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10 unusual facts about Carnatic music


G. Devarajan

His music embraced different styles with the Carnatic and Hindusthani melody lines meeting folk idioms and western harmony.

Gaana.com

This would give Gaana.com access to over 55,000 songs covering film, Carnatic and popular devotional music in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu languages.

MSN Murthy

The family is known to have patronized and hosted most veteran Carnatic musicians - both well known and not so well known.

Nandhavana Theru

Seenu decided to earn money in the right way to realize Gayatri's dream : to become a Carnatic music singer.

Nishad George

He is known for his work with Carnatic music and the fusion of the genre with heavy metal with skill at a young age.

Rishi Valley School

Apart from academics, students participate in various cultural activities including: classical Indian dance (Bharatnatyam), Carnatic music, Mridangam, Violin, Tabla and Piano.

Sadiris Master

Sadiris later became a popular musician singing and playing Hindustani and Karnatic music.

Toby Wren

In 2006, Wren travelled to India to collaborate with, and learn from great musicians of the Carnatic musical system of Southern India.

Vellore A. R. Srinivasan

Vellore A. R. Srinivasan is a classical Carnatic musician as well as an Associate Professor of Biochemistry at Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute at Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth University in Pondicherry, India.

Viruthan Shanku

Then, Shanku disguised himself as a Carnatic music teacher and took up the role of Kunjikkavu's music teacher.


Arun Luthra

Luthra has also performed and/or studied with such notable Hindustani and Carnatic music masters as Pandit Trichy Sankaran, Pandit Samir Chatterjee, Krishnan Lalgudi & Vijayalakshmi Lalgudi, Pandit Karaikudi Subramaniam, Steve Gorn, Kiran Ahluwalia, Sufi singer Zila Khan, and the iconic 1970s Indian cross-over star Asha Puthli.

Bazaar-e-Husn

K. Subramaniam adapted Sevasadanam as a Tamil movie, which was the first film for the famous Carnatic music singer, M. S. Subbulakshmi.

Indo-Caribbean American

Music is a large part of the Indo-Caribbean American community, which includes the tunes of Bollywood, Carnatic music, bhajans, chutney music, soca (Indo-Caribbeans participate in Miami Carnival and Labor Day Carnival in huge numbers), parang, steel pan, tassa, calypso, and dancehall.

K. V. Narayanaswamy

He was described as the "Gentle Perfect Knight" of Carnatic music, a phrase from Geoffrey Chaucer, by V. K. Narayana Menon, prominent art critic of India and recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship.

Kesavananda Bharati

He is a great Carnatic and Hindusthani vocalist and master of all sections of Yakshagana, the renowned art form and also has penned many devotional songs and dramas.

Manachanallur Giridharan

He is very fluent in Carnatic music Raga and their Swara and many of his compositions are based on Indian Classical ragas, thanks to Cuddalore Late Subramaniam Iyer, noted Carnatic music composer and vocalist who taught him the nuances of Carnatic Music in his younger years.

Mysore brothers

Nagaraj and Manjunath trained under their father Vidwan Sri.Mahadevappa, a violinist, who belongs to the tradition Sri Tyagaraja, composer of Carnatic classical music.

Palghat Parameswara Bhagavathar

Palghat Parameswara Bhagavathar (1815-1892) was a Carnatic music composer and musician born in Nurani, Kerala, India.

Patrick Ngcobo

Patrick Ngcobo is a notable Carnatic classic musician born in Kloof, Durban, South Africa.

Puducode Krishnamurthy

Pudukode Krishnamurthy (1923–85) a disciple of Palakkad Rama Bhagavathar was a Carnatic musician and professor of music at various institutions such as Chembai Memorial Government Music College, Palakkad, Swathi Thirunal College of Music, Thiruvananthapuram and Kalakshetra, Chennai.

Raghupriya

Raghupriya (meaning The one dear to Raghu) is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music).

Sarangapani

Sarangapani was a composer of Carnatic music who lived during the 17th century in the village of Karvetinagaram in Andhra Pradesh.

Sthai

In Carnatic music, Sthai or Staayi refers to the octave, especially in the Tamil language.

T. V. Gopalakrishnan

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

Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam

Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam started her training in Carnatic Music at the age of five under K. Padmanabhan, a disciple of Harikesanallur Muthiah Bhagavathar from the Swati Tirunal Academy, Trivandrum.

Vishaka Hari

Vishaka Hari is a prominent Carnatic music vocalist and established exponent of Harikatha, otherwise known as a story teller of Kathakalakshepam.