M.S.Anantaraman

Mylapore Sundaram Anantharaman (26 August 1924 – 19 February 2018) was an Indian Carnatic and Hindustani violinist. He was an exponent of Parur style of violin playing. He received several awards including Kalaimamani Award and Sangeet Natak Akademi Award.

Biography M. S. Anantharaman was born on 26 August 1924, in a musical family in Paravur, Aluva in present-day Ernakulam district of Kerala. His father Parur Sundaram Iyer was a violinist in the royal palace of Travancore. Iyer, migrated to Chennai from Kerala in 1932. Anantharaman learned the violin at the age of six from his father Sundaram Iyer. His father, who introduced Violin in Hindusthani music, He made his debut at the age of seven. Later, he taught violin in Pittsburgh, United States also.

Awards and honors Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 1998 Kalaimamani award of the Tamil Nadu Eyal Isai Nataka Manram T.T.K award of the Music Academy 1996 Sangeetha Kala Acharya of the Music Academy He was the Asthana Vidwan (Head Scholar) of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham