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{{Short description|Indian mridangam exponent}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Trivandrum V. Surendran
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| genre = Carnatic music
| instrument = [[Mridangam]]
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| citizenship = India
| occupation = Musician
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|08|14}}
| birth_place = [[Edappazhanji]], [[Travancore]] (present-day [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Kerala]])
| birth_name = V. Surendran
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| awards = [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]<br/>[[Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship]]<br/>[[Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award]]
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| spouse = K. Sushila
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| children = 2
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'''Trivandrum V. Surendran''' is a [[mridangam]] exponent from [[Kerala]], [[India]]. He received several awards including the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]], [[Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship]], [[Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award]], and [[Madras Music Academy]] Award.

==Biography==
V. Surendran was born on August 14, 1942 at [[Thiruvananthapuram]], Kerala.<ref name="SNA">{{Cite web |title=Trivandrum V Surendran |url=https://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/public/uploads/awardees/docs/1740998170_Trivandrum%20V%20Surendran_11zon.pdf |publisher=[[Sangeet Natak Akademi]]}}</ref> A native of Edappazhanji of Thiruvananthapuram, he learned instrumental lessons from his uncle P. Gangadharan Nair.<ref name="Mathrubhumi2">{{cite news |title=മൃദംഗത്തിൽ തലസ്ഥാനത്തിന്റെ താളപ്പെരുക്കം |url=https://newspaper.mathrubhumi.com/features/sunday-special/sundayspecial-1.8021064 |work=[[Mathrubhumi]] |date=5 November 2022 |language=en |access-date=29 April 2023 |archive-date=29 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429083616/https://newspaper.mathrubhumi.com/features/sunday-special/sundayspecial-1.8021064 |url-status=live }}</ref> Surendran graduated from [[Swathi Thirunal College of Music]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]] in the first batch of 1959.<ref name="Samakalika Malayalam">{{cite web |title=തിരുവനന്തപുരം വി.സുരേന്ദ്രന് ചെമ്പൈ പുരസ്‌കാരം |url=https://www.samakalikamalayalam.com/keralam/2022/nov/05/chembai-award-to-v-surendran-162965.html |website=Samakalika Malayalam |publisher=[[Samakalika Malayalam Vaarika]] |language=ml |access-date=29 April 2023 |archive-date=29 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429061149/https://www.samakalikamalayalam.com/keralam/2022/nov/05/chembai-award-to-v-surendran-162965.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He completed ''Ganabhushanam course'' from there in 1962.<ref name="bharat times">{{cite news |title=Trivandrum V. Surendran's mridangam magic - Bharat Times |url=https://news.bharattimes.co.in/trivandrum-v-surendrans-mridangam-magic/ |agency=bharat times |date=16 December 2022 |access-date=29 April 2023 |archive-date=29 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429075640/https://news.bharattimes.co.in/trivandrum-v-surendrans-mridangam-magic/ |url-status=live }}</ref> After studying mridangam for four years under the famous mridangam player Mavelikkara Velukkutty Nair, he became a disciple of [[Palghat Mani Iyer]] under the [[Gurukula]] system of education with a scholarship from the Government of India, Ministry of Culture.<ref name="Samakalika Malayalam"/> It was his guru Mani Iyer who gave him the name Trivandrum V. Surendran.<ref>{{cite web |title=ഗുരുപാതയിലെ മൃദംഗമാധുരി |url=https://www.samakalikamalayalam.com/malayalam-vaarika/2017/feb/21/%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%86---%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%83%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%97%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A7%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BF-251.html |website=Samakalika Malayalam |publisher=[[Samakalika Malayalam Vaarika]] |language=ml |access-date=29 April 2023 |archive-date=18 September 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200918005919/https://www.samakalikamalayalam.com/malayalam-vaarika/2017/feb/21/%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%86---%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%83%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%97%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A7%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BF-251.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1970, he became a teacher at the Swathi Thirunal Music College, where he studied.<ref name="Mathrubhumi2"/> In 1974, at the age of 28, he joined [[Kozhikode]] [[All India Radio|Akashvani]] as a staff artist in the music department and worked in Akashvani for thirty years.<ref name="Mathrubhumi">{{cite news |title=പാലക്കാട് മണി അയ്യരുടെ പ്രിയശിഷ്യന്‍ തിരുവനന്തപുരം വി. സുരേന്ദ്രന്റെ കലാജീവിതത്തെക്കുറിച്ച് |url=http://archives.mathrubhumi.com/online/php/print.php?id=3174001 |work=archived from mathrubhumi.com |publisher=[[Mathrubhumi]] |access-date=8 September 2023 |archive-date=18 September 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200918005919/http://archives.mathrubhumi.com/online/php/print.php?id=3174001 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He has also conducted many workshops on Mridangam in India and abroad.<ref name="SNA" />

===Personal life===
Surendran lives with his wife K. Sushila in Edappazhanji Vivekananda Nagar Dhwani.<ref name="Mathrubhumi2"/> Of the two sons, Sandeep is an expert in mridangam and Shankar in [[violin]].<ref name="Mathrubhumi2"/>

==Musical career==
He is one of the exponents of ''Thanjavur Bani'' style in mridangam.<ref name="Mathrubhumi"/>

In 1981, Surendran was appointed to the Thiruvananthapuram Akashvani, where he had the opportunity to play Mritangam with many prominent musicians at the Navratri Mandapam Music Festival.<ref name="bharat times"/> He has performed with many noted instrumentalists such as [[Chembai]], [[K. V. Narayanaswamy]], [[S. Balachander]], [[K. S. Narayanaswamy]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Drumming to the rhythms of perfection |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2018/sep/27/drumming-to-the-rhythms-of-perfection-1877570.html |work=[[The New Indian Express]] |access-date=29 April 2023 |archive-date=29 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429080124/https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2018/sep/27/drumming-to-the-rhythms-of-perfection-1877570.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Awards and honours==
Surendran received many awards including [[Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award]], [[Madras Music Academy]] Award, Navarasa Sangeetha Sabha Award, Sangeetha Bharata Puraskaram, Mridanga Vadyaratnam Award and Madurai Sangeetha Sabha's Layavadyavisharad honour.<ref name="Mathrubhumi"/> He received Sree Guruvayurappan Chembai Puraskaram in November 2022.<ref name="Hindu">{{cite news |last1=Paul |first1=G. S. |title=Trivandrum V. Surendran's mridangam magic |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/trivandrum-v-surendrans-mridangam-magic/article66270083.ece |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=16 December 2022 |language=en-IN |access-date=29 April 2023 |archive-date=29 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429075637/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/trivandrum-v-surendrans-mridangam-magic/article66270083.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2019 he received the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] for [[Carnatic music|Carnatic instrumental]]-mridangam <ref>{{cite web |title=Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards for the year 2019 |url=https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/specificdocs/documents/2023/feb/doc2023223162001.pdf |publisher=[[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] |access-date=29 April 2023 |archive-date=29 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429082918/https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/specificdocs/documents/2023/feb/doc2023223162001.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=ബിയാട്രിസിനും സദനം വാസുദേവനും വി. സുരേന്ദ്രനും : സംഗീത നാടക അക്കാദമി ഫെലോഷിപ്പ് |work=[[Mathrubhumi]] |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/thrissur/news/17sep2020-1.5059163 |access-date=16 September 2023 |archive-date=17 September 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200917025610/https://www.mathrubhumi.com/thrissur/news/17sep2020-1.5059163 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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