Vellore G. Ramabhadran
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Vellore Ramabhadran during a concert in Chennai
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| Born |
Gopalachari Ramabhadran 4 August 1929 Salem District |
| Died | February 27, 2012 (aged 82) Chennai |
| Residence | Mylapore |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Mridangam Artiste |
| Known for | Mridangam Artiste |
| Parent(s) | Konnakol T. P.Gopalachari, |
Vellore G. Ramabhadran (August 4, 1929 - February 27, 2012) was a Mridangam artiste from Tamil Nadu, India.
Born in Salem District, he showed interest in Carnatic music even at an early age. His father Konnakol T. P. Gopalachari, a musician himself, was running a Music Sabha in Salem. This sabha conducted competitions in Carnatic music among children. Maestros like Kancheepuram Naina Pillai, Palghat Mani Iyer and Pudukottai Dakshinamurthy Pillai judged competitors and awarded prizes. M. S. Subbulakshmi has given a concert in this Sabha in 1936
Young Ramabhadran was fascinated by the music concerts and started learning Mridangam from his father at the age of eight.
During World War II people living in Madras (presently, Chennai) evacuated the city and moved to interior towns and villages. In 1942, Thiruparkadal Srinivasa Iyengar moved from Chennai to Salem. It gave an opportunity for Ramabhadran to learn vocal music from him.
Ramabhadran moved to Chennai in 1950 and took residence at Mylapore.
In his first stage appearance, he accompanied Madurai Mani Iyer on the Mridangam. During the 1940s there were not many Sabhas in Chennai. He accompanied Madurai Mani Iyer in concerts held at various temples throughout Tamil Nadu.
Ramabhadran has performed as an accompanying Mridangam artiste to Carnatic music doyens Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar, Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar, Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer, Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, Musiri Subramania Iyer, G. N. Balasubramaniam, M.Balamuralikrishna, Maharajapuram Santhanam, T. V. Sankaranarayanan, T. N. Seshagopalan, B. Rajam Iyer,P. S. Narayanaswamy and to Illustrious Instrumentalists like T. R. Mahalingam, N. Ramani, Lalgudi Jayaraman and T. N. Krishnan. He has also performed with North Indian Music artistes Zakir Hussein, Alla Rakha, Amjad Ali Khan and Hariprasad Chaurasia.
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