H. K. Narayana
| H.K.Narayana | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | H. K. Narayana |
| Also known as | HKN |
| Born | 14/05/1934 |
| Origin | Holenarasipura , Hassan, Karnataka, India |
| Occupation(s) | Music composer, Music director, Singer |
H. K. Narayana was a well-known singer and music composer from Karnataka, India. He was an icon of Light music and played an important role in popularizing the genre of Sugama Sangeetha in Kannada. Nadavirada Baduke by Nissar Ahmed, Brudavanake Haalanu Maaralu by Kuvempu and Shubha Nudiye Shakunada Hakki by D. R. Bendre are some of his well-known numbers. He is popular through Navasuma and Geetharaadhana in Radio.
Narayana was born in 1934 at Holenarasipura in Hassan district of Karnataka to Keshavayya and Sannamma. Influenced by his father, who was a musician himself, Narayana developed interest in music early in his life and started learning Violin at a young age of six. He later got his Carnatic classical vocal music lessons from the veteran musician R. K. Srikantan in Mysore. H.K. Narayana was known to be one of the favourite students of R. K. Srikantan. He later switched to Sugama Sangeetha, an area he was much passionate about.
Narayana's wife Kanta is a Kathak dancer. Like HKN his daughters Chandu and Manju have also developed interests in the field of art. Chandu is a Bharatanatya dancer and a painter in Tanjore style. And Manju have interests in instrument. HKN's brother Keshav plays violin in musical concerts.
He got associated with the All India Radio early in his student life and gave many performances. He also later joined as a staff artist in AIR. H. K. Narayana known as HKN worked with All India Radio for almost four decades. He held many important roles and responsibilities in AIR as Junior composer, Senior composer, Music producer, 'A' Grade artiste of Sugama Sangeetha and Classical Music. M.D. Parthasarathy who worked as the Assistant Producer of Light Music at AIR, Bangalore is supposed to have played a key role in imparting the art of composing the melody and the background score to HKN. He retired from AIR in the year 1989.
HKN was part of the committee constituted in 2004 by N. Dharam Singh the then Chief minister of Karnataka Government to select and suggest a befitting tune for the rendition of the Karnataka state anthem in 2004. The committee composed of G. S. Shivarudrappa, Siddalingiah, Doddarange Gowda and Rajashekhar Mansur deliberated over the quality and dignity of rendition of the officially edited version of the poem and recommended that the music composed by Mysore Ananthaswamy was apt.
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