Tirupanithurai Viswanatha Gopalakrishnan (born June 11, 1932 in Thripunithura) is a Carnatic and Hindustani musician from Chennai.^[1]

Gopalakrishnan hails from a family of musicians, spanning over two centuries;^[2] his father was a court musician for the Cochin Royal Family.^[3] He is a vocalist, plays the violin and is also an exponent of the mridangam.^[4] Gopalakrishnan started playing the mridangam at the age of four and had his arangetram at the Cochin palace at the age of six.^[5] He is a disciple of Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar.^[5]

His students include Yesudas, Ilayaraja and Kadri Gopalnath.^[5][6] He has also collaborated with drummer/composer Franklin Kiermyer on live performances.^[7]

Gopalakrishnan was bestowed the prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1990.

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