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{{infobox person
|name = MS Gopalakrishnan
|birth_name = Mylapore Sundaram Gopalakrishnan
|birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1931|6|10}}
|birth_place = Chennai
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2013|1|3|1931|6|10}}
|occupation = violinist
|spouse = Meenakshi
|children = Narmadha, Latha, Suresh
}}
[[File:The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil presenting the Padma Bhushan Award to Shri M.S. Gopalakrishnan, at an Investiture Ceremony-II, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on April 04, 2012.jpg|thumb|The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil presenting the Padma Bhushan Award to Shri M.S. Gopalakrishnan, at an Investiture Ceremony-II, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on April 04, 2012]]
'''M.S. Gopalakrishnan''', a.k.a. '''MSG''', (10 June 1931 – 3 January 2013) was a violinist in the field of [[Carnatic music]]. 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. He was a recipient of the [[Padma Bhushan]], [[Padma Shri]], [[Kalaimamani]], [[Sangeetha Kalanidhi]] and [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] awards.

==Life and career==
Gopalakrishnan was born in [[Mylapore]], [[Chennai]], India, and was taught violin by his father, [[Parur Sundaram Iyer]], who was well versed in both [[Carnatic music|Carnatic]] and [[Hindustani classical music|Hindustani]] systems of [[Indian classical music]]. He learned both systems from his father, with whom he gave his first performance when he was 8 years old. He also drew great inspiration from the legendary violinist Sri Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu.

He has played the violin for over fifty years as a [[Solo (music)|soloist]] and [[accompanist]], having accompanied [[Omkarnath Thakur]] and [[D. V. Paluskar]], and has toured Australia, the US, the UK, the Netherlands, South Africa, Malaysia, and Hong Kong.

His daughter, Dr [[M. Narmadha]], is also a violinist. His elder brother M S Anantaraman (1924-2018) was a well-known violinist. The family's violin playing style, known as Parur Bani, is being kept alive by the third generation, by children of Anantaraman and MSG himself. <ref>https://www.rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2721</ref>

==Death==
Gopalakrishnan died in [[Chennai]], India, at 2 am on 3 January 2013, at the age of 81. He was survived by his wife Meenakshi, his daughters [[M. Narmadha]] and Latha, and son Suresh.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chen-arts/chen-music/violin-maestro-ms-gopalakrishnan-dies-at-82/article4266387.ece|title=Violin maestro M.S. Gopalakrishnan dies at 82. His daughter works with an IT company|work=The Hindu|access-date=2013-01-03|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6DdLK8PUV?url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chen-arts/chen-music/violin-maestro-ms-gopalakrishnan-dies-at-82/article4266387.ece|archive-date=13 January 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Technique==
Gopalakrishnan had researched playing technique, and developed particular [[Fingering (music)|fingering]] and [[Bow (music)|bowing]] [[discipline]]s of the ''"Parur style"'' to produce a clarity of sound and speed of delivery. His style includes one-finger playing and a [[thematic development]] on single-string [[octaves]].{{clarify|date=March 2011}}

Violinist [[Yehudi Menuhin]] said of a Gopalakrishnan's playing: ''"I have not heard such violin in all my travels! How superbly this young Indian is playing our instrument"''.
Shri Gopalakrishnan said when he was receiving his Sangita Kalanidhi award from the Music Academy of Madras "My practice is the only secret of my success and then the other secret is my father. The practice that I was used to was nearly 15–16 hours a day and that was a very tough one where I used to jump suddenly from Carnatic to Hindustani styles while playing. Anything, any award I receive is just the fruit of my practice".<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/article46321.ece thehindu.com: 10 Nov. 2009.]. Retrieved 1 March 2011</ref>

==Awards==

'''Year Title'''
*1960 Violin Vadhya Samrat — Bombay Sivananda Ashram, India.
*1975 [[Padmashri]] – [[Government of India]]
*1976 Violin Vadhya Chakravarthy — New York, U.S.A.
*1978 [[Kalaimamani]] – Govt. of Tamil Nadu, India.
*1979 Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy Award, India.
*1980 T.Chowdiah award — Karnataka, India.
*1982 [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]], India.
*1997 Sapathagiri Sangeetha Vidwanmani — Thirupathi Devasthanam, India.
*1998 [[Sangeetha Kalanidhi]] – [[Madras Music Academy]], [[Chennai]], India.
*2012 [[Padma Bhushan]] – Government of India<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article2832269.ece|title=Padma awardees say they feel honoured|date=26 January 2012|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=2012-01-26}}</ref>
*2012 [[Sangeetha Kalasikhamani]] – The Indian Fine Arts Society, Chennai.
*2012 [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Tagore Ratna]].

==References==
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