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{{Distinguish|text=musician [[K. V. Narayanaswamy]], politician [[K. V. Narayana Swamy]], or poets [[K. Y. Narayanaswamy]] and [[K. S. Narasimhaswamy]]}}{{Infobox musical artist
| name = K. S. Narayanaswamy
| birth_place = [[Palghat]], [[Kerala]]
| birth_date = 1914
| death_date = {{death_date|1999|12|09}}
| death_place = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
| instrument = [[Veena]]
| genre = [[Carnatic classical music|Indian classical music]]
| occupation = [[Veena|Veena player]]
}}
'''K. S. Narayanaswamy''', (full name '''Koduvayur Sivarama Iyer Narayanaswamy'''; 27 September 1914 – 1999) was a Carnatic [[veena]] exponent of the [[Thanjavur]] style, in which nuances and subtleties are given more importance over rhythm based acrobatics.<ref name= "Hindu article">[https://web.archive.org/web/20020122103411/http://hindu.com/thehindu/2001/08/21/stories/1321017b.htm Homage to a 'Guru'], The Hindu, 21 August 2001</ref> He was awarded the [[Madras Music Academy]]'s [[Sangeetha Kalanidhi]] in 1979.

He was born on 27 September 1914 to Narayaniammal and Koduvayur Sivarama Iyer at [[Koduvayur-II|Koduvayur]] in [[Palghat]] district in [[Kerala]]. He underwent initial training in [[Carnatic music]] under K.S. Krishna Iyer, his brother, between his seventh and fourteenth years. Later, he joined the Music College at [[Annamalai University]] in [[Chidambaram]] where he learnt vocal music under stalwarts like [[Sangeetha Kalanidhi]] T S Sabesa Iyer and [[Sangeetha Kalanidhi]] Tanjore Ponniah Pillai, descendant of the famous [[Tanjore Quartet]]. He also learnt the veena under Desamangalam Subramania Iyer and the [[mridangam]] under Tanjore Ponniah Pillai. From 1937 to 1946, he served as the lecturer at the Annamalai University, his alma mater, and assisted in publishing the Tamil ''[[Kriti (music)|kriti]]''s of [[Gopalakrishna Bharathi]], [[Neelakanta Sivan]] and [[Arunachala Kavi]].<ref name="Kalyani Sharma">Kalyani Sharma, Tribute to Sangeetha Kalanidhi Sri K.S. Narayanaswamy- 101 Keerthana Mani Malai, 2nd Edition (April 2006), compiled and published by Kalyani Sharma</ref>

Upon the invitation of His Highness, the Maharaja of [[Travancore]], he took up lectureship in veena at the [[Swathi Thirunal College of Music]] (erstwhile Swathi Thirunal Music Academy) at [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Kerala]].<ref name="Geetha Raja">{{Cite web |url=http://geetharaja.com/mygurus.php |title=Geetha Raja on her Gurus |access-date=12 April 2011 |archive-date=7 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407054439/http://geetharaja.com/mygurus.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> During his tenure at the academy, he was instrumental, along with [[Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer]], then principal of the academy, in editing and publishing the kritis of [[Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma]] (commonly known as Swathi Thirunal).<ref name="Hindu article"/><ref>{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20110418100350/http://www.hinduonnet.com/folio/fo9811/98110220.htm The Navaratri Mandapam experience]}}, The Hindu, 29 November 1998</ref><ref>[http://www.hindu.com/fline/fl1522/15220650.htm Semmangudi looks back - at 90], Interview of Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer with the Frontline magazine, Vol. 15, Issue 22, 24 October – 6 November 1998</ref> He participated in several international conferences and was a member of the Music and Cultural Delegations to the erstwhile USSR and East European countries in 1954. In 1970, he was invited by [[Yehudi Menuhin]] to attend the [[Bath International Music Festival]] and perform at London, [[Bristol]], [[Oxford]], [[Cambridge]], and [[Birmingham]]. Later, he succeeded [[Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer]] as the principal of the academy and retired in 1970.<ref name="Kalyani Sharma"/>

