MAHADEVA SARMA SR

  

TC.40/511, Puthen Street-III, Manacaud-PO, Trivandrum-695009, Kerala, India


VIOLINIST, SON & DISCIPLE OF VIOLINIST PROF. M SUBRAMONIASARMA

TRAINING

HAILING FROM A FAMILY OF TRADITIONAL MUSICIANS, S.R.MAHADEVASARMA STARTED LEARNING VIOLIN AT A TENDER AGE OF SEVEN UNDER THE ABLE GUIDENCE OF HIS FATHER FAMOUS VIOLINIST PROF. M. SUBRAMONIA SARMA (WHO IS THE SENIOR MOST VIOLINIST IN KERALA).S.R.MAHADEVASARMA GAVE HIS FIRST VIOLIN DUET PERFORMANCE AT THE AGE OF TEN ALONG WITH HIS SISTER S.R.RAJASREE. S.R.MAHADEVASARMA IS A ‘TOP’ GRADE VIOLINIST OF ALL INDIA RADIO, TRIVANDRUM. HE HAS BEEN IN THE FIELD OF CARNATIC MUSIC FROM 1984. HIS MOTHER K.RENUKA IS ALSO A GOOD MUSIC LOVER.

SPECIALITY OF PERFORMANCE

S.R.MAHADEVA SARMA “S PERFORMANCE IS MARKED BY EXCELLENT COMMAND OVER THE INSTRUMENT, EXCELLENT GAMAKAS, DEEP CLASSICAL VALUES, MELODY, FINGER TECHNIQUES AND BOWING TECHNIQUES. He is giving importance to gamaka prayogas.He observes the Indian style of bowing technique where he is using the thaanavillu style of playing [where the bow makes intermittent cuts in var nams, ragas, keerthans, niraval and swara playing] the gamakas add lustre and charm to the playing .. HE HAS VIOLIN DUET CASSETTES & CD TO HIS CREDIT AND HAS PERFORMED IN LATEST MALAYALAM MOVIES.

ACHIEVEMENTS

HE HAS PERFORMED MANY VIOLIN DUET CONCERTS & VIOLIN TRIO CONCERTS ALONG WITH HIS FATHER PROF.M.SUBRAMONIASARMA AND HIS SISTER S.R.RAJASREE IN INDIA AND ABROAD. IN 2005 HE HAS DONE VIOLIN DUET CONCERTS TOUR TO UNITED STATES OF AMERICCA ALONGWITH HIS SISTER S.R.RAJASREE. ALSO S.R.MAHADEVASARMA ACCOMPANIED ON THE VIOLIN TO THE VOCAL CONCERTS OF PADMABHOOSHAN DR.K.J.YESUDAS IN SRILANKA, SINGAPORE, MALAYSIA, GULF COUNTRIES, EUROPE AND UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

AMONG ALL THE SENIOR & FAMOUS ARTISTES WHOM S.R.M.SARMA HAS ACCOMPANIED, DR.K.J.YESUDAS GAVE ENCOURAGEMENT, GUIDENCE AND PATRONAGE. THIS ASPECT HAS INSPIRED S.R.MAHADEVASARMA TO ACHIEVE EXCELLENCE IN HIS FIELD OF MUSIC. IN 2015, HE AND HIS SISTER S.R.RAJASREE BECAME THE FIRST VIOLIN DUET ARTISTE IN TRIVANDRUM NAVARATHRI MANDAPAM.

CONTRIBUTIONS

S.R.MAHADEVASARMA HAS DONE MUSIC DIRECTION TO THE MUSIC ALBUM "RAGASAAGARAM" OF MALAYALAM FILM PLAY BACK SINGER M.G.SREEKUMAR AND HAS PERFORMED BACKGROUND MUSIC VIOLIN FOR MANY MALAYALAM FILM SONGS SUCH AS "KASTHOORIMAN", "THAANDAVAM" AND TAMIL FILM "KAANCHEEVARAM". S.R.MAHADEVASARMA & S.R.RAJASREE HAVE DONE RESERCH WORK AND RECORDING OF NAARADA PANCHARATHNAM, THIRUVOTRIYOOR PANCHARATHNAM, KOVOOR PANCHARATHNAM & SREERANGAM PANCHARATHNAM FOR ALL INDIA RADIO THIRUVANANTHAPURAM IN THE YEAR 2005.BOTH HAVE DONE ANOTHER RESERCH WORK AND RECORDING OF THE RARE COMPOSITIONS OF MUTHTHUSWAMI DIKSHITHER AND MUTHAYYA BHAGAVATHER ON LORD GANESHA. THIS WORK HAS GAINED GOOD APPRECIATION FROM THE PUBLIC. BOTH S.R.MAHADEVASARMA & S.R.RAJASREE HAVE PERFORMED IN NATIONAL PROGRAMMES OF ALL INDIA RADIO & DOORDARSHAN.

COMPOSER

He has composed three keerthanas in Sanskrit and is going to release a book of popular Carnatic keerthanas.

AWARDS, TITLES, HONOURS IN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL

S.R.MAHADEVASARMA RECEIVED MANY AWARDS, TO NAME A FEW AWARDS
1] HE HAS BEEN HONOURED WITH ‘KALAASRI’ AWARD BY KERALA SANGEETHA NATAKA ACADEMY [2015]
2] MAHARAJAPURAM SANTHANAM MEMORIAL MERITORIOUS AWARD FROM MAHARAJAPURAM SANTHANAM TRUST CHENNAI, ON 24TH JUNE 2006
3] 'OUTSTANDING VIOLIN DUO’ FROM NEW JERCY, U.S.A. IN SEPTEMBER 2005
SARASWATHI AWARD FROM NEW YORK, U.S.A. IN SEPTEMBER 2005
4] “SANGEETHA ISAI VIDWAN AWARD” FROM DETROIT U.S.A, IN AUGUST 2003
5] “MADURA GANA SUDHA AWARD”, FROM MADURAI IN NOVEMBER 2002
6] “CHEMBAI AWARD” FROM TRIVANDRUM CHEMBAI TRUST, IN AUGUST 2003

ACCOMPANIMENT PERFORMANCES

S.R.MAHADEVA SARMA HAS ACCOMPANIED ON THE VIOLIN WITH MANY ARTISTES LIKE, DR.M.BALAMURALEEKRISHNA, PADMABHOOSHAN DR.K.J.YESUDAS, PADMABHOOSHAN. T.V.SANKARANARAYANAN, PADMASRI.PALGHAT K.V.NARAYANASWAMY, PADMABHOOSHAN.P.S.NARAYANASWAMY, PADMABHOOSHAN. T.N.SESHAGOPALAN, PADMABHOOSHAN TRICHUR V.RAMACHANDRAN, PADMABHOOSHAN. B. RAJAM IYER, PADMASRI KADRI GOPALNATH, SRI T.R.SUBRAMONIAM, SRI T.K.GOVINDA RAO, SRI K.G.JAYAN, MOREOVER WITH LATE PADMABHOOSHAN K.S.NARAYANASWAMY (VEENA)

In fact Padmabhooshan K.S.Narayanaswamy was very much liked the violin performance of S.R.Mahadeva sarma and He insisted that S.R.Mahadeva sarma should accompany on the violin for his veena concert. After the concert he appreciated.That was in 1999, K.S.Narayanaswamy's last A.I.R. Recording.




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