Padmavathy Ananthagopalan
| Padmavathy Ananthagopalan | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 12, 1934 India |
| Origin | Chennai Tamil Nadu, India |
| Genres | Carnatic music |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, instrumentalist, veena |
| Instruments | Veena |
| Website | www |
Padmavathy Ananthagopalan (born 12 July 1934) is a classical musician and veena maestro from India, in the Carnatic Music genre. She also plays the mridangam and the nagaswaram. She has seven decades of experience in playing the veena. She hails from a family of accomplished musicians that include maestro Lalgudi Jayaraman and her ancestors are direct disciples of Saint Thyagaraja.
She is known for her own unique "gayaki" style. She is huge advocate for the guru-shishya (gurukula) tradition. She has been the guru for numerous artists like Jayanthi Kumaresh (veena) and Usha Rajagopalan (violin). She is also the founder of the Sri Satguru Sangita music school and has over 25 years of active teaching service through the institution.
Padmavathy was initiated into music when she was five by her father Lalgudi Gopala Iyer. She learnt the nuances of playing the veena from him. Her first performance was at the age of twelve. Her ancestors are the direct disciples of one of the greatest composers of Carnatic Music, Saint Thyagaraja.
Padmavathy's spouse Ananthagopalan is also a veena and violin exponent. Ananthagopalan teaches playing these instruments to students. He elder brother is the late violin maestro, vocalist and composer Padma Bhushan Lalgudi G. Jayaraman. Her younger sisters Lalgudi Rajalakshmi and Srimathi Brahmanandam are also violinists.
"I am doing my bit to take the veena on a par with the vocal kutcheris in sabhas."
Padmavathy plays the veena in the "gayaki" style wherein she delivers the nuances in the musical instrument like in the vocal rendition. Vidhwan S Balachander was a huge influence on her and she considered him to be her "Manaseeka" guru (meaning reverentially within one's mind). She observed all the stalwarts and eventually came up with her own unique style wherein every swara is given its due in a raaga.
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