Thalachangadu T.M. Ramanathan: Difference between revisions
(Initial draft) |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 19: | Line 19: | ||
==== Thavil Reforms ==== | ==== Thavil Reforms ==== | ||
While T.M. Ramanathan was in Singapore, he learned from Poraiyar Venugopal Pillai the trick of tightening the Thavil with a nut and bolt instead of pulling the string. Then in 1983, when T.M. Ramanathan came to India, he started playing Thavil which was tightened with nut and bolts. Although there was opposition against this idea of Poraiyar Venugopal Pillai, T.M. Ramanathan in the early days, everyone accepted it and used it later. T.M. Ramanathan went back to Singapore in the 90s and returned to India after working as a Thavil artist at the Darma Muneeswaran Temple for four years. | While T.M. Ramanathan was in Singapore, he learned from Poraiyar Venugopal Pillai the trick of tightening the Thavil with a nut and bolt instead of pulling the string. Then in 1983, when T.M. Ramanathan came to India, he started playing Thavil which was tightened with nut and bolts. Although there was opposition against this idea of Poraiyar Venugopal Pillai, T.M. Ramanathan in the early days, everyone accepted it and used it later. T.M. Ramanathan went back to Singapore in the 90s and returned to India after working as a Thavil artist at the Darma Muneeswaran Temple for four years. | ||
{{Being created-en}} | |||
Revision as of 18:32, 20 July 2023
இந்தப் பக்கத்தை தமிழில் வாசிக்க: தலைச்சங்காடு டி.எம். ராமநாதன்
T.M. Ramanthan (Thalachangadu T.M. Ramanathan) (Born: March 02, 1951) is a Thavil artist. He is a student of Thiruvilandur A.K. Venugopal. He payed for artists like Thiruvengadu Subramania Pillai.
Birth, Education
T.M. Ramanathan was born on March 02, 1951 in Thalachangadu village, Mayiladuthurai district to G. Marimuthu Pillai and M. Rajalakshmi Ammal. T.M. Ramanathan's father G. Marimuthu Pillai is a Nathaswaram artist. He has six siblings, one elder brother, two younger brothers and three sisters.
Personal Life
T.M. Ramanathan was married to Rajakumari, the eldest daughter of Nathaswaram artist Thiruvalangadu T.S.V. Bala Subramaniam Pillai and Pankajam Ammal on February 04, 1974. T.M. Ramanathan and Rajakumari have a daughter Anuradha and two sons - Yogeswaran and Shanmuganathan.(Thalachangadu T. M Ramanathan : +91 9444247653)
Music work
Beginning
T.M. Ramanathan initially started playing Thavil along with his guru Thiruvilandur A.K. Venugopal. In those days, he played Thavil for Mani and Maamundiya Pillai brothers for two years. Then he played Thavil in Thiruvengadu Subramania Pillai's troupe for two and a half years. Later for twelve years he played Thavil with Inchikudi Pichaikannu and Kandaswamy Pillai troupe.
In Singapore
T.M. Ramanathan moved to Singapore in 1971 and spent thirteen years as a temple Thavil artist at Mariamman temple in South Bridge Road. When Namagiripettai Krishnan and Velayapatti Subramania Pillai group came to Singapore for a concert at Srinivasa Perumal temple, Velayapatti Subramania Pillai refused to play in the concert organized the next day at the Singapore radio station due to a displeasure. At that time, Singapore Radio's Tamil program manager K. Perumal recommended T.M Ramanathan to Namagiripettai Krishnan to paly Thavil.
Thavil Reforms
While T.M. Ramanathan was in Singapore, he learned from Poraiyar Venugopal Pillai the trick of tightening the Thavil with a nut and bolt instead of pulling the string. Then in 1983, when T.M. Ramanathan came to India, he started playing Thavil which was tightened with nut and bolts. Although there was opposition against this idea of Poraiyar Venugopal Pillai, T.M. Ramanathan in the early days, everyone accepted it and used it later. T.M. Ramanathan went back to Singapore in the 90s and returned to India after working as a Thavil artist at the Darma Muneeswaran Temple for four years.
🔏Being Created-en
Please do not write any content below this line. This section is only for editing templates & categories.
