Subbulakshmi was born on September 16, 1916, in Madurai to
Shanmukavadiver Ammal, a Veena player, and Subramania Iyer.
She started training in Carnatic music at an early age, under Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer and in Hindustani classical music under Pandit Narayanrao Vyas.
Subbulakshmi gave her first performance at Madras Music Academy in 1929 at the age of 13
She later married Kalki Sadasivam, a leading freedom fighter and journalist, in 1940.
Subbulakshmi moved to Madras and made her film debut in 1938 with playback for Sevasadan. She also acted in the film. Her other films include Savitri and Meera. However, she quit films after a few years to focus exclusively on music.
Acting Career
1938 - Sevasadanam (Tamil)
1940 - Sakuntalai (Tamil)
1941 - Savithri (Tamil)
1945 - Meera (Tamil)
1947 - Meerabhai(Hindi)
She started training in Carnatic music at an early age, under Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer and in Hindustani classical music under Pandit Narayanrao Vyas.
Subbulakshmi gave her first performance at Madras Music Academy in 1929 at the age of 13
She later married Kalki Sadasivam, a leading freedom fighter and journalist, in 1940.
Subbulakshmi moved to Madras and made her film debut in 1938 with playback for Sevasadan. She also acted in the film. Her other films include Savitri and Meera. However, she quit films after a few years to focus exclusively on music.
Acting Career
1938 - Sevasadanam (Tamil)
1940 - Sakuntalai (Tamil)
1941 - Savithri (Tamil)
1945 - Meera (Tamil)
1947 - Meerabhai(Hindi)
Some of Subbulakshmi's prominent works include Suprabhatam, Kurai Onrum Illai, Bhajagovindam, Vishnu Sahasranamam, Hanuman Chalisa, among other devotional hymns
Subbulakshmi
performed devotional musical forms in different languages including
Tamil, Kannada, Sanskrit, Punjabi, Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu, Bengali,
Gujarati and Marathi. She also traveled to London, New York, Canada, and
other places as India's cultural ambassador and performed at the UN
General Assembly in 1966.
Google Doodles M S Subbulakshmi's 97th birthday
Awards and Honours
first musician ever to be awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour in 1998
first Indian musician to receive the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1974
Padma Bhusan in 1954
Padma Vibhushan in 1975
Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 1968
was honoured as a resident artist [Asthana Vidhwan] of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthnams
Subbulakshmi died on December 11, 2004 at the age of 88, in Chennai.
M.
S. Subbulakshmi was born on September 16, 1916, at Madurai in the then
Madras presidency in a family of artistes, musicians, singers and
dancers, and started learning classical music in a young age.
She released her first music recording in 1926 at the age of 10 and gave first public performance in 1927 at the Rockfort temple in Tiruchirapalli.
Later, she moved to Madras where she acted in movies and pursued her vocal music career, giving independent concerts at the age of 17 and travelled to many countries for performances, including the UN in 1966.
Among the national and international awards conferred on M. S. Subbulakshmi include the Bharat Ratna, India’s top civilian award (1998), the Ramon Magsaysay Award (1974) and the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration (1990).
- See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/music/m-s-subbulakshmi-birth-centenary-celebrations-launched/#sthash.fPTR5rmO.dpuf
She released her first music recording in 1926 at the age of 10 and gave first public performance in 1927 at the Rockfort temple in Tiruchirapalli.
Later, she moved to Madras where she acted in movies and pursued her vocal music career, giving independent concerts at the age of 17 and travelled to many countries for performances, including the UN in 1966.
Among the national and international awards conferred on M. S. Subbulakshmi include the Bharat Ratna, India’s top civilian award (1998), the Ramon Magsaysay Award (1974) and the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration (1990).
- See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/music/m-s-subbulakshmi-birth-centenary-celebrations-launched/#sthash.fPTR5rmO.dpuf
M.
S. Subbulakshmi was born on September 16, 1916, at Madurai in the then
Madras presidency in a family of artistes, musicians, singers and
dancers, and started learning classical music in a young age.
She released her first music recording in 1926 at the age of 10 and gave first public performance in 1927 at the Rockfort temple in Tiruchirapalli.
Later, she moved to Madras where she acted in movies and pursued her vocal music career, giving independent concerts at the age of 17 and travelled to many countries for performances, including the UN in 1966.
Among the national and international awards conferred on M. S. Subbulakshmi include the Bharat Ratna, India’s top civilian award (1998), the Ramon Magsaysay Award (1974) and the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration (1990).
- See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/music/m-s-subbulakshmi-birth-centenary-celebrations-launched/#sthash.fPTR5rmO.dpuf
She released her first music recording in 1926 at the age of 10 and gave first public performance in 1927 at the Rockfort temple in Tiruchirapalli.
Later, she moved to Madras where she acted in movies and pursued her vocal music career, giving independent concerts at the age of 17 and travelled to many countries for performances, including the UN in 1966.
Among the national and international awards conferred on M. S. Subbulakshmi include the Bharat Ratna, India’s top civilian award (1998), the Ramon Magsaysay Award (1974) and the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration (1990).
- See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/music/m-s-subbulakshmi-birth-centenary-celebrations-launched/#sthash.fPTR5rmO.dpuf
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