Neyveli Santhanagopalan (born 1963) is an Indian Carnatic vocalist. He has distinguished himself with numerous concerts worldwide, and is the recipient of many awards from music associations in India and overseas. He is known for his traditional and purist styles of rendering ragas, musical compositions and swaras. He is one of the comparatively young amongst Carnatic vocal musicians and his style is distinguished by his adherence to strict raga interpretation, especially in his rigorous manodharma (creative interpretation) and raga sancharams (bringing out the essential elements or qualities of a raga). This quality of his is evident in his deep mastery of neravals and lack of ostentation in ragam-tanam-pallavis. As a consequence, he is often favorably compared by musical connoisseurs as following the more "purist" and academic vocal traditions of K. V. Narayanaswamy, Ramnad Krishnan and Nedunuri Krishnamurthy.
Santhanagopalan has been acknowledged as one of the most talented singers around,and his emphasis on purity of nada and tone, and his restrained and measured grasp of kritis is regarded well with the Carnatic musical fraternity.
Santhanagopalan is a recipient of the Vani Kala Sudhakara of the Sri Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha, and has also received awards and felicitations from Bharat Kalachar, Kartik Fine Arts. He is also the recipient of the title Vidhya Tapasvi from TAPAS Cultural Foundation in 2008.
He is a regular and sought after performer during the December and January Madras "Music Season", and his concerts have consistently sold out in such prestigious venues as Madras Music Academy, Krishna Gana Sabha, Mylapore Fine Arts, and Narada Gana Sabha. He is, in addition, a Grade 'A' artist with All India Radio and Doordarshan.
Tracks List:
1. Viribhoni - Varnam 00:00
2. Brova Barama 4:22
3. Raghu Vara 9:33
4. Ramabadra Rara 16:00
5. Ini Namakkoru 19:21
6. Thunai Purindarul 25:00
7. Karthikeya 30:50
8. Anna Purne 43:24
9. Sankari 48:21
10. Nirupamana 56:00
11. Chandrachuda 59:26
12. Karpagame 01:02:36
13. Virutham - Thiruppugazh 01:06:05
Track Details
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Song - Viribhoni - Varnam
Artist - Neyveli R.Santhana Gopalan
Lyr & Comp - Pacchimiriyam Aadiyappaiya
Song - Brova Barama
Artist - Neyveli R.Santhana Gopalan
Lyr & Comp - Thyagaraja
Song - Raghu Vara
Artist - Neyveli R.Santhana Gopalan
Lyr & Comp - Thyagaraja
Song - Ramabadra Rara
Artist - Neyveli R.Santhana Gopalan
Lyr & Comp - Badrachala Ramadoss
Song - Ini Namakkoru
Artist - Neyveli R.Santhana Gopalan
Lyr & Comp - Koteeswara Iyer
Song - Thunai Purindarul
Artist - Neyveli R.Santhana Gopalan
Lyr & Comp - Papanasam Sivan
Song - Karthikeya
Artist - Neyveli R.Santhana Gopalan
Lyr & Comp - Papanasam Sivan
Song - Anna Purne
Artist - Neyveli R.Santhana Gopalan
Lyr & Comp - Muthuswamy Dikshitar
Song - Sankari
Artist - Neyveli R.Santhana Gopalan
Lyr & Comp - Syama Sastri
Song - Nirupamana
Artist - Neyveli R.Santhana Gopalan
Lyr & Comp - Ramanathapuram Srinivasa Iyengar