Chittoor Subramaniam Pillai

Chittoor Subramaniam Pillai

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Chittoor Subramaniam Pillai Profile

  • Name:
  • Chittoor Subramaniam Pillai
  • Born:
  • June 22, 1898

Chittoor Subramaniam Pillai Biography

Chittoor Subramaniam Pillai was a noted Carnatic musician from Chittoor. He was a student of the great maestro Shri Nayana Pillai. He held prestigious faculty and Principal positions at many music institutions like The Annamalai University Music College, Chidambaram; Sri Venkatesware College of Music and Dance, Tirupathi; The Central College of Music, Chennai and The Raja's College of Music, Thiruvayar. He also served as the Principal of The Ramanathan Music Academy, Jaffna Sri Lanka. Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 1954, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and Sangeetha Kalasikhamani Award both in 1964 and Isai Perarignar by Tamil Isai Sangam are the major honours received by him.

 

He was born in Punganur of Chittoor district in 1898. He was initiated to the world of Carnatic music by his parents - Perayya and Mogilamma and later under Nayana Pillai of Kancheepuram for more than two decades. Since the age of 5, he performed harikathas and started his major performances at the age of 20 even while training under his guru. He had a long musical career of 5 decades and he settled in Chennai. He had a deep knowledge of Keerthanas composed by Thyagaraja and used to sing many of his rare compositions.

 

Pillai has also composed and wrote the lyrics of a few musical pieces like Madhura nagarilo Challanamma bonu, Kulamulona golladana and Mavallagadamma. He taught his disciples in traditional Gurukula system and his disciples include some well-known names like Madurai Somasundaram, Revathy Ratnaswamy and Bombay S Ramachandran. He developed his own style called 'Kancheepuram School'. Under the dynamic leadership of Sri Chittoor Subramanyam the music festival at Thirupathi has been organized once. He was also the first recipient of “Sapthagiri Sangeetha Vidwanmani'' in the year 1972. He also served as the chairman of the trust.

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Updated: September 01, 2014

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