Padma Shankar Resume
Padma Shankar
Padma Shankar started her training in music at a tender age from her vainika mother, Mrs Lakshmi Narayanan(disciple of Late Ananthakrishna Bagavathar of Calcutta). Padma's initial training in violin was from (late) Shri. Ramakrishna Sarma of Mumbai. Now, she has the good fortune of being under the tutelage of the great violin maestro, Padmabhushan. Shri. Lalgudi G. Jayaraman. Padma has accompanied veterans like Dr M. Balamuralikrishna, Tanjavur Sankara Iyer, Smt Vedavalli, Kalpagam Swaminathan, N. Ramani Suguna Varadachary, Suguna Purushottaman, Aruna Sairam just to name a few. Also accompanied vocalists like Sanjay Subramaniam, Vijay Siva, Dr Ganesh, Sikkil Gurucharan, Ranjani Gayatri Gayathri Venkataraghavan and upcoming musicians She has had the great opportunity of accompanying her guru Shri Lalgudi Jayaraman in his violin concert. She has also accompanied him in his lecture demonstrations. Padma has had the unique opportunity of learning the compositions of the living legend Dr Balamuralikrishna directly from him Prizes and Awards 1984 Best violinist ( Junior ) Sri Shanmukhananda Fine Arts, Mumbai 1985 Best violinist (Senior ) Sri Shanmukhananda Fine Arts, Mumbai 1985 Kalki Memorial Prize Sri Shanmukhananda Fine Arts, Mumbai 1995 Lalgudi Gopala Iyer endowment Tamil Isai Sangam , Chennai 1996 Best violinist V D S Arts Academy , Chennai 1997 Best violinist (Spirit of Youth) Music Academy , Chennai 1997 Best violinist V D S Arts Academy, Chennai 1997 Best Violinist ( Gokulashtami) Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, Chennai 2003 V. Lakshminarayana Memorial Music Academy , Chennai 2003 Title of Naada Oli Naada Inbam, Chennai 2004 N. V. Raghavan Memorial Music Academy, Chennai 2005 Best Violinist Parthasarathy Sabha, Chennai 2006 T T Ramgaswami Memorial Prize Music Academy, Chennai 2006 V. Lakshminarayanan Memorial Prize Music Academy, Chennai 2006 Sangita Kalanidhi T T Subbarao Prize Music Academy , Chennai 2007 Semmangudi Narayanaswami Iyer Memorial award Music Academy, Chennai 2007 Naum Lichenberg Prize Music Academy , Chennai 2007 Thirukodikaval R KrishnaIyer Prize Music Academy, Chennai 2012 " GANA MANI " title conferred by the Vighneshwara Cultural Academy, Chennai Padma is graded “ A” by the All India Radio and is a regular performer in both All India radio and doordarshan. She is a post graduate in music from the University of Madras. She has performed in all leading Sabhas and various music festivals in India. She has performed in the U S A , Canada, France , Singapore , Malaysia and the Middle East In June 2004, she has performed in the first ever carnatic classical symphony composed and conducted by Lalgudi. Jayaraman and Lalgudi G. J R Krishnan and which was premiered in Singapore. Has participated in the Tam Tam fest 2007 held in Tel Aviv , Israel with the Laya Project Live ( world music) Have participated in the Earth Sync Festival 2008 with world musicians . Padma has a number of albums released as violin accompanist as well as solo albums. Contact details Padma Shankar Email : violinworld@gmail.com | ||
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February 13, 2012
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