Name Trichur Narendran Role Musical Artist | Instruments mridangam Genres Carnatic music Years active 1961 to present | |
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Born 15 December 1951 (age 72) ( 1951-12-15 ) Similar People K V Narayanaswamy, T N Seshagopalan, Palghat R Raghu, E M Subramaniam, Guruvayur Dorai | ||
Trichur C Narendran Layavinyasam SS 2014
Thrissur C. Narendran is a Mridangam (Sanskrit: मृदंगम्,Tamil: மிருதங்கம்,Malayalam: മൃദംഗം,Kannada: :ಮೃದಂಗ,Telugu: మృదంగం) artiste from Kerala, India. His intricate rhythmic patterns, sense of proportion, sharp anticipation, short & carefully thought out phases of silence, and the ability to give the Mridangam the much-needed soft touch make Trichur C. Narendran a class apart.Narendran has accompanied more than five generations of musicians, from Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar.
Contents
- Trichur C Narendran Layavinyasam SS 2014
- PARAMPARA JEYASHRI JEYARAAJ JAYSRI JEYARAJ KRISHNAN VEENA
- Early life
- Musical training
- Career
- Stint with AIR
- Awards and Accolades
- References
PARAMPARA- JEYASHRI JEYARAAJ & JAYSRI JEYARAJ KRISHNAN VEENA
Early life
Narendran was born to Late Venugopala Raja of Manakulam Palace (the royal family of Thalapilly, Thrissur, Kerala, India and Late Sarojini.V.Raja on 15 December 1951 . Narendran inherits a legacy of performing art. Manakulam Late Valiya Kunhunni Raja "Kakkad Karanavarppad", the progenitor of the Temple of performing Art ofKerala – "Kerala Kalamandalam" was his maternal grandfather. He grew up with his elder brother (violinist Thrissur C. Rajendran) and sister (vocalist Prema Balachandran) in an ambience of Music and Art.
Musical training
Born in a family of musicians and scholars, Narendran was initiated into an early training in Mridangam by Sri Kongorppilly Parameswaran Namboodiri who spotted his talent during a dance rehearsal at an annual family get together at Manakkulam Palace, and started teaching Narendran the basics of Mridangam when he was just seven. It was David Bhagavathar of Kunnamkulam who instilled in him the interest in music and inspired him to seriously take up the Mridangam. Later it was Sri E P Narayana Pisharodi and Koduvayur Radhakrishnan who trained him further. Narendran had the rarest privileges to be one of the early disciples of Palghat R Raghu from 1973. It was the scholarship awarded by the Government of India that provided the fecundity for him to learn the finer and the most intricate techniques of mridangam playing from Mridangam Maestro Padmashri Palghat R. Raghu.
Career
Narendran has been exposed to the concert platform from a very early age of 10.
Stint with A.I.R
It was at the age of 17 that he won first prize in A I R Music competition. In the Commercial CD released by A I R of Palghat K V Narayanaswami, with M S G on the violin, Narendran has provided mridangam accompaniment.He was on the staff of All India Radio from 1992 to 2011. He is now a Top rank artiste of All India Radio.
Awards and Accolades
Narendran moved to Chennai in 1973. He is now retired from All India Radio and settled in Chennai.