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{{Short description|Indian classical musician}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Valayapatti A. R. Subramaniam
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| birth_place = [[Valayapatti]], [[Pudukottai district]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
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| occupation = Classical musician<br>Percussionist
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| known for = [[Thavil]]
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| children = Sons: S.Manivannan (Engineer), S.Malarvannan (Classical musician) Daughters: 2
| parents = Arumugham
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br>[[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]<br>Sangeet Kalanidhi Award<br>''Thavil Ulaga Sooriyan''
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'''Valayapatti A. R. Subramaniam''' is an Indian classical musician and percussionist, considered by many as one of the foremost prominent exponents of [[thavil]] also known as dolu, a traditional percussion instrument in [[Carnatic music]], accompanying windpipe instruments such as nadaswaram, saxophone, clarinet, etc, and string instruments like violin, mandolin, etc. He was awarded the [[Madras Music Academy]]'s [[Sangeetha Kalanidhi]] in 2009.<ref name="Sangita Kalanidhi for Valayapatti A.R. Subramaniam">{{cite web | url=http://www.carnaticdarbar.com/news/200902/20090720.asp | title=Sangita Kalanidhi for Valayapatti A.R. Subramaniam | publisher=Carnatic Darbar | date=2016 | access-date=17 January 2016}}</ref><ref name="Padmashree Valayapatti A.R.Subramaniam - MANGALA ISAI - DVD">{{cite web | url=http://www.swathisanskritiseries.com/swathisanskritiseries/shopping/padmashree-valayapatti-arsubramaniam-mangala-isai-p-554.html | title=Padmashree Valayapatti A.R.Subramaniam - MANGALA ISAI - DVD | publisher=Swati Sanskrities | date=2016 | access-date=17 January 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He is a recipient of the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2007, for his contributions to Music.<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=2016 | access-date=3 January 2016 | archive-date=15 October 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Biography ==
[[File:Tavil, தவில், തവിൽ.jpg|thumb|Thavil]]
Subramaniam was born in [[Valayapatti]] in [[Pudukottai district]] of [[Tamil Nadu]] to Arumugham, a known [[nadaswaram]] performer and learnt playing the instrument from his father.<ref name="Sangita Kalanidhi for Valayapatti Subramaniam">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/sangita-kalanidhi-for-valayapatti-subramaniam/article234409.ece | title=Sangita Kalanidhi for Valayapatti Subramaniam | newspaper=The Hindu | date=20 July 2009 | access-date=17 January 2016}}</ref> Later, he trained in [[thavil]] under Mannargudi Rajagopala Pillai and started performing as an accompanist to several known nadaswaram players such as Thiruveezhimizhalai brothers, Sembanarkoil brothers, Karukurichi P. Arunachalam, [[Namagiripettai Krishnan]] and Thirumeignanam Nataraja Sundaram Pillai. Soon, he became a regular accompanist to [[Thiruvizha Jayashankar]]<ref name="Thiruvizha Jayashankar/Valayapatti A.R.Subramaniam">{{cite web | asin=B0087E3KK8 | url=https://www.amazon.in/Thiruvizha-Jayashankar-Valayapatti-A-R-Subramaniam/dp/B0087E3KK8 | title=Thiruvizha Jayashankar/Valayapatti A.R.Subramaniam | publisher=Saregama | work=Audio CD | date=2005 | access-date=17 January 2016 | author=Thiruvizha Jayashankar (Artist), Valayapatti A.R.Subramaniam (Artist), Gopalakrishna Bharathi (Composer), Mysore Vasudevachar (Composer), Puliyur Doraiswamy Iyer (Composer)}}</ref> and [[Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan]] and is reported to have performed at over 3000 concerts with the latter.<ref name="Sangita Kalanidhi for Valayapatti Subramaniam" />

The [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] selected Subramaniam for their annual music award in 1988<ref name="Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar (Akademi Awards)">{{cite web | url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm#CarnaticVeena | title=Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar (Akademi Awards) | publisher=Sangeet Natak Akademi | date=2016 | access-date=17 January 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530204253/http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm#CarnaticVeena | archive-date=30 May 2015 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref> and the Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] in 2007.<ref name="Padma Awards" /> Three years later, he received the Sangeeta Kalanidhi title from the [[Madras Music Academy]], thus becoming the first accompanist and [[Thavil]] player to receive the award.<ref name="Sangita Kalanidhi for Valayapatti A.R. Subramaniam" /> He is also a recipient of the ''Thavil Ulaga Sooriyan'' title.<ref name="Padmashree Valayapatti A.R.Subramaniam - MANGALA ISAI - DVD" />

== See also ==
* [[Haridwaramangalam A. K. Palanivel]]
* [[Thiruvalaputhur T A Kaliyamurthy]]
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql_8OMH43q8 | title=Sangeetha Kalanidhi Valayapatti A.R.Subramaniam-Thavil | publisher=Raju Asokan | work=[[YouTube]] video | date=6 October 2008 | access-date=17 January 2016}}
* {{cite web | url=http://gaana.com/artist/valayapatti-a-r-subramaniam | title=Valayapatti A. R. Subramaniam: Audio files on Gaana | publisher=Gaana | work=Weblisting | date=2016 | access-date=17 January 2016}}
* {{cite web | asin=B0087E3KK8 | url=https://www.amazon.in/Thiruvizha-Jayashankar-Valayapatti-A-R-Subramaniam/dp/B0087E3KK8 | title=Thiruvizha Jayashankar/Valayapatti A.R.Subramaniam | publisher=Saregama | work=Audio CD | date=2005 | access-date=17 January 2016 | author=Thiruvizha Jayashankar (Artist), Valayapatti A.R.Subramaniam (Artist), Gopalakrishna Bharathi (Composer), Mysore Vasudevachar (Composer), Puliyur Doraiswamy Iyer (Composer)}}

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