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Mohan
Santhanam
Coming from a family of musicians,
music flows in the veins of Mohan Santhanam. His
mother Smt. Saraswathi Santhanam (disciple of
Mudikondan Sri. Venkatarama Iyer) is a musician,
broadcaster and a reputed teacher. His aunt and
uncle were the only two direct disciples to the
veteran composer Sri. Koteeswara Iyer.
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Initiated into music by his mother,
Mohan Santhanam came under the tutelage of Sangeetha
Mahopadhyaya Prof. T.R. Subramaniam in 1982. He
also receives training from renowned scholar Dr.
V.V. Srivatsa and Chitravina maestro Sri. N. Ravikiran.
A graded artist of AIR Chennai, he is actively
performing all over the country and has performed
in Malaysia and Singapore. Mohan is the recipient
of several awards, prizes and scholarships. Some
of them are:
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Awarded the Dr. S. Ramanathan's
endowment prize for the best raga alapana,
Music Academy, Chennai, Dec-2001
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Best Junior Vocalist (Tanjavur
Shri S. Kalyaraman's endowment prize) Sri
Krishna Sabha, 44th Gokulashtami series, August
1999
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First prize in the All India
Pallavi Competition, Music Academy
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Scholarship to Young Workers
in Different Cultural Fields, Ministry of
Human Resources and Development, Government
of India
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Junior Scholarship, Centre
for Cultural Resources and Training, Delhi
Mohan has also compeered in English
for Worldspace Radio's Carnatic Music Programme
Antar Gaandhaar.
An M.B.A. in Marketing from the Regional Engineering
College, Trichy, he is
employed as an Assistant Manager in Barry Wehmiller
International Resources.
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