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About G. N. Balasubramaniam
- Gudalur Narayanaswamy Balasubramaniam (6 January 1910 – 1 May 1965), popularly known as GNB, was an Indian Carnatic singer.
- He innovated the art through emphasis on laya control and reducing the gamakas which eventually made Carnatic music appeal to the lay and the learned alike.
- He, along with his contemporaries Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer and Madurai Mani Iyer, are referred to as the 20th century male trinity of Carnatic music.
- He was also a Tamil film actor. Balasubramanian was born in Gudalur, a small village near Mayavaram in Tamil Nadu.
- He was the son of G V Narayanaswamy Iyer, who was a keen student of music.
- Throughout his younger years, he observed with utmost attention the techniques of the musicians of his day.
- Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar became his manasika guru and inspiration.
- While his father dreamed of living in a villa at Luz Church road through GNB becoming a successful lawyer, the musician in GNB made way for greater goals in life.
- He completed his BA (Hons) in English Literature at the prestigious Christian College, Chennai, and took up a short music course at Annamalai University.
- under the guidance of T S Sabesa Iyer, but discontinued due to ill health.
- However, he joined the diploma course in music under Madras University in the first batch and Tiger Varachari was the principal.
- Within 2 years, he was ready for concert performances.
- He gave his first concert in 1928.
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