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Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan (Vaidyanthan Ramaswamy Shastri) was born on 2 March, 1935 in Kundrakudi, Madras Presidency, British India, is an A 20th-century indian musician. Discover Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 73 years old?

Popular As Vaidyanthan Ramaswamy Shastri
Occupation Carnatic musician · Music producer · Film producer · Film director · Actor
Age 73 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 2 March 1935
Birthday 2 March
Birthplace Kundrakudi, Madras Presidency, British India
Date of death 8 September, 2008
Died Place Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
Nationality India

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1935

Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan (2 March 1935 – 8 September 2008) was an Indian classical music violinist and music composer.

Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan was born on 2 March 1935 and was trained by his father, Ramaswamy Sastry.

He was the brother of Kunnakudi Subbalakshmi.

The violin was his forte.

He was known for his dexterity and subtlety in handling the violin, he catered not only to the music scholar but also to the layman.

His play reflected his own different moods and the demands of his audience with whom he established and enjoyed a good rapport.

He dwelled with ease and competence in the high as well as the low octaves.

At the age of 12, he accompanied great stalwarts like Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar, Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer and Maharajapuram Santhanam in concerts.

He also performed with Nadaswaram vidwans like T.N.Rajarathinam Pillai and Thiruvenkadu Subramania Pillai.

1970

He also received the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Music Director for the film Thirumalai Thenkumari in 1970 and the Tamil Nadu State Film Honorary Award - Raja Sando Award in 2000.

Vaidyanathan, had a long association with the All India Radio.

An able administrator, Vaidyanathan served as Secretary of the Tamil Nadu Iyal Isai Nadaga Mandram.

As the Secretary of Thyagabrahma Sabha, Thiruvaiyaru in Thanjavur district, he conducted the Tyagaraja Aradhana for several years.

He also served as president of the Raga Research Centre.

1976

He stopped accompanying vocal artistes in 1976 to concentrate more on solo concerts.

He was famous for his fingering techniques on the violin.

His interest in new attempts and innovations led him to work with veteran thavil vidwan Valayapatti_A._R._Subramaniam.

They performed over 3,000 shows together.

Vaidyanathan had deep faith in the therapeutic merits of music.

He also made a significant contribution to Tamil devotional music.

A. P. Nagarajan giving him his first break in the movie Vaa Raja Vaa.

He had several hits such as Agathiyar in which "Sirkazhi Govindarajan" Acted as Agathiyar.

And Raja Raja Chozhan, for which he scored music, were also phenomenal hits.

1993

He was awarded the prestigious "Padma Shri" title by the Indian government, Kalaimamani award, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award by the Sangeet Natak Akademi in 1993, and the Karnataka Isaignani award.

He has also won Best Music Director awards for his background scores for films.

1996

He received the Sangeetha Kalasikhamani award given by "The Indian Fine Arts Society" in 1996.

2005

Vaidyanathan made a special appearance in the 2005 Tamil movie Anniyan directed by Shankar, on the Tyagaraja Aradhana festival sequence for the song Iyengaaru Veetu which is a recreation of the real festival.

He had guest appearances in many other films.

He tried his hand at film production with a feature film in Tamil Thodi Ragam, with T. N. Seshagopalan in the lead, which failed to enthuse the audience.

Their works include music for the following movies: