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To perpertuate the memory of violin maestro L Vaidyanathan, the L
Vaidyanathan Award for Achievement (institued by violin sisters, Dr
M Lalitha and M Nandini, in memory of their guru and uncle L
Vaidyanathan) will be awarded to singer K J Yesudas during the
valedictory function of Nandi Fine Arts music festival on December
21, 2007, at the Sri Venugopalaswamy Temple auditorium, Gopalapuram,
Chennai.
L Vaidyanathan was the son of legendary musician, Prof V
Lakshminarayana Iyer and L Seethalakshmi. He was a child prodigy and
was trained in south Indian classical music by his father.
He also learnt vocal music from G N Balasubramaniam. He learnt
Hindustani music from Krishnanand. He was adept at Western classical
music, world music and fusion.
He started giving violin solo concerts at the age of 8. He has
accompanied several leading musicians like Chembai Vaidyanatha Iyer,
Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer, G N Balasubramaniam, D K Pattammal,
Srirangam Iyengar, Alathoor Brothers, Madurai Mani Iyer, Ramnad
Krishnan, S Kalyanaraman and S Balachander.
He was part of the Violin Trio comprising his brothers L
Subramaniam and L Shankar and toured all over India, Malaysia,
Singapore and the whole of the United States of America with the
legendary Palghat Mani Iyer on the mridangam.
He received the President’s Award from Dr Rajendra Prasad in the
All India Radio Violin Competition at the age of 16.. He was awarded
the A-grade straightaway at the age of 16.
He was a versatile and prolific music director, composer,
arranger-cum-producer. He has done music direction for several films
(Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Hindi, English) including many
award-winning films (both national and state awards) in various
languages like 'Manee' (Kannada), 'Mausanjay' (Kannada), 'Sankaranthi'
(Kannada), 'Thabarana Kadha' (Kannada), 'Ezhaavadu Manidan' (Tamil),
'Marupakkam' (Tamil), 'Sandhyaa Ragam' (Tamil), 'Hridy Anjali'
(Telugu), 'Shree' (Telugu), 'Swaroopam' (Malayalam), 'Deivathinda
Vigarthigal' (Malayalam).
He is a pioneer in having recorded songs and re-recorded in
Bangalore using Karnataka State musicians in the film 'Ondu Mudhina
Kadha’ featuring Dr Rajkumar.
He was the recipient of several awards and titles. He received
the title of `Kalaimamani’ from the Government of Tamil Nadu. He
received the best music director award from the Government of
Karnataka for the film 'Pushpaka Vimana' in Kannada. He received the
highest award of `Bharata Muni’ from the Andra Pradesh government
and was presented the `Kannadasan award’ from Ajantha Fine Arts.
Apart from films, he has also composed music for many dance
ballets (Utchi Tilakam, Annamayya, Snow White, Sindhura Gannappa,
Out Caste, Dravida Sakti), TV serials (Malgudi Days, Tenali, Kanda
Puranam, Tirukkural Kadaigal, Male Manivanna, Sungrush, Om Namo
Narayana, Sansmaran), albums (Nirvana, Jaya Jaya Ganesha, Bombay
Sidhi Vinayakar Suprabatham, Aiyyappan, Saigeethanjali) and fusion
productions (Moods, Navagraha, Pancha Bhootas, Ghana Varshini).
He has composed several experimental compositions in Carnatic,
Western and fusion. He has performed with John Cooper (piano) and
Hinar Holm (cello) in India and other countries.
He collaborated with Russian musicians for fusion at the Russian
Music Festival. He composed the fusion music 'Ghana Varshini’ and
performed during the Festival of Fine Arts with the Singapore Indian
Orchestra, which was released as an album. He has several albums to
his credit.
He passed away in 2007.
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