Nedunuri Krishnamurthy

Nedunuri Krishnamurthy (Telugu: నేదునూరి కృష్ణమూర్తి;10 October 1927 – 8 December 2014) was an Indian Carnatic vocalist. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 1991.

Early life Krishnamurthy was born in 1927 at Kothapalli, Pithapuram Taluka, Godavari dt, Andhra Pradesh in what was then British India to Rama Murthy Panthulu and Vijayalakshmi.

His father held a minor job at the estate of the Raja of Pithapuram. He was under influence of his mother who sang Ashtapadis, Tarangas and the Adhyatma Ramayana kritis. She had a great influence on him while growing up.

He was Dean of Faculty of the Fine Arts and Chairman of Board of Studies in Music of Sri Venkateswara University and Nagarjuna University. He contributed to Annamacharya Project of the TTD (Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams) in tuning most of the Annamacharya kritis as we know them today.

Krishna Gana Sabha, Madras, conferred on Nedunuri the title 'Sangeetha Choodamani' in 1976. The Music Academy, Madras conferred on him the most prestigious title of 'Sangeeta Kalanidhi' in 1991.

He was named 'Asthana Vidwan' of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams and also of Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham.

Albums & Songs

Discography Annamayya Antaranga Tharangam Annamayya Pada Kadambam Annamayya Pada Kamalam Annamayya Pada Neerajanam Annamayya Pada Ravali Annamayya Pada Sammohanam Annamayya Pada Vasantham Pahi Nareyana by PM Audios & Entertainments Guru Upadesham by PM Audios & Entertainments Srihari Rasakrithi (TTD Release) Bhadrachala Ramadasu Keerthanalu (with Dasarathi Sataka Poems) (Alivelumanga Sarvayya Charitable Trust) Raga Sudha Rasam Rare Krithis of Tyagaraja Classical Treat by Nedunuri Krishnamurthy Raga Madhur (Audio) by Swathi Soft Solutions Company release Raga Ranjani (DVD) by Swathi Soft Solutions Company release

Awards and honours Item No Organization Award01. Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, Chennai SANGEETHA CHOODAMANI, 197602.Visakha Music Academy, Visakhapatham SANGEETA KALASAGARA, 198003.Sur Singar Samsad of Bombay SWAR VILAS, 198104.Sri Yagnavalka Cultural Association, HyderabadNADA SUDHA NIDHI, 198105.Sangeetha Vidwat Sabha, Kakinada GANA KALA NIDHI, 198206.Sri Tulasivanam Sangeetha Parishad, TrivendrumGAYAKA CHOODAMANI, 198207.Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi, Govt. of IndiaSangeet Natak Akademi Award, 198608.Sri Tyagaraja Swamy Trust, TirupatiSAPTAGIRI SANGEETHA VIDWANMANI, 198709.Sri Tyagaraja Kala SamithiSANGEETHA VIDWANMANI, 198910.Sriram Music Academy, SrinagarSANGEETHA VIDYA BHASKARA, 198911.Kalasagaram, SecunderabadSANGEETHA KALA SAGARA, 198912.Sangeetha Rasika Samakhya, TirupatiNADA YOGI, 198913.Santhi Renaissance International Foundation (SRI Foundation, USA) SRI KALA PRAPURNA, 199114.Madras Music Academy, ChennaiSANGITA KALANIDHI, 199115.Bharathi Gana Sabha, AmalapuramGANA KALA BHARATHI, 199316.Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, HyderabadKALA NEERAJANA PURASKARAM, 199517.Sri Annamacharya Project of North America, (SAPNA). Chicago, USAANNAMACHARYA VIDWANMANI, 199518.Sri Sivanandaguru Educational and Cultural Trust, BheemunipathamGANGADEVI EMINENT CITIZEN AWARD, 199719.World Teachers Trust, VisakhapatnamMASTER M.N. AWARD, 199720.Datta Peetham, MysoreNADA NIDHI, 199821.State Cultural Council, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, HyderabadHamsa Award, 199922.Sangeetha Vidwat Sabha, KakinadaANNAMACHARYA BHARATHI, 199923.Bhairavi, Indian Fine Arts Society, USASANGEETHA RATNAMARA, 200024.Sri Venkateswara Annamacharya Society of America, California, USAANNAMACHARYA SANKEERTHANA KIREETI, 200025.World Telugu FederationTEULGU TALLI AWARD, 200026.Bharatiya Vidyabhavan, Coimbatore KendraSANGEETH SAMRAT, 200127.Fine Arts Cultural Themes, Sydney (FACTS) AustraliaSWARA NIDHI, 200128.Badam Apparao Memorial Trust, PithapuramBADAM APPARAO MEMORIAL TRUST AWARD, 200229.Raja – Lakshmi Foundation, ChennaiRAJA LAKSHMI AWARD, 200230.Telugu Fine Arts Society, New Jersey, USADR.K.V.RAO & JYOTHI RAO AWARD, 200231.Andhra Music AcademySANGITA VIDYANIDHI32.Prasara Bharati, New DelhiNATIONAL ARTISTE AWARD, 200433.South Indian Education Society, MumbaiNATIONAL EMINENCE AWARD, 200634.Visakha Music and Dance AcademyNADAVIDYA BHARATHI,35.Government of Andhra PradeshPRATIBHA RAJIV PURASKAR, 200636.South Indian Cultural Association, HyderabadSANGITHA CHAKRAVARTHI,37.Academy of Music, BangaloreK.K. MURTHY MEMORIAL CHOWEDIAH AWARD, 200838.Shanmukhananda Sahba, MumbaiNATIONAL EMINENCE AWARD, 201039.Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh HONORARY DOCTORATE, 201040.Tirumala Tirupati Devastanam, Tirupati‘ASTHANA VIDWAN’ of TTD, 2010.42.Sri Durga Malleswarala Vari Devastanam, Vijayawada.‘ASTHANA VIDWAN’, 2010.43.Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, Chennai.‘SRI TYAGARAJA SEVA RATNAM’, 2011.44.Music Academy, Madras 1998Best Raga Rendering45.Music Academy, MadrasBest Senior Vocalist (2 times)46.Indian Fine Arts Society, Madras, 1989.Best Senior Vocalist47.Indian Fine Arts Society, Madras, 1989.Sangeetha Kalasikhamani, 2011.48.Sangeet Natak Akademi, New DelhiSangeet Natak Akademi Tagore Ratna, 2011.49.Raghavendra Swamy Matham, Mantralayam.‘SRI PURANDARESHWARA THYAGARAJA', 2012.50.Central Sangeeth Natak Academy, New Delhi‘TAGORE ACADEMY AWARD’, 2012.51.GiTAM University, Visakhapatnam‘DOCTORATE’, 2013.52.Kopparapu Kavula Kalapeetham, Visakhapatnam‘KOPPARAPU KAVULA PRATHIBHA PURASKARAM’, 2013.53.Samagana Mathanga, Bangalore‘SAMAGANA MATHANGA NATIONAL AWARD’, 2014.54.South Indian Cultural Association Planjery Foundation ‘SANGEETHA BRIHASPATI AWARD’, 2014.