M. S. Gopalakrishnan

PLAYS

Violin

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GHARANA

Parur

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M.S. Gopalakrishnan, also known as MSG (born 10 June 1931, died 3 January 2013), was a violinist of distinction who played both Hindustani and Carnatic music. He learnt Hindustani music from Pt. Omkarnath Thakur, whom he also accompanied on the violin. He is commonly grouped with Lalgudi Jayaraman and T.N. Krishnan as part of the violin trinity of Carnatic music. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 1997, and was a recipient of the Padma Bhushan, the Padma Shri, the Kalaimamani and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award.