Doreswamy Iyengar

Doreswamy Iyengar

Doreswamy Iyengar (1920-1997) is a Kannada Music Director known for the movies subba shastry(1966)

NameDoreswamy Iyengar (ಮೈಸೂರು ದೊರೆಸ್ವಾಮಿ ಅಯ್ಯಂಗಾರ್, மைசூர் வீ. துரைசுவாமி ஐயங்கார்)
Other NamesMysore V Doreswamy Iyengar, Veena Doreswamy Iyengar, Doraiswamy Iyengar
Date Of Birth11 August 1920
Age(Age at Death: 77 years 2 months 17 days)
Place Of BirthMysore, Karnataka
Date Of Death28 October 1997
Place Of DeathBangalore, Karnataka
FatherVenkatesha Iyengar(a Vainika and a musician in the court of the Maharaja of Mysore)
TeacherVeena Venkatagiriyappa
SonD. Balakrishna
EducationBA in the Maharaja
Biography
a Carnatic musician and one of the greatest exponents of the Veena in modern history.

He performed in the esteemed presence of the then Maharaja of Mysore at the age of 12. The Maharaja liked his performance and awarded him a 50 rupee silver coin

He was the music director of the All India Radio in Bangalore

Interesting Facts and Trivia

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  1. He gave his first public performance in 1943, in the Bangalore Gayana Samaja
  2. He was awarded the Sangeetha Kalaratna of the Bangalore gayana Samaj
  3. The University of Mysore conferred on him an Honorary Doctorate in 1975.
  4. He composed music for some of the poems of poet Pu Ti Na
  5. He was awarded the Sangeetha Kalanidhi of the Madras Music academy.
  6. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan
  7. He was awarded the Chowdiah National memorial award
  8. He was awarded Sangeetha Kalasikhamani of the Indian Fine Arts society (1994)

Doreswamy Iyengar: Filmography (1)

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1966 Subba shastry[Music Director]