Life and Career
Gopalakrishnan was born in Mylapore, Chennai, India, and was taught violin by his father, the late Parur Sundaram Iyer, (Parur is a town in Ernakulam district in Kerala, also called North Parur or North Paravoor or Vadakkan Paravoor) who was well-versed in North Indian (Hindustani) and South Indian (Carnatic) systems of Indian classical music. He learnt both systems from his father, with whom he gave his first performance at 8 years old.
He has played the violin for over fifty years as a soloist and accompanist, having accompanied Omkarnath Thakur and D. V. Paluskar, and has toured Australia, the US, the UK, the Netherlands, South Africa, Malaysia, and Hong Kong.
His daughter, Dr M. Narmadha, is also a violinist.
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