K. S. Gopalakrishnan (musician)

K. S. Gopalakrishnan (born 1948) is an Indian carnatic flute player.[1]

Early life

He was born on 1st September 1948 in Kerala. He first learned under his father Shri K. Sankaranarayana Iyer who introduced him to Carnatic classical music.

Career

Gopalakrishnan continued under Sri K. Raghava Variyar of Thiruvananthapuram. He has performed all over India and played on many music festivals. He won several awards including the Kerala Sangeeta Natak Akademi Award and the Veena Sheshanna National Award. He has a widely range of krithis and varnams. Gopalakishnan is well respected by many top musicians from India including and his Flute playing was mostly inspired his senior N. Ramani. Other notable flautists in the same field include Sikkil Sisters, Shashank Subramanyam. He was a staff artist at All India Radio Thiruvananthapuram.[1][2][3][4]

Awards

References
  1. "Carnatic Flautists". aadishabdam.blogspot.com. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  2. "List of Artistes (Classical Music) as on 1-1-2020" (PDF). Prasar Bharathi. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  3. "Magic of the reed". The Hindu. 12 August 2010. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  4. natlib.govt.nz https://natlib.govt.nz/records/21780611?search%5Bi%5D%5Bsubject_text%5D=Raga&search%5Bpath%5D=items. Retrieved 2 March 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. "Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award: Classical Music". Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala. Retrieved 26 February 2023.


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