List of Carnatic artists

The following is a list of prominent Carnatic musicians.

Prominent modern artists

Vocalists

Past Vocalists

Popularly referred to as the female trinity of the Carnatic music, [ [http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2003/08/04/stories/2003080401540300.htm] The Hindu] N.C.Vasanthakokilam M. L. Vasanthakumari, M. S. Subbulakshmi and D. K. Pattammal, together with the leading male vocalists Muthiah Bhagavathar, Mysore Vasudevachar, Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar, Musiri Subramania Iyer, Ramnad Krishnan, Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer, Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, K. R. Kumaraswamy Iyer, Maharajapuram Santhanam, Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar, G. N. Balasubramaniam and Madurai Mani Iyer created a golden era for Carnatic music during the mid to late twentieth century. The other popular prominent performers during this era were Alathur Venkatesa Iyer, Alathur Brothers, M. D. Ramanathan, S.Ramanathan, K. V. Narayanaswamy, K. R. Kedaranathan, Tanjore S. Kalyanaraman, D. K. Jayaraman, Nedunuri Krishnamoorthy, T. K. Rangachari, Sirkazhi Govindarajan, P. S. Narayanaswamy, Madurai Somu and Jon. B. Higgins.

Past-Present Vocalists

R K Srikanthan, R. Vedavalli, T. V. Sankaranarayanan and K. J. Yesudas, along with Thanjavur Shankara Iyer, Nedunuri Krishnamoorthy and M. Balamuralikrishna, are the only musicians that are still alive, and from time-to-time, still perform in public concerts.

While D. K. Pattammal no longer performs in public concerts, she is the only survivor of those who helped create the Golden era for Carnatic music.

T. N. Seshagopalan and Neyveli Santhanagopalan remain popular, even today.

Current Vocalists

Popular vocalists of today include Nithyashree Mahadevan, Sudha Ragunathan, P. Unni Krishnan, Aruna Sairam, Priya Sisters, S. Sowmya, Prince Rama Varma, Sanjay Subrahmanyan, Sreevalsan J. Menon, Bombay Jayashri Ramnath, Ranjani & Gayatri, Vijay Siva, O. S. Arun, O. S. Thyagarajan, T. M. Krishna, Malladi Brothers - Sriram Prasad & Ravikumar, Sriram Parasuram & Anuradha Parasuram, Sikkil C. Gurucharan,G. Manudath, Vishakha Hari [http://www.meri-chahat.com/Madhu.html Dr. Madhumohan Komaragiri] and S. Kasthurirangan and

Instrumentalists

Past Instrumentalists

T. Chowdiah, Rajamanikkam Pillai, Papa Venkataramiah, Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu among others, excelled in violin, while Palghat Mani Iyer, Palani Subramaniam Pillai and C.S.Murugabhoopathy redefined the role of mridangam in concerts in the recent past. T. R. Mahalingam and Thyagarajan were famous flute players. Some of the well known veena players include Veena Chittibabu, S. Balachander, Veena Dhanammal, Doraiswamy Iyengar, K.S. Narayanaswamy and Emani Sankara Sastry.

Past-Present Instrumentalists

Lalgudi G. Jayaraman, L. Subramaniam, L. Shankar, T.N.Krishnan, M.S.Gopalakrishnan, Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan, Nagai Muralidharan, Mysore Manjunath, Mysore Nagaraj and A. Kanyakumari are among the living violinists who still perform. The mridhangists who fall under this category include Palghat R. Raghu, Karaikudi R Mani, 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.Subhashchandran and N. Govindarajan are Ghatam players who are in this category.

N. Ramani and Sikkil Sisters are the most well known flute players of today, while E. Gayathri and Kalpakam Swaminathan are known in the same way for playing the Veena. Kadri Gopalnath is similarly known for his Carnatic talents on the saxophone, while N. Ravikiran is known in the same way for playing several stringed instruments, most notably the Chitraveena/Gottuvadhyam.

M.Balamuralikrishna can play Viola (family of Violin) as solo as well as accompaniment.

Current Instrumentalists

of today include Nagai Muralidharan,Ganesh and Kumaresh, Ranjani and Gayatri, Vittal Ramamurthy, L.Athira Krishna,Padma Shankar, Embar S. Kannan, Lalgudi GJR Krishnan, Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi, and others..

Mridhangists of today include Thiruvarur Vaidyanathan and others.

Flute players of today include T. R. Srinath, Mala Chandhrashekharan, R. Thyagarajan, R. Atul Kumar, S. Shashank, T. Suresh. Veena players of today include Jayanthi Kumaresh.

Nadhawaram Shri vyasarpadi G.Kothandaraman one of the famous Vidwan in Chennai

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