Kumbakonam Rajamanickam Pillai Explained
Kumbakonam Rajamanickam Pillai |
Birth Date: | 5 August 1898 |
Birth Place: | Alangudi, British India |
Death Date: | 1970 (aged 72) |
Occupation: | viloinist |
Kumbakonam Rajamanickam Pillai (Tamil: கும்பகோணம் ராஜமாணிக்கம் பிள்ளை), 5 August 1898 - 1970 was a Carnatic music violinist of Tamil Nadu, Southern India.
Early Days
He was born in the small village of Alangudi in a Devadasi family[1] near Needamangalam located on the route going from Thanjavur to Tiruvarur. His mother Kamalathammal was keen that he should develop his musical talents.
He commenced his training first as a vocalist under Nadaswaram maestro Kandaswamy Pillai. Later on, he underwent further training from Tiruvisanallur Pallavi Narayanaswamy Iyer and then from Pandanallur Chinnaswamy Pillai. As an instrumentalist he trained in violin for four years under Tirukodikaval Ramaswamy Iyer who was a disciple of violin maestro Tirukodikaval Krishna Iyer. His teachers opined that his music talents were more suited to be a violinist than to be a singer. So, he devoted full concentration as a violinist.[2]
As a violinist
He concentrated on classical Carnatic music. Most of the time he performed as an accompanist to Carnatic singers rather than giving solo concerts. He accompanied top singers of his time.[3]
Honours and awards
Honours
- He was honoured in the Royal Courts of Ramanathapuram, Kochchin, Ettayapuram, Trivandrum and Mysore.[3]
- He was appointed Asthana Vidhwan in the Courts at Trivancore in 1940 and at Ettayapuram in 1942.[3]
- Trivandrum Chiththirai Thirunal Maharaja honoured Rajamanickam Pillai and presented an elephant to him.[4]
Awards
Students
M. M. Dandapani Desikar and Mayavaram V. R. Govindaraja Pillai are two of his disciples who became famous.[3] Cine actor Thyagu is his grandson.[8]
Notes and References
- There is another Alangudi that is a State Assembly constituency in Pudukottai district
- Web site: Carnatic Instrumentalists . 10 March 2014 . 16 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211016055217/http://shankarmahadevan.com/carnatic-instrumentalists/ . dead .
- Web site: The journey of music . 10 March 2014 . 30 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201030053455/http://sahanafinearts.com/(S(llywjy3cdrxifrmwu14weq5j))/AlLegends.aspx . dead .
- http://www.cinemaexpress.com/cinemaexpress/story.aspx?Title=நூல்+விமர்சனம்:+மகாத்மா+காந்தி+பார்த்த+நந்தனார்+நாடகம்!&artid=110004&SectionID=128&MainSectionID=128&SectionName=News&SEO= Cinema Express article
- http://www.musicacademymadras.in/fotemplate05.php?temp=ac1c9891-da71-11e2-b2c0-00167688e545&tc=acb9c3bc-f620-11e2-8d59-00304891133e&shid=acb9f4b8-f620-11e2-8d59-00304891133e Recipients of Sangita Kalanidhi
- http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm#CarnaticVeena Sageet Natak Akademi awardees
- Web site: Isai Perarignar Award Recipients . 10 March 2014 . 12 February 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120212161602/http://www.tamilisaisangam.in/virudhukal.html . dead .
- http://tamil.koodal.com/news/shownews.asp?id=68119&title=actor-thiyagu-resigns-from-dmk-news-in-tamil News item