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August 6, 2018 was a sad day for the lovers of Carnatic music and for fans of world fusion music.
Geetha Ramanathan Bennett, the torch bearer, disciple and daughter of Sangita Kalanidhi Dr. S. Ramanathan a.k.a Veenai Ramanathan, passed away in California after a silent battle with cancer for over 24 years. The music community in California lost a great vainika who delighted audiences over the last 30 years with many memorable veena performances.
I am an ardent admirer and was a friend of late Dr. S. Ramanathan whose life, when observed, gave me a glimpse of what the famed composer Saint Tyagaraja’s life must have been like (as is gleaned from the saint’s history). Singular devotion to music and the propagation of music adhering to the highest ideals dictated his life and this was evident to all that knew him. In the early 1980s, I enjoyed personal interactions with Geetha’s family on several occasions and I am deeply grateful for that link with her family.
Geetha was born on November 21, 1950, in a family of nine siblings, to Gowri and Ramanathan. She did most of her education in Madras (now Chennai) and moved to Madurai when her father became the principal of Sri Satguru Sangita Vidyalaya there. When he came back to Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connec
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List of Carnatic singers
Carnatic music is the classical music of South India. The following lists provide links to concert artists who have been widely recognised.
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
Vocalists - born before 1800
[edit]Vocalists - born between 1801 and 1900
[edit]- Manambuchavadi Venkatasubbayyar, born 1803
- Subbaraya Sastri, born 1803 - rare honour to learn from the Trinity of Carnatic Music.
- Palghat Parameswara Bhagavathar, born 1815
- Maha Vaidyanatha Sivan, born 1844
- Patnam Subramania Iyer, born 1845
- Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar, born 1860
- Mysore Vasudevachar, born 1865
- Tiger Varadachariar, born 1876
- Parupalli Ramakrishnayya Pantulu, born 1883
- Madurai Pushpavanam
- Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar, born 1890
- Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar, born 1896
- Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer, born 1896
- Chittoor Subramaniam Pillai, born 1898
- Musiri Subramania Iyer, born 1899
Vocalists - born between 1901 and 1925
[edit]- Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, born 1908
- K. B. Sundarambal, born 1908
- Lalita Venkatram, born 1909
- G. N. Balasubramaniam, born 1910
- Alathur Brothers: Srinivasa Iyer (born 1911) & Sivasubramania Iyer (born 1916)
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The man who inspired Ilaiyaraaja
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