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Nagai Muralidharan (born 4 December 1958 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu) is a Carnatic violinist from India. He was awarded Kalaimamani by the State Government of Tamil Nadu in 2003.

Musical career

Muralidharan initially learned from his mother, Smt. R. Komalavalli. Further training in violin was continued under Sri R.S. Gopalakrishnan, a violinist from Chennai.

His first performance was at the age of 10, and his career as a violinist has spanned over 50 years. Today, as a violinist, he is noted for his clarity, rich tonal quality and crispness, and has developed a distinct scholarly style. He is also a regular feature in the Radio Sangeetha Sammelan concerts on Doordarshan and as an accompanist in several compact disks and cassettes. He also served as a top-ranking violin artist in All India Radio, Trichy from 1978 to 2004.

Over the years, Muralidharan has traveled and performed in countries all over the world including the United States, Canada, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Japan, and Kuwait.

He accompanied many artists in their vocal and instrumental concerts including Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, Alathur Srinivasa Iyer, M.D. Ramanathan, Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna, Voleti Venkateswarulu, Nedunoori Krishnamurthy, R.K. Srikantan, Maharajapuram V. Santhanam, Madurai Somasundaram, Palghat K.V. Narayanaswamy, T.M. Thyagarajan, D.K. Jayaraman, T.K.Govinda Rao, Dr. S. Ramanathan, B. Rajam Iyer, Tanjore S. Kalyanaraman, Seerkazhi Govindarajan, Chidambaram C.S. Jayaraman, K.J. Yesudas, T.V. Sankaranarayanan, Madurai T.N. Seshagopalan, Neyveli Santhanagopalan, Sanjay Subrahmanyan and P. Unnikrishnan.

He has also accompanied instrumentalists including S. Balachander (veena), M. Balamuralikrishna (viola), T.R. Mahalingam (flute), Dr. N. Ramani (flute), Namagiripetai Krishnan (nadaswaram), A.K.C Natrajan (clarinet) and Kadri Gopalnath (saxophone).

In his solo concerts, many esteemed senior percussion artists have accompanied him, including Dr. T.K. Murthy, Vellore Ramabadran, Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman, Trichy Sankaran, Guruvayur Dorai, Tanjore Upendran, Karaikudi R. Mani, Mannargudi Easwaran, Srimushnam Raja Rao, Thiruvarur Bakthavatsalam, T.H. Vikku Vinayakram, Thirupanithura Radhakrishnan, Coimbatore Mohanram, V. Suresh, and several others.

In 1985, he performed a 26 hours non-stop marathon violin concert held at Sri Rangam Temple at Tamil Nadu. Muralidharan has accompanied Sri K.J. Yesudas in Dubai on the anniversary of the 50th Indian Independence Day celebration in 1997.

Awards and titles

Kalaimamani – Tamil Nadu State Government – (2003)

Arsha Kala Bhushanam – Arsha Kala Gurukulam – Poojya Swamiji Dayananda Saraswathi – (2007)

Maharajapuram Santhanam Memorial Award – Maharajapuram Santhanam Trust (2009)

Sahrudaya Seva Rathna – Shi-Ba Sangeetha Sabha Chennai (2009)

Vani Kala Sudhakra – Sri Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha (2010)

Sangeet Natak Academi Award – Government of India (2010)

Gaana Padhmam – Brahma Gana Sabha, Chennai (2011)

Asthana Vidwan – Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam, Kanchipuram – (2014)

Sangeetha Rathnakara – Bhairavi Fine Arts, Cleveland, Ohio, USA (2015)

Discography

• "Young maestros" (1988)
• "Na Jeevadhara" (2014)

References

1. Bureau, The Hindu (1 December 2022). "Violin maestro Nagai R. Muralidharan honoured with Mudhra Award of Excellence". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2 September 2024. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)

• 1958 births
• Living people
• Musicians from Chennai
• Indian violinists
• Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award