S Rajam (Carnatic Vocalist)

Dates b. 10-Feb-1919 Genre Carnatic Instrument Vocal   Profile   Discography   Related Artists   Links   72 Melakartha Krithis - Audio Samples (with grateful acknowledgements to Sunaada Cassettes, who produced the cassette for Lord Venkateswara temple at Pitsburg)

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Sangita Kala Acharya S Rajam is one of the most versatile artists - a great Carnatic vocalist, musicologist and painter.

S Rajam was born on 10-Feb-1919 to Shri.V.Sundaram Iyer and his wife Chellammal. His father,Sri Sundaram Iyer, was an advocate by profession but a scholar in carnatic music too. Rajam got his formal training in music from stalwarts like Ambi Dikshitar, Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar, Papanasam Sivan and Madurai Mani Iyer. He started giving concerts at just thirteen. He joined The School of Arts since he was very interested in painting too.

Rajam worked in AIR as a music supervisor for a number of years. His accomplishments included recording rare songs of many composers, producing operas and musical plays. He gave shape to the 72 Melakartha Kirthanas of Koteeshwara Iyer and recorded all of them ( 72 Melakartha Krithis - Audio Samples). He was also a great teacher, training a lot of students.

Rajam is a reputed painter in water colour. He combined his interest in music and painting by painting his vision of various composers of Carnatic Music. He also painted Hindu mythical characters. He was also an eminent musicologist. He worked as the contributing editor or Shruthi Magazine.

For his contributions he was awarded the Sangeet Natak Academy award, Sangita Kala Acharya award & the Isai Kalai Chemmal award.

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Teachers & Influences	Ambi Dikshitar, Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar, Papanasam Sivan and Madurai Mani Iyer
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Links

• Profile at Saigan
• An Interview with S Rajam
• An interview at Shruthi
• A profile at Hinduism Today
• A profile at Vidhwan.com