List of Carnatic artists

The following is a list of prominent Carnatic musicians.

Prominent modern artists

Vocalists

Modern golden period of Carnatic music

The 1930s to the 1960s, often referred to as the modern Golden era of Carnatic music,[1][2] was a period in which a number of Carnatic vocalists of high calibre, great skill, and musical insight rose to fame as concert star-musicians.[3][4]

D. K. Pattammal, M. L. Vasanthakumari and M. S. Subbulakshmi, commonly referred to as the female trinity of Carnatic music,[5] were in their teenage years when they began their careers, and rose to fame during this era.[3] Other female singers that followed included K. B. Sundarambal,[3] N. C. Vasanthakokilam,[3] T. Brinda,[3] T. Muktha,[3] as well as Radha Jayalakshmi.[3]

The leading male vocalists during this period were Muthiah Bhagavathar,[3] Mysore Vasudevachar,Chintalapalli Venkata Rao, Asthan Vidwan Chintalapalli Ramachandra Rao, Kanchipuram Naina Pillai, Kanchipuram N.S.Krishnaswamy Iyengar, Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer,[3] Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar,[3] Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar,[3] Musiri Subramania Iyer,[3] Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer,[3] Alathur Brothers,[3] G. N. Balasubramaniam,[3] Madurai Mani Iyer,[3] Ramnad Krishnan,[3] Chittoor Subramaniam,[3] V. V. Sadagopalan,[3] Alathur Venkatesa Iyer, and M. D. Ramanathan among others.

The next generation of vocalists who were prominent in the concert area included K. V. Narayanaswamy,[4] D. K. Jayaraman,[4] Maharajapuram Santhanam,[4] Tanjore S. Kalyanaraman, S. Ramanathan, T. K. Rangachari, Mysore V. Ramarathnam, Madurai Somu, Sirkazhi Govindarajan, Vairamangalam Lakshminarayanan, Voleti Venkateswarulu, and Neyyattinkara Vasudevan, among others.

Past/Present Vocalists

Some of the most famous and accomplished senior vocalists today include Dr M Balamuralikrishna, T. N. Seshagopalan, R. Vedavalli, T. V. Sankaranarayanan, Neyveli Santhanagopalan, K. J. Yesudas, S.R.Janakiraman, Nedanuri Krishnamoorthy, T. R. Subramaniam, Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana, Bombay Sisters, Neelaramgopal,O. S. Thyagarajan, P. S. Narayanaswamy, Prince Rama Varma, Manda Sudharani, M. S. Sheela, R. K. Srikantan, Raji Gopalakrishnan, Rama Ravi, Suguna Purushothaman, Suguna Varadachari, Parassala B Ponnammal, Vijay Siva, and others.

Current Vocalists

Leading current vocalists include Sudha Ragunathan, Nithyashree Mahadevan, Sanjay Subrahmanyan, Bombay Jayashri, P. Unnikrishnan, Aruna Sairam, O. S. Arun, Vishaka Hari, Priya Sisters, Ranjani-Gayatri, T. M. Krishna, R. Suryaprakash, S. Sowmya, Sikkil Gurucharan, Abhishek Raghuram, Malladi Brothers, Sriram & Anuradha Parashuram, Raji Gopalakrishnan, and others.

Other popular current vocalists include Carnatica Brothers (Shashikiran & Ganesh), Charulatha Mani, Vani Sateesh, Gayathri Venkataraghavan, Nisha Rajagopal, Gayathri Girish, V. Shankaranarayanan, Savitha Narasimhan, Amritha Murali, Ramakrishnan Murthy, Dr Ganesh, Shankari Krishnan, Vijayalakshmi Subramaniam, Mambalam Sisters, Master Balamuralikrishna, Sreevalsan J Menon, Mahanadhi Shobana, Saketharaman and others.

Upcoming Vocalists

Upcoming vocalists include Bharathi Ramasubban, Aishwarya Shrinivasan (great grand daughter of M.S.Subbulakshmi) S. R. Mytreyi, Govind Balasubramanyam (Grandson of Flute B. Shankar Rao ), Nandhitha Gurunath, Vidya Kalyanaraman, Bharat Sundar, D V Suresh Rao, Sriranjani Santhanagopalan, Sruthi Ravali (daughter of Manda Sudharani), R. Raghavendra, Vishnudev Namboothiri, V R Dileep Kumar, Vaikam Jayachandran, Vinay Sharva, and others.

Instrumentalists

Past Instrumentalists

T. Chowdiah, Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan, Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu, Lalgudi G. Jayaraman, M.S.Gopalakrishnan among others, excelled in violin, while Palghat Mani Iyer, Palani Subramaniam Pillai, C.S. Murugabhupathy, Palghat R. Raghu and Mavelikkara Velukkutty Nair redefined the role of mridangam in concerts in the recent past. Sharaba Shastry, Palladam Sanjeeva Rao, T.K.Radhakrishnan, T. R. Mahalingam, Dindigul S.P. Natarajan, T. Viswanathan and Thyagarajan were famous flute players. Some of the well known veena players include Veena Dhanammal, Karaikkudi Brothers, Doraiswamy Iyengar, Emani Sankara Sastry, Veena Chitti Babu, S. Balachander and K. S. Narayanaswamy.

