1. Nedunuri Krishnamurthy was an Indian Carnatic vocalist.
11 Facts About Nedunuri Krishnamurthy
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Nedunuri Krishnamurthy was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 1991.
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Nedunuri Krishnamurthy's father held a minor job at the estate of the Raja of Pithapuram.
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Nedunuri Krishnamurthy had a great influence on him while growing up.
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Nedunuri Krishnamurthy joined the Maharaja's Music College at Vizianagaram in the year 1940 and received initial training in Violin and Vocal from the Dwaram Narasinga Rao Naidu.
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Nedunuri Krishnamurthy's performances are characterised by adherence to tradition and his alapanas are renowned for capturing the essence of important Carnatic ragas.
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Nedunuri Krishnamurthy formed a popular partnership with the renowned violinist, Lalgudi Jayaraman, and the performances of the duo are much admired by listeners.
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Nedunuri Krishnamurthy was Dean of Faculty of the Fine Arts and Chairman of Board of Studies in Music of Sri Venkateswara University and Nagarjuna University.
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Nedunuri Krishnamurthy contributed to Annamacharya Project of the TTD in tuning most of the Annamacharya kritis as we know them today.
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Nedunuri Krishnamurthy was named 'Asthana Vidwan' of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams and of Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham.
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Nedunuri Krishnamurthy died on 8 December 2014 at Visakhapatnam, aged 87, while undergoing treatment for lung cancer.