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'''S. Kalyanaraman''' (2 June 1930 – 9 January 1994), popularly known as SKR, was a vocalist in the [[Carnatic music|Carnatic]] tradition. Hailing from a musical family – his great-grandfather was Komal Muthu Bhagavathar and his grand uncle was vocalist Madirimangalam Natesa Iyer. S. Kalyanaraman became a disciple of [[G. N. Balasubramaniam]] and established himself as an original musician. | '''S. Kalyanaraman''' (2 June 1930 – 9 January 1994), popularly known as SKR, was a vocalist in the [[Carnatic music|Carnatic]] tradition. Hailing from a musical family – his great-grandfather was Komal Muthu Bhagavathar and his grand uncle was vocalist Madirimangalam Natesa Iyer. S. Kalyanaraman became a disciple of [[G. N. Balasubramaniam]] and established himself as an original musician. | ||
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He planned his solo concert items differently, often singing rare compositions with fewer popular numbers, specializing in ''[[vivadi]]'' (dissonant) ''ragas'' rarely attempted by popular musicians of his time and full of musical complexities. He became a specialist in ''vivadi'' ''ragas'' and popularized the ''[[Śruti bhedam]]'' technique (modal shift of tonic note) introduced by his guru. He used ''nadais'' (transposed rhythmic patterns) extensively and uninformed audience found his concerts challenging to understand and interpret. His renditions of ''vivadi ragas'' like Chandrajyothi, Sucharitra, Hamasanadam are beloved by the connoisseur and the informed audience for the musical weight Kalyanaraman's genius had given. The meme was "if it was easy, Kalyanaraman would not do it". | He planned his solo concert items differently, often singing rare compositions with fewer popular numbers, specializing in ''[[vivadi]]'' (dissonant) ''ragas'' rarely attempted by popular musicians of his time and full of musical complexities. He became a specialist in ''vivadi'' ''ragas'' and popularized the ''[[Śruti bhedam]]'' technique (modal shift of tonic note) introduced by his guru. He used ''nadais'' (transposed rhythmic patterns) extensively and uninformed audience found his concerts challenging to understand and interpret. His renditions of ''vivadi ragas'' like Chandrajyothi, Sucharitra, Hamasanadam are beloved by the connoisseur and the informed audience for the musical weight Kalyanaraman's genius had given. The meme was "if it was easy, Kalyanaraman would not do it". | ||
However, Kalyanaraman also popularized the GNB ''bani'' (style) of singing and immortalized his guru's hallmark ragas like [[Shanmukhapriya]], [[Kalyani (raga)|Kalyani]], [[ | However, Kalyanaraman also popularized the GNB ''bani'' (style) of singing and immortalized his guru's hallmark ragas like [[Shanmukhapriya]], [[Kalyani (raga)|Kalyani]], [[Sankarabharanam (raga)|Sankarabharanam]], Kapi Narayani and many more. He gave Hindustani touches to Hindustani ragas like Dwijawanthi, Brindavana Saranga and Hamir Kalyani. He could match GNB's voice and could trick even the acute listener. | ||
==Contributions== | ==Contributions== | ||
He notated a book, the first volume of GNB compositions with Trichur V. Ramachandran, which was released by GNB. | He notated a book, the first volume of GNB compositions with Trichur V. Ramachandran, which was released by GNB. | ||
As a musical innovator he faced much criticism for creating new ''ragas'' such as the [[Dwi-Madhyama Panchama Varja Ragas|''dwi-madhyama ragas'']] in which he eschewed the ''panchama'' of the first 36 ''mela ragas'' substituting it with the ''prathi-madhyama''. Apart from theoretically creating a set of 36 new ''ragas'', he demonstrated them at a Music Academy lecture in 1993. He was scorned by critics that he could only handle the "rare stuff" of Carnatic music. He composed several ''[[ | As a musical innovator he faced much criticism for creating new ''ragas'' such as the [[Dwi-Madhyama Panchama Varja Ragas|''dwi-madhyama ragas'']] in which he eschewed the ''panchama'' of the first 36 ''mela ragas'' substituting it with the ''prathi-madhyama''. Apart from theoretically creating a set of 36 new ''ragas'', he demonstrated them at a Music Academy lecture in 1993. He was scorned by critics that he could only handle the "rare stuff" of Carnatic music. He composed several ''[[varnam]]s'', ''[[Kriti (music)|krithis]]'' (some in ''ashtaragamalika'' format) and ''[[Tillana|thillanas]]'' in both popular and ''vivadi ragas.'' Like his guru, he refrained from using a ''[[Mudra (music)|mudra]]''. | ||
He was a strict teacher and expected devotion to the art from his students, alienating many of them. Noted among his disciples are his wife Bhushany Kalyanaraman, Prof. Gowri Kuppuswamy, Brinda Venkataramanan and the popular [[playback singer]] [[Anuradha Sriram]]. | He was a strict teacher and expected devotion to the art from his students, alienating many of them. Noted among his disciples are his wife Bhushany Kalyanaraman, Prof. Gowri Kuppuswamy, Brinda Venkataramanan and the popular [[playback singer]] [[Anuradha Sriram]]. | ||
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* [http://www.carnatica.net/artiste/kalyanaraman.htm Carnatica.net] | * [http://www.carnatica.net/artiste/kalyanaraman.htm Carnatica.net] | ||
* {{YouTube|_UjnsdFipug|Video clip}} | * {{YouTube|_UjnsdFipug|Video clip}} | ||
* [http://gnbalasubramaniam.com/Teacher-Shisya.htm#up G. N. Balasubramaniam] | * [http://gnbalasubramaniam.com/Teacher-Shisya.htm#up G. N. Balasubramaniam] | ||
* [http://www.hinduonnet.com/holnus/009200906102148.htm The HINDU] | * {{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20090617005144/http://www.hinduonnet.com/holnus/009200906102148.htm The HINDU]}} | ||
* [http://www.carnaticcorner.com/articles/kalyanaraman.txt Carnatic Corner] | * [http://www.carnaticcorner.com/articles/kalyanaraman.txt Carnatic Corner] | ||
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