Ramakrishnan Murthy

Ramakrishnan Murthy (born 22 December 1989) is a Carnatic Music vocalist from India. He regularly performs in the annual Madras Music Season besides being featured in music festivals world over that focus on Indian Classical music. He is an A-grade artist of the All India Radio and Doordarshan, Chennai.

Early life and tutelage

Ramakrishnan Murthy began his Carnatic music training from Smt. Padma Kutty in Irvine in 1997. In 2001, he began to take advanced lessons from veteran violin artist Delhi P. Sunder Rajan. Ramakrishnan also spent brief periods of time learning from Vairamangalam Lakshmi Narayanan, CR Vaidyanathan, Vaikom Jayachandran and Chengleput Ranganathan. He is currently under the tutelage of R. K. Shriramkumar.

Education

Ramakrishnan Murthy is an Informatics graduate from the University of California, Irvine. He has, since, performed regularly in Indian and international music festivals and famous sabhas, including the Madras Music Academy

Ramakrishnan has also done playback singing for films, debuting with the song "Nalla Nanban" under composer Harris Jayaraj for Shankar's 2012 film Nanban.

Style and influences

His wise sense of aesthetics, his alignment to pitch(shruthi shuddham), enunciation of words, the clarity of his gamakas and his patanthara are often appreciated by critics.

The influence of Ramnad Krishnan, Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, and K. V. Narayanaswamy has been observed in his music.

Awards and titles

Sangeet Natak Akademi Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar, 2024 Yagnaraman Award of Excellence, Shri Krishna Gana Sabha, 2016 Kalki Krishnamurthy Memorial Award, Kalki Krishnamurthy Trust, Chennai, 2014 Shanmukha Sangeetha Shironmani title from Shanmukhananda Fine Arts and Sangeetha Sabha, Mumbai, 2013. Outstanding Vocalist, Madras Music Academy, 2011-2014 Yogam Nagaswamy Endowment Prize for Best Senior Vocalist, Madras Music Academy, 2016, 2025 Asthana Vidvan, Sringeri Sharada Peetham, 2017 Senior Outstanding Concert Award, Madras Music Academy, 2017, 2024 Senior Outstanding Vocalist, Madras Music Academy, 2019 Isai Peroli title from Kartik Fine Arts, Chennai