Past-Present Instrumentalists

S.Seshagiri Rao (Violinist), L. Subramaniam, L. Shankar, T.N.Krishnan, M. Chandrasekaran, Nagai Muralidharan and A. Kanyakumari are among the living violinists who still perform. The mridangists who fall under this category includes Karaikudi R Mani, T S Nandakumar, Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman, T. K. Murthy, Guruvayur Dorai, Mannargudi Easwaran, T. V. Gopalakrishnan, Srimushnam V. Raja Rao, I. Sivakumar and J. Vaidhyanathan. T. H. Vinayakram, T.H. Subash Chandran and N. Govindarajan are Ghatam players who are in this category.

N. Ramani, K S Gopalakrishnan, K. Bhaskaran, Sikkil Sisters,Vidwan A.V. Prakash, Shashank Subramanyam, are the most well known flute players of today, while E. Gayathri, S. Balachander, Kalpakam Swaminathan, Bonala Sankaraprakash and Rugmini Gopalakrishnan are known in the same way for playing the Veena. Kadri Gopalnath is similarly known for his Carnatic talents on the saxophone, U. Srinivas for Mandolin, while N. Ravikiran is known in the same way for playing several stringed instruments, most notably the Chitraveena/Gottuvadhyam.

Current Instrumentalists

Violinists of today include Lalgudi G.J.R. Krishnan, Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi, H.K. Venkatram, Mysore Manjunath, Mysore Nagaraj, Nagai Muralidharan, Ganesh and Kumaresh, Vittal Ramamurthy, Avaneeswaram S R Vinu, R. K. Shriramkumar, Nagai Sriram, L.Athira Krishna, Mysore Srikanth, A. Kanyakumari, Charumathi Raghuraman, Akkarai Subbalaksmi, Murari Vadakkencheri.

Mridangists of today include Thanjavur K. Murugaboopathi, Neyveli Skandasubramaniam, Trivandrum Balaji, Thiruvarur Vaidyanathan, K. Arun Prakash, Patri Satishkumar, Papanasam R. Kumar, Trichur Narendran, Anand Subramaninan, Neyveli Narayanan, Thiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam, Changanassery Harikumar, R Vydianathan, Erickavu N. Sunil, Nanchil A R Arul, Trivandrum V Surendran, H. S. Sudhindra, Anoor Ananthakrishna Sharma, B. C. Manjunath, Tumkur B. Ravishankar, Bangalore R. Ramanath.

Ghatam specialists include Vikku Vinayakram, S. Karthik, V. Suresh, V. Selvaganesh, Sukanya Ramgopal, Uduppi Sridhar, Giridhar Udupa, G. Chandrashekara Sharma, Vaikom Gopalakrishnan and Thripunithura Radhakrishnan.

Khanjira specialists include N. Amrit N, K.V. Gopalakrishnan, V. Selvaganesh, B. Shree Sundar Kumar, N. Ganeshkumar, K. S. Rangachari, K. V. R. S. Mani, C. P. Vyasa Vittala, C. S. Venkatramanan, Alathur T. Rajaganesh, B. S. Purushotham, Guru Raghavendra, Latha Ramachar, Nerkunam S. Sankar, Neyveli B. Venkatesh, Papanasam S. Sethuraman, Thenkasi H. Paramasivam, Thiruvayur Saikrishnan, Thrikakkara Y. N. Shantharam, Tirupur G. Sridhar Kumar, Trichy V. V. S. Manian

Flute players of today include Dr. N. Ramani, Mala Chandhrashekhar, Shashank Subramaniam, K. Bhaskaran, Kudamaloor Janardanan, R. Thiagarajan and K. S. Gopalakrishnan.

Veena players of today include E. Gayathri, Rajhesh Vaidhya, D. Balakrishna, Jayanthi Kumaresh and Nirmala Rajasekar.

U Rajesh, U P Raju and his wife Nagamani and Master SM Subhani (A versatile Strings Player) are notable musicians who play the mandolin.

See also


Notes

  1. ↑ "D.K. PATTAMMAL(1919-2009)-The end of an era". Sruti Ranjani (4): 9. 2009.
  2. ↑ Lakshmi (2004), p124
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 Geetha Rajagopal (2001-12-27). "The Hindu: Trip down musical lane". The Hindu. Retrieved 2014-05-03.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 V. Subrahmaniam (2012-12-17). "What ails Carnatic music - The Hindu". The Hindu. Retrieved 2014-05-03.
  5. ↑ Deepa Ganesh (2003-08-04). "The Hindu : Chords and Notes". The Hindu. Retrieved 2014-05-03.

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