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{{Infobox musical artist<br />
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| name = Malladi Suribabu<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1945|05|01}}<br />
| birth_place = Dubacherla, [[West Godavari]], Andhra Pradesh, British India<br />
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| genre = [[Carnatic classical music|Indian classical music]], [[Carnatic music]]<br />
| occupation = [[Vocalist|Classical Vocalist]]<br />
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| years_active = 1963–present<br />
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* [[Lahari Music]] <br />
* Swathi Soft Solutions<br />
* Kosmik<br />
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| associated_acts = [[Malladi Brothers]]<br />
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'''Malladi Suribabu''' (born 1 May 1945) is an Indian [[Carnatic music|Carnatic vocalist]] and musician from [[Vijayawada]], India.<ref name=hindu>{{cite news |last1=Krishnan |first1=Lalithaa |title=Moment to treasure |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/malladi-suri-babus-tribute-concert/article19593591.ece |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=31 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Malladi Trio excels |url=http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Hans/1970-01-01/Malladi-Trio-excels/84730 |newspaper=[[The Hans India]] |date=4 February 2014}}</ref><ref name=prasarbharti>{{cite web |title=Annual Report 2012-13 |url=http://prasarbharati.gov.in/Information/Annual%20Report/Documents/Eng_PB-2012-13.pdf |publisher=[[Prasar Bharti]], [[Govt. of India]] |pages=34}}</ref> He was conferred with [[Kala Ratna]], a civilian honor by the [[Government of Andhra Pradesh]] in 2013<ref name="kalaratna">{{cite web |title=Malladi Suribabu, Hamsa Award 2013 |website = [[YouTube]]|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAJA8f1MZ10}}</ref> and TTK Award by [[Madras Music Academy]] in 2014.<ref name=ttk/> He is a disciple of [[Voleti Venkateshwarulu]], [[Sripada Pinakapani]] and [[Nedunuri Krishnamurthy]].<ref name=hindu/><ref name="Statesman">{{cite news |last1=Sridevi |first1=Jyothi |title=In tune with tradition |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/features/in-tune-with-tradition-1502631399.html |work=[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]] |date=5 May 2018}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Suribabu was born on 1 May 1945 in Dubacherla, a village in [[West Godavari]] district, [[Andhra Pradesh]], in then [[British India]]. He is the father of vocalist duo [[Malladi Brothers]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rao |first1=P. Surya |title=Homage to a legend |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/Homage-to-a-legend/article16047325.ece |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=24 September 2010}}</ref> and vocalist [[Malladi Vasavi]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Subramanya |first1=Mysore V. |title=Deep devotional compositions |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/632555/deep-devotional-compositions.html |work=[[Deccan Herald]] |date=11 September 2017}}</ref><br />
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His father developed a taste for the traditional way of singing and being a music analyzer and enthusiast, was keen to pass on tradition to his children. Suribabu has developed an aptitude for music from his father and at the age of 9 years, he could easily reproduce songs with perfection.<ref name="th"/><br />
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== Career ==<br />
In 1963, Suribabu made his debut with [[All India Radio]] (AIR) children's musical fest and got a high rating from listeners then. In 1971, he joined [[All India Radio]] as a program announcer<ref name="Statesman"/> and served for more than 35 years.<ref name="th">{{cite news |last1=Govind |first1=Ranjani |title=Malladi family to perform in rare concert |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/malladi-family-to-perform-in-rare-concert/article6108438.ece |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=13 June 2014}}</ref><br />
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While working in [[All India Radio|AIR]], he received the opportunity to work with many legendary artist, including Voleti Venkateswarulu, whom he considers as [[Guru]] and learnt rare [[Kirtan|Kirthanas]] from him. He also conducted two most successful programs namely ''Bhakti Ranjani'' and ''Sangeeta Sikshana'' with [[All India Radio]], [[Vijayawada]].<ref name="Statesman"/><br />
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[[T. R. Subramaniam]] released a CD of Malladi Suribabu and Malladi Narayanaswami. This was followed by group renderings of songs of [[Annamacharya]] and [[Bhadrachala Ramadas]] in 2008.<ref>{{cite book |title=Sruti, Issues 268–273 |date=2007 |publisher=P.N. Sundaresan, the [[University of California]] |pages=9, 10 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IycqAQAAIAAJ&q=Malladi+Suribabu}}</ref><br />
