Academy of Music

Awards & awardees

The national and state level awardees honoured by the Academy of Music.

Sangeetha Ratna Mysore T. Chowdiah Awards

National level awardees

  1. Sri. Lalgudi G. Jayaraman
  2. Prof. T.N. Krishnan
  3. Sri M.S. Gopalakrishna
  4. Dr. V. Doreswamy Iyengar
  5. Pt. Bhimsen Joshi
  6. Dr. M.L. Vasantha Kumari
  7. Sri. M. Chandrashekaran
  8. Sri Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer
  9. Sri Maharajapuram Santhanam
  10. Sri Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan
  11. Sri Mandolin U. Srinivas
  12. Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
  13. Sri Vellore Ramabhadran
  14. Dr. Chitti Babu
  15. Smt. D.K. Pattammal
  16. Sri R.K. Srikantan
  17. Smt Gangubai Hangal
  18. Sri K.V. Narayana Swamy
  19. Sri Sheik Chinnamoulana
  20. Sri Umayalapuram K. Sivaraman
  21. Sri B.V.K. Sastry
  22. Dr. L. Subramaniam
  23. Dr. Padma Subramaniam
  24. Dr. N. Ramani
  25. Smt Saroja & Smt Lalitha
  26. Sri Trichy Sankaran
  27. Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma

State level awardees

  1. Sri. R.R. Keshavamurthy
  2. Sri. Shivarudrappa
  3. Sri. K.S. Manjunathan
  4. Sri. Titte Krishna Iyengar
  5. Sri. T.S. Tathachar
  6. Sri. A. Subba Rao
  7. Sri. R.K. Suryanarayana
  8. Pt. Rama Rao V. Naik
  9. Sri. Bangalore K. Venkataram
  10. Sri C. Krishna Murthy
  11. Sri Ramadasappa
  12. Smt. A.Rajamma Keshavamurthy
  13. Prof. R.N. Doraiswamy
  14. Sri V. Desikachar
  15. Sri. V.S. Rajagopal
  16. Sri S. Mahadevappa
  17. Sri. N.R. Rama Rao
  18. Sri V. Ramanathan
  19. Sri A.D. Zachariah
  20. Sri M.J. Sreenivasa Iyengar
  21. Smt Seethalakshmi Venkatesan
  22. Sri C.R. Mani
  23. Sri M.A. Narasimhachar
  24. Smt M.N. Ratna
  25. Sri H.K. Narayana
  26. Sri Vinayak Torvi

Sri K. K. Murthy Memorial Chowdiah Awards

  • Vid. Sri. Nedunuri Krishnamurthy
  • Prof. R. Visweswaran
  • Padmavibhushan Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna
  • Padmasri Dr. Kadrigopalnath
  • Padmavibhushan Pdt. Jasraj
  • Prof. Nagamani Srinath
  • Padmavibhushan T.N. Seshagoplan
  • Rudrapatnam BrothersVid. Tharanathan & Vid. Thyagarajan

Academy of Music Chowdiah Awards

  1. Dr. T.K. Murthy2012
  2. Vid Sri. Mysore Nagara & Dr. Manjunath2012
  3. Ustad Rashid Khan2013
  4. Vid. Smt. M.S. Sheela2013
  5. Pt. M. Venkatesh Kumar2014
  6. Smt. Sudha Raghunathan2015
  7. Vid. Ganesh and Vid. Kumaresh2016
  8. Pdt. Pravin Godkhindi2017
  9. Smt. Bombay Jayashri Ramnath2019
  10. Vid. Ranjani & Gayatri2023
  11. Dr. Suma Sudhindra2024
  12. Vid. Anoor Ananthakrishna Sharma2025

Life Time Achievement Award — 2012

  • Pt. Vasanth Kanakapur

Institution, Yuva & Prathiba Awards

2018

Institution Award
  • Sree Seshadripuram Seva Samithi
  • SAPTHAK
Yuva Purashkar Award
  • Sri. Vamshidhar
  • Sri Omkarnath Havaldar

2019

Institution Award
  • Gana Visharada Bidaram Krishnappanavara Sri Prasanna Seetha Rama Mandira - Mysore
  • Kala Sangama - Honnavar
Yuva Purashkar Award
  • Sri. Krishnendra Wadikar
  • Sri. Vinay Sharva S.R.

2024

Institution Award
  • The Bangalore Gayana Samaja - Bangalore
Prathiba Purashkar Award
  • Sri Dhananjay Hegde

2025

Institution Award
  • Sree Ramaseva Mandali - Bangalore
Prathiba Purashkar Award
  • Dr. S.V. Sahana
Reethigowla — Maestro Chowdiah