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Sri Malladi Suribabu Sri Malladi Suribabu is a renowned senior Carnatic vocalist from Vijayawada. He was born on 1st May 1945 in a village “Dubacherla” West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh.

He is a disciple of music doyens of 20th/21st century Sri Voleti venkateswarulu, Dr. Pinakapani and Sri Nedunuri Krishna Murthy. His two and half decades of long association perfected him as a torch bearer of classical style of singing with finite Sruthi alignment.

His unique style with amalgamation of Carnatic and Hindustani classical singing make rasikas an unforgettable experience. He had his initial music training from his father, Late Sri Rama Murthy, a Harikatha (its composite art form composed by storytelling, poetry, music, drama, dance etc.) exponent of his time. His father developed a taste for traditional way of singing and being a music analyzer and enthusiast, was keen to pass on tradition to his children. Suribabu has developed an aptitude for music from his father and even at tender age of 9 years, he could easily reproduce songs with perfection.

Sri Suribabu made a debut in 1963 at AIR (All India Radio) children’s musical fest and got a high rating from listeners then. In 1971, Suribabu has joined AIR as a program announcer and served for more than 35 years. There he had an opportunity to interact with several legends of that time and had a special association with SRI VOLETI VENKATESWARULU whom he considers as Guru and learnt rare kirthanas from him. He had another significant opportunity to learn khsetrayya padam and select kirthanas of music trinity from Dr. Pinakapani, which he considers as his golden period of learning.

He conducted two most successful programs namely Bhakti Ranjani and Sangeeta Sikshana with All India Radio, Vijayawada.

In due course, his dedication made him “A” grade composer in 1979 and a top grade Vocalist in 1986 and also awarded “Suswara Gayaka Ratna”. Till date he is actively engaged in music concerts in India and overseas. He composed over 2, 5000 songs of Bhakta Ramadasu, Annamacharya and Narayana teertha’s Krishna Leela Tarangam, produced several CDs to propagate rich tradition of music..

He is a strong believer of Guru voleti style of teaching and spending time in conducting workshops and emphasizing on understanding the lyrics and emotional aspects of Raga Bhawam as well as compositions.

He is proud father of internationally renowned vocalists “Malladi Brothers”. His simple life style and dedication towards music makes him to win million hearts of rasikas today. His rich legacy continues.