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{{short description|Indian classical singer (1919-1998)}}
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'''[[Pandit]] Siyaram Tiwari''' (10 March 1919 – 1998) was an Indian classical singer and leading exponent of [[Dhrupad]]-genre of [[Hindustani classical music]]. He belonged to the ''[[Darbhanga]] [[gharana]]'' and was based in [[Patna]].<ref name="SanyalWiddess2004">{{cite book|author1=Ritwik Sanyal|author2=D. Richard Widdess|title=Dhrupad: Tradition and Performance in Indian Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9kKmx0yna4MC&pg=PA254|year=2004|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|isbn=978-0-7546-0379-5|pages=254}}</ref><ref name="Srivastava1980">{{cite book|author=Indurama Srivastava|title=Dhrupada: a study of its origin, historical development, structure, and present state|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DBEjAAAAMAAJ|page=141|access-date=10 July 2013|date=1 January 1980|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|isbn=9780842616485}}</ref><ref name="Express99"/> Though Darbhaga gharam is known for its ''laykari'' (the play on ''laya'' or [[tempo]], using devices such as [[syncopation]]) techniques, he was the first exponent of the gharana to promote fast-paced ''laykari'' in Dhrupad, which developed in the second half of 20th-century.<ref name="Society1999">{{citation|author=Indian Musicological Society|title=Journal of the Indian Musicological Society|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PsoJAQAAMAAJ|access-date=10 July 2013|year=1999|page=37|publisher=Indian Musicological Society}}</ref>

In 1971, he was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] by [[Government of India]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards Directory (1954–2009)|publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]|url=http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/LST-PDAWD.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510095705/http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/LST-PDAWD.pdf|archive-date=10 May 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Thereafter in 1984, he was awarded the [[List of Sangeet Natak Akademi fellows|Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]] the highest honour conferred by the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]], India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/fellowslist.htm|title=SNA: List of Sangeet Natak Akademi ''Ratna Puraskar''winners (Akademi Fellows)|publisher=Official website|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023617/http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/fellowslist.htm|archive-date=4 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

He is the Maternal Grandfather of Indian Television Actress [[Neha Sargam]]. She is an talented singer herself and has been lauded for her acting and singing in popular musical play Mughal é Azam.

==Early life and background==
Born in 1919 in [[Darbhanga]], Bihar, he received his training in Dhrupad from his maternal grandfather, of Dharbhanga gharana. Subsequently, his learnt [[Khyal]], [[Thumri]] and [[Bhajan]] genre from his father Baldev Tiwari.<ref name=who>{{cite book|title=India Who's who|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vLEZAAAAYAAJ|access-date=10 July 2013|page=292|year=2000|publisher=INFA Publications}}</ref>

==Career==
His singing, ''[[gayaki]]'' was known for ''[[Swara]]'', ''[[Meend]]'', ''[[Gamak]]'' and ''Laykari''. Besides improvisation of complicated ''Chhand'', which allowed him to move from one rhythm pattern to another. He also performed in other genres such as Khyal, [[Thumri]], [[Tappa]] and bhajan.

He was a leading performer at [[All India Radio]], Patna.<ref name=who/>

Awards: [[Padma Shri]] in 1971, gold medal. From Pres. [[Rajendra Prasad|Dr.Rajendra Prasad]] 1955, Bihar ratna 1989, tansen award and many other awards by numerous music organisations of India and abroad. performed in concerts all over India, Europe, etc.

Tiwari died in 1998.<ref name="Express99">{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/Storyold/74128/|title=Veterans of classical music entertain Generation X|last=Singh|first=Kuhu|date=19 January 1999|work=[[The Indian Express]]|publisher=[[Indian Express Group]]|access-date=7 July 2012}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{YouTube|AP4ZuK8N_H0|Late Pandit Siyaram Tiwari and Satyabhuvan Pathak}}
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{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Art}}
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[[Category:1919 births]]
[[Category:1998 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male classical singers]]
[[Category:Hindustani singers]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]]
[[Category:Musicians from Patna]]
[[Category:Singers from Bihar]]

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