Gokula Krishnan, hails from the family of musicians. He is one of the front running disciples of Flute Maestro Sangeetha Kalanidhi, Padmashri Dr. N.Ramani.?
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He started his musical training under his father,T.S.Babu, a violinist by profession. He then switched over toPadmashree Dr.N.Ramani for his flute training. Now being trained by the senior disciple of Dr.N.Ramani Prapancham S.Balachandran.?
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Gokul is a performing artiste and has given many solo performances at different places Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan ,The Indian Fine Arts, Sarwani Sangeet Sabha, Ramani's Academy Of Flute [RAF], Sri Muthukrishna Swami Mission Trust, Melatur Bagavatha Mela and Kanchi Kamakoti Mutt. He has also accompanied Padmashri Smt. Chitra Vishweswaran, Padmabhushan Dr. Padma Subramaniam,V.P.Dhananjayan , Melatur Bhagavathamela (S.Natrajan’s group) kalaimamani Smt.Krishnakumari, Kalaimamni Smt. Urmila satyanarayanan, Kalaimamani Smt. Vani Jayaram, and many others. He is also an honorary tutor in Ramani's Academy of Flute [RAF], Chennai, at Lalitha Kala Mandir [Sri Muthukrishna Swami Mission Trust], Vallioor and was an honorary tutor in Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan Institutions, Chennai. He went on a tour to Morocco, France and Germany in the year 2015 with Melatur Bhagavathamela.?
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He was rewarded as the best performer and the best teacher of Ramani's Academy of Flute, [RAF] in the year 2007 and 2008 respectively. So far he has done few flute arangetrams. In the year 2009 he has been received the title Asthana Vidwan of Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam, Kanchipuram. In the year 2015, he was rewarded as AMRTHAVARSHAPURASKAR by Melatur Bhagavathamela.