Dwaram Mangathayaru

‘Kalaimaamani' Smt. DWARAM MANGATHAYARU was an eminent Indian Carnatic Classical Music VIOLINIST. She was born in a family which boasts generations of Carnatic Musicians and is the daughter of renowned violinist Dwaram Venkataswami Naidu, who was at that time the principal of the music college of Vizianagaram. This unassuming great personality has been embellished with many titles & awards– Nadha kanal, Nadha Jyothi, Sangeetha Kala Jyothi, Thirupugazh Mamani, Nadha kala nidhi, Violin Vara gana sudha vani, Sangeetha nadha mani, TTK Award, Gangadevi Eminent Citizen award, Hyderabad to name a few and the conferment of Kalaimamani award on 25/2/06 was really another feather. In her early age, She studied vocal music under the guidance of Janardhanachari, a renowned veena player. Even in her schooling curriculum she studied music as a special subject. At a very young age of 14 she made a remarkable debut performance on stage as an accompanist of Chembai Vaidhyanatha bagavathar at Vizianagaram. She contined her studies in Waltair obtaining a diploma of violin playing as main subject. During early 1950s their family shifted to Chennai and she had intensive lessons from her father – Great Violin Maestro Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu. At her tender age, she accompanied her father on concert platform before elite audiences that include – Presidents : Babu Rajendra Prasad, Radhakrishnan, Sanjiva Reddy; Premiers – Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv and many other noted personalities. She studied vocal music from Sri Sandhyavandhanam Sreenivasa Rao. She was a recipient of scholarship for 3 years from the Govt of India under the tutelage of Sri Varahur Muthu Swami Iyer another violin vidwan of yesteryears. She imparted music to many as a Professor of Karnatic music in Maharaja college at Vizianagaram for few years and for over 15 years as a staff artist in All India Radio. In her later part of her career, she taught violin as HOD at Music Academy, Chennai. She has adorned many podiums as a professional accompanist and solo artist. Initially, she played violin in hundreds of concerts with the legend flautist TR Mahalingam. She performed duet concerts with her brother Dwaram Sathyanarayana moorthy. She has played alongside many vidwans on stage, the long list which includes – DK Pattammal, MSS, MLV, Veena Doraiswamy Iyengar, DK Jayaraman, Dr Balamurali Krishna, Oleti Venkateswaralu, S Ramanathan, Radha Jayalakshmi, Bombay sisters, Prema Hariharan, Mani Krishnaswamy & more. She has toured widely many countries enthralling audience Internationally which include Germany where she performed duet concerts with her brother in 1973 as also Amsterdam in the same year. She has toured USA in 1996, 2000 & in 2001 performing at the music festival organized by the Telegu Fine Arts society of New Jersey besides performance in many many concerts all over. For months she taught students in Pittsburgh before the divine Sri Venkateswara. This sublime artist lived in our midst in Triplicane imparting her talents to the young generation which include some foreigners also, till her demise in December 2022. Inputs Courtesy:Jewels of Triplicaneer - Kalaimamani Dwaram Mangathayaru https://www.facebook.com/venkataraman.gopalakrishnan/posts/pfbid0uDuDcBGPdzxE3PCorKiBymAFB2N8ay6C7bEy97kjwqsWsoAk8vpLj2URwrHHk8rHl?rdid=mrEHaX0wezhF1JhB#