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He also performed for The Trinity and Other Vaggeyakara Music Festival held at [[Bengaluru]] in April 2012.<ref name=prasarbharti/><ref>{{cite news |title=Annual Report 2012-23 |url=https://mib.gov.in/sites/default/files/AnnualReport2012-13-English.pdf |access-date=27 July 2018 |publisher=[[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]]}}</ref><br />
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Till date, he is actively engaged in music concerts in India and overseas. He has composed over 2, 5000 songs of [[Bhadrachala Ramadasu|Bhakta Ramadasu]], [[Annamacharya]] and [[Narayana Teertha]]'s Krishna Leela Tarangam, produced several CDs to propagate rich tradition of music.<br />
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=== Works ===<br />
* ''Taranga Bodhana'' ([[Narayana Teertha]]'s Tarangam teaching)<br />
* ''Sadasiva Brahmendra Keerthanas'' (Sarvam Bhrahmam)<br />
* ''Amrutha Varshini'' (CD of Telugu Gazals)<br />
* ''Bhajare Sriramam'' ([[Bhadrachala Ramadasu|Ramadasu]] Keerthanas)<br />
* ''Sangeetha Sikshana''<br />
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== Albums ==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
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! Year !! Album !! Artist(s)!! Label<br />
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| 2006|| ''Navagraha Krithimala''|| Malladi Suribabu|| Kosmik<br />
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| 2011|| ''Annamacharya Keerthanas''|| Malladi Suribabu|| Swathi Soft Solutions<br />
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| 2014|| ''Karnatic Classical Vocal''|| Malladi Suribabu|| [[Lahari Music]]<br />
|}<br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
* {{cite book |author1=R. K. Narayan |author2=Malladi Suribabu|authorlink1=R. K. Narayan |title=Prayojakudu |date=1962 |publisher=M. Sesacalam, Madras ([[National Library of India]]) |url=http://nationallibrary.gov.in/showdetails.php?id=376565}}<br />
* {{cite journal |author1=Malladi Suribabu |title=Jīvanasarvasvaṃ |year=1977 |pages=140 |publisher=Navabharat Buk Haus |language=Telugu |oclc=76579054}}<br />
* {{cite journal |author1=Malladi Suribabu |title=Līlā Manōharaṃ |year=1975 |pages=138 |publisher=Navabhārat Buk Haus |language=Telugu |oclc=76579060}}<br />
* {{cite journal |author1=Varadarāmadāsu |author2=Malladi Suribabu |title=Bhadrachala Ramadasu Keerthanalu |year=2012 |pages=130 |publisher=Sama Gana Lahari Cultural Trust |language=Telugu |oclc=793080706}}<br />
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== Awards, titles and recognition ==<br />
* Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 2018<br />
* Akashawani Annual Awards, 1984, 1996, 2001 & 2004<br />
* Sapthagiri Sangeetha Vidwanmani, at the 70th Sri Thyagaraja Festival of Music and Dance, 2012<ref>{{cite news |title=Title conferred on musicians |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/title-conferred-on-musicians/article3732511.ece |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=6 August 2012}}</ref><br />
* Tyaga Bhrahma Nada Ratna by Nada Sudha Chennai, 2012<br />
* Kanchi Paramacharya Music Award by Shanmukhananda Sabha, Mumbai<br />
* [[Kala Ratna]] award by the [[Government of Andhra Pradesh]], 2013<ref name="kalaratna"/><br />
* Sri Kalaprapoorna title by Sri Annamacharya Project of North America (SAPNA), 2013<br />
* TTK Award, by [[Madras Music Academy]], 2014<ref name=ttk>{{cite news |title=Leela Samson gets Natya Kala Acharya award |url=http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31807&articlexml=Leela-Samson-gets-Natya-Kala-Acharya-award-22072014004058 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727182801/http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31807&articlexml=Leela-Samson-gets-Natya-Kala-Acharya-award-22072014004058 |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 July 2018 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=22 July 2014 |location=Chennai}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
{{portal|Music|Biography|India}}<br />
* [[Malladi Brothers]]<br />
* List of Carnatic artists<br />
* [[List of people from Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://bhakthitv.in/Swararchana%20Malladi%20Suribabu_P2.php Malladi Suribabu] on ''Swararchana'', ''[[Bhakthi TV]]''<br />
* [https://play.google.com/store/music/artist/Malladi_Suribabu?id=Aa2mycmf6qhdlrfsv363ib3itwu&hl=en Malladi Suribabu] on [[Google music]]<br />
* [https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/stress-on-notation/article3717256.ece Stress on notation] on ''[[The Hindu]]''<br />
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