vasudevachari
Composer - Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan & Valayapatti

►Track - Ranjani
Artist - Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan & Valayapatti
Lyricist - G. N. Balasubramaniam
Composer - Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan & Valayapatti

►Track - Sarasamukhi
Artist - Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan & Valayapatti
Lyricist - Muthiah Bhagavadar
Composer - Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan & Valayapatti

►Track - Nagumomu
Artist - Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan & Valayapatti
Lyricist - Thyagaraja
Composer - Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan & Valayapatti

►Track - Radha Sametha Krishna
Artist - Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan & Valayapatti
Lyricist - Traditional
Composer - Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan & Valayapatti

Label - Vani Recording Co
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