Chitravina Narasimhan

Chitravina Narasimhan (born 1941) is a gottuvadhyam player from India.[1] He is the father of renowned chitravina player N. Ravikiran.

Early life

He was born in 1941 in Mysore, Karnataka in a family of musicians. His father Gottuvadhyam Narayan Iyengar, who was also his teacher was a renowned Gottuvadhyam player in South India.

Career

After learning from his father he continued his training in Gottuvadhyam under several musicians such as T. Brinda, G.N Balabsuramaniam, Budaloor Krishnamurthi Shastri and Musiri Subramaniam Iyer. Narasimhan performed extensively across India and won acclaim from many stalwarts of Indian music including such as Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar, Allauddin Khan (mentor of sitarist Ravishankar), Flute Mali, M. Balalmuralikrishna and Veena S. Balachander. His musical achievements were also appreciated by Prime Ministers Jawaharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri and Indira Gandhi and President Dr. Radhakrishnan, besides a number of film and cultural personalities.

Family and students

He has three children. All of them are renowned musicians - sons N. Ravikiran, K N Shashikiran, daughter Kiranavali Vidyasankar. Narasimhan’s nephew Chitravina Ganesh was also mentored by him from childhood.[2]

His other students include vocalist T K Ramachandran,[3] Vanitha Suresh, Veena Sambasivam [4] and Girijashankar Sundaresan.[5]

References
  1. http://www.ravikiranmusic.com/chitravinanarasimhan.htm
  2. praveen, priyanka (30 May 2016). "A band of brothers". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  3. Chandaraju, Aruna (23 October 2016). "An artistic bureaucrat". www.thehansindia.com. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  4. "veenaconcert". sites.google.com. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  5. "Girijashankar Sundaresan". Kutir. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
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