In 1970, he came to Mumbai, as the principal of the Sangeetha Vidyalaya of Shanmukhananda Fine Arts and Sangeetha Sabha and taught both vocal music and veena till 1985.<ref name="Hindu article"/><ref name="Kalyani Sharma"/><ref name="Geetha Raja"/> In 1974, he took part as the teacher of Carnatic music and veena at the Eleventh Conference of International Society of Music Education at Perth, Australia. He also participated in the Indian Music and Dance Festival of the International Institute for Comparative Music Studies and Documentation at Berlin in 1977.<ref name="Kalyani Sharma"/>

He was a recipient of many awards including the [[Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award]] in 1962;<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/classical-music-a-ksna/464 |title=Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award: Classical Music |publisher=Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala |access-date=26 February 2023}}</ref> and the Tamil Nadu State Award in 1968;<ref name="Kalyani Sharma"/> the National Award of Central [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] in 1968;<ref>[http://www.sangeetnatak.org/sna/awardeeslist.htm List of Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217185616/http://www.sangeetnatak.org/sna/awardeeslist.htm |date=17 February 2012 }} from Sangeet Natak Akademi, India (www.sangeetnatak.org)</ref> the [[Padma Bhushan]] from the [[Government of India]] in 1977;<ref>[http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/LST-PDAWD.pdf List of Padma Bhushan Awardees from 1954 to 2009] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510095705/http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/LST-PDAWD.pdf |date=10 May 2013 }} from Ministry of Home Affairs, India (www.mha.nic.in)</ref> [[Sangeetha Kalanidhi]] from the [[Madras Music Academy]], [[Chennai]] in 1979;<ref>[http://www.musicacademymadras.in/sangita_kalanidhi.php List of Sangeetha Kalanidhi Awardees] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121230220008/http://www.musicacademymadras.in/sangita_kalanidhi.php |date=30 December 2012 }} from Madras Music Academy (www.musicacademymadras.in)</ref> the [[Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship]] in 1991<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.keralaculture.org/classical-music/456|title=Classical Music|publisher=Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala|access-date=24 February 2023}}</ref> and the Swathi Ratna in 1999.<ref name="Kalyani Sharma"/>

Among his disciples, notable ones include [[Rugmini Gopalakrishnan]],<ref>{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20050420001300/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2005/04/01/stories/2005040101860300.htm Notes of excellence]}}, The Hindu: Entertainment Thiruvananthapuram, 1 April 2005</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071127172754/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/07/21/stories/2006072100380300.htm To honour a teacher], Friday Review Thiruvananthapuram, 21 July 2006</ref> Kalyani Sharma,<ref name="Hindu article"/> Saraswati Rajagopalan,<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/rainbow-resonance-from-musical-strings/article5234804.ece], The Hindu: Arts, 15 October 2013</ref> Trivandrum Venkataraman,<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/arts/article87655.ece Rare artistic acumen], The Hindu: Arts, 21 January 2010</ref> [[Aswathi Thirunal Rama Varma]],<ref>{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20110606114705/http://www.hinduonnet.com/mp/2009/01/03/stories/2009010353670700.htm A royal love for music]}}, The Hindu: Metro Plus Kochi, 3 January 2009</ref> Geetha Raja,<ref name="Geetha Raja"/> Nirmala Parthasarathy,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070311234932/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2007/03/09/stories/2007030900100300.htm Rising like the Thanjavur gopuram], Friday Review, The Hindu, 9 March 2007</ref> Jayashree Aravind. Many musicians like [[M.S. Subbulakshmi]] and [[Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer]] have had good association with him and have appreciated his music.<ref name="Kalyani Sharma"/>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{YouTube|GiS0WIW6TEE|Video of K S Narayanaswamy}}
* [https://archive.org/details/KsNarayanaswamiVeena Audio of K S Narayanaswamy]
* [http://sangeethamshare.org/sridharan/33-KSN-VR/ Audio of K S Narayanaswamy]

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[[Category:Annamalai University alumni]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian musicians]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award]]

K. S. Narayanaswamy - Revision history

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