Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman

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{{Short description|Indian musician}}
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{{Infobox musical artist 
| name = Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman
| image = Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman2.jpg
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist[{mridangist}]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1935|12|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Umayalpuram]], [[Tanjore]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]]
| instrument = [[Mridangam]]|
| genre = [[Carnatic music]]
| occupation = Musician, songwriter
}}

{{Indian name|Sivaraman|Kasiviswanatha}}

'''Umayalpuram Kasiviswanatha Sivaraman''' (born 17 December 1935) is an Indian musician and exponent of the [[Carnatic music|Carnatic]] percussion instrument, the [[mridangam]]. He is a recipient of the [[Padma Vibhushan]] as well as the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]].

==Early life==
Umayalpuram Sivaraman was born to P. Kasiviswanatha Iyer, a doctor, and his wife, Kamalambal. He learned the art of the Carnatic mridangam from four gurus over fifteen years: [[Arupathi Natesa Iyer]], [[Tanjore Vaidyanatha Iyer]], [[Palghat Mani Iyer]] and [[Kumbakonam Rangu Iyengar]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Roy|first=Vaishna|date=2021-05-06|title=Umayalpuram Sivaraman: 'I have not even touched the tip of the iceberg'|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/i-have-not-even-touched-the-tip-of-the-iceberg/article34500073.ece|access-date=2021-10-28|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> He also graduated from the [[University of Madras]] with a [[B.A.]] & [[B.L.]].

==Recognitions==
He was conferred the award ‘[[Padmashri]]’ by the [[Government of India]] in 1988. He received [[Sangeet Natak Akademi award]] for [[mrudangam]] for the year 1992. He was conferred [[Kalaimamani]], awarded by the Iyal Isai Nataka Mandram of [[Tamilnadu]]. He had been appointed ‘State Artiste’ of the [[Government of Tamil Nadu]] from 1981 for a period of six years. Sri Sankaracharya Swamigal has appointed Sri Sivaraman as ‘Asthana Vidwan’ of Shri Kanchi Sankara Mutt. Shri Sankaracharya Swamigal of Shri Sharada Peetam Sringeri has bestowed on Sivaraman the title of ''Mrudanga Kalanidhi'' and has appointed him as ‘Asthana Vidwan’ of Shri Sarada Peetam, Sringeri. His titles include Laya Jyothi, Laya Gnana Bhaskara, Sangeetha Kala Sikhamani, Mrudanga Nadamani (bestowed by Shri Sankaracharya of Kanchi Mutt), Mrudanga Chakravarthi, Nada Sudharnava, Tal Vilas, and Laya Gnana Tilaka, etc.

He was awarded Padma Bhushan in the year 2003 by Govt. of India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/?Year=2003-2003&Award=Padma%20Bhushan|title = Padma Awards | Interactive Dashboard}}</ref> He was awarded the [[Padma Vibhushan]], India's second highest civilian honor, on the occasion of the country's [[Republic Day (India)|61st Republic Day]] observance on 26 January 2010<ref>{{cite press release |title=This Year's Padma Awards announced |url=http://www.pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=57307 |publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] |date=25 January 2010 |access-date=25 January 2010}}</ref> and received an [[honorary doctorate]] from the [[University of Kerala]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asianetindia.com/news/mammootty-adoor-conferred-litt_118511.html|title=Honorary Doctorate for Adoor, Mammootty and Umayalpuram|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212000734/http://www.asianetindia.com/news/mammootty-adoor-conferred-litt_118511.html|archive-date=2010-02-12}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Umayalpuram Sivaraman is married to Abhirami Sivaraman. They live in Mylapore in Chennai. They have two sons - S.Swaminathan and S.Sivakumar.<ref>https://www.linkedin.com/in/s-swaminathan-9856501/?originalSubdomain=in</ref>

[[File:O. S. Thyagarajan and Umayalpuram Sivaraman.jpg|thumb|Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman with [[O. S. Thyagarajan]]]]

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*[[Erode Nagaraj]]
* Neyveli Narayanan
* Arjun Kumar
* N C Bhardwaj
* Madurai Sundar Balasubramaniam
* Akshay Ram
* Vignesh Venkatraman
* Nirmal Narayan
* Amangudi Ramnaryanan
* Trivandrum Hariharan
* Vishvak Kumaran
* Rajna Swaminathan

== Awards ==
[[File:Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship to Shri Umayalpuram Kashivishwanatha Sivaraman, at the investiture ceremony of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships and Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards-2011.jpg|thumb|[[Pranab Mukherjee]] presenting the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]] to Shri Umayalpuram Kashivishwanatha Sivaraman, at the investiture ceremony of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships and [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]s-2011]]
*[[Sangeetha Kalasikhamani]] from The Indian Fine Arts Society in 1984
*[[Padma Shri]] from [[Government of India]] in 1988<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref>
*[[Kalaimamani]] from [[Government of Tamil Nadu]] in 1977
*[[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in 1992
*[[Sangeetha Kalanidhi]] from [[Madras Music Academy]] in 2001
*[[Padma Bhushan]] from Government of India in 2003<ref name="Padma Awards" />
*[[Padma Vibhushan]] from Government of India in 2010<ref name="Padma Awards" />
*[[List of Sangeet Natak Akademi fellows|Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]], 2011
*[[D.Litt]] from The Tamil Nadu Dr.J Jayalalithaa Music and Fine Arts University in 2019

==Books==
* Musical Excellence of Mrudangam authored by Umayalpuram Sivaraman, T. Ramaswami and M.D. Naresh <ref>https://www.thehindu.com/ne{ws/national/tamil-nadu/from-left-musician-umayalpuram-k-sivaraman-governor-banwarilal-purohit-v-p-venkaiah-naidu-minister-d-jayakumar-and-president-of-the-music-academy-n-murali-at-the-event/article29892781.ece {{Bare URL inline|date=November 2021}}</ref>
* Music Makers: Living Legends of Indian Classical Music<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.amazon.in/Music-Makers-Living-Legends-Classical-ebook/dp/B015A9XCKU|title = Music Makers: Living Legends of Indian Classical Music|date = 2 February 2004}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==

* [http://www.kutcheribuzz.com/features/interviews/umayal.asp Interview with Sri Sivaraman after the Sangeetha Kalanidhi award]
* [http://www.carnaticcorner.com/articles/sivaraman.html Carnatic corner - short biography]
* [https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/Remembrances-of-things-past/article14581957.ece Rememberances of things past]
* [https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/i-have-not-even-touched-the-tip-of-the-iceberg/article34500073.ece I have not even touched the tip of the iceberg]

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