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Dwaram Bhavanarayana Rao
Born(1924-06-15)15 June 1924
Bapatla
Died24 July 2000(2000-07-24) (aged 76)
Visakhapatnam
GenresCarnatic music
Occupation(s)Violinist
Instrument(s)Violin

Dwaram Bhavanarayana Rao (Telugu: ద్వారం భావనారాయణ రావు) (15 June 1924 – 24 July 2000) was a famous Indian violinist and son of legendary Padmasri Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu.[1]

He was born to Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu and Venkata Jaggayyamma on 15 June 1924 at Bapatla and married Gummuluri Varadamma. He was educated in Chennai and trained by his father and the late Prof. P. Sambamurthy.

He worked as principal of Maharajah's Government College of Music and Dance at Vizianagaram from 1962 to 1973. He also worked as principal of Government Music College at Vijayawada.

He translated the Brihaddeshi of Matanga Muni, Chaturdandi Prakasika of Pandit Venkatamakhi and Dattilam of Dattila Muni into the Telugu language and published it.[2] He also translated some of the music theory books but these are unpublished.

He died of cardiac arrest at his residence in Visakhapatnam on 24 July 2000 at the age of 76 years, being survived by his wife, three sons and two daughters.[3]

Honours

He was the recipient of Andhra Pradesh Sangita Nataka Academy award and Sangita Kalaprapoorna award from Andhra University.

He was a member of the advisory board of the Madras Music Academy.

References

  1. ^ Bhavanarayana Rao Dwaram, Luminaries of 20th Century, Part I, Potti Sriramulu Telugu University, Hyderabad, 2005, pp: 401-2.
  2. ^ "Treeatise on music in The Hindu". Archived from the original on 28 November 2007. Retrieved 2 September 2010.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ Dwaram Bhavanarayana Rao dead in The Hindu.[usurped]