List of Carnatic artists
The following is a list of prominent [[Carnatic music]]ians.
== Prominent modern artists ==
=== Vocalists ===
==== Past Vocalists ====
The leading male vocalists were [[Muthiah Bhagavathar]], [[Mysore Vasudevachar]], [[Chembai|Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar]], [[Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar]], [[Musiri Subramania Iyer]], [[Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer]], [[Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer]], [[Alathur Brothers]], [[G. N. Balasubramaniam]] and [[Madurai Mani Iyer]] during the 1930s to 1960s (commonly called the Golden era for Carnatic Music). The other popular prominent performers during this era were [[Alathur Venkatesa Iyer]], [[Ramnad Krishnan]], [[M. D. Ramanathan]], [[S.Ramanathan]], Prof. Mysore Sri [[V. Ramarathnam]], [[Palghat Kollengode Viswanatha Narayanaswamy|K. V. Narayanaswamy]], [[Maharajapuram Santhanam]], Tanjore [S. Kalyanaraman]], [[D. K. Jayaraman]], [[T. K. Rangachari]], [[Sirkazhi Govindarajan]], [[P. S. Narayanaswamy]], [[S. Somasundaram|Madurai Somu]], [[Jon Higgins|Jon. B. Higgins]], [[Neyyattinkara Vasudevan]] among others. [[M. L. Vasanthakumari]], [[M. S. Subbulakshmi]], [[D. K. Pattammal]], Brinda and Mukta, Saroja and Lalitha, Radha and Jayalakshmi, P.Leela along with [[N.C.Vasanthakokilam]] were famous women singers.
=== Senior Current Vocalists ===
[[R K Srikanthan]],[[TR Subramaniam]], [[Nedunuri Krishnamoorthy]], [[R. Vedavalli]], [[T V Sankaranarayanan|T. V. Sankaranarayanan]] and [[Yesudas|K. J. Yesudas]], along with [[Thanjavur Shankara Iyer]], [[T.N.Seshagopalan|T. N. Seshagopalan]], [[O. S. Thyagarajan]] and [[Mangalampalli Balamurali Krishna|M. Balamuralikrishna]], are senior musicians still performing in public concerts.
==== Young Vocalists ====
Popular vocalists of today include [[Neyveli Santhanagopalan]], [[Neyveli. Santhanagopalan]],[[Sriram Parthasarathy]], Neyyattinkara Mohanachandran, [[T. M. Krishna]], [[S. Sowmya]], [[Sanjay Subrahmanyan]], [[Nithyashree Mahadevan]], [[Sudha Ragunathan]], [[P. Unnikrishnan]], [[Aruna Sairam]], [[Priya Sisters]], [[Sreevalsan J. Menon]], Bombay [[Jayashri Ramnath]], [[Ranjani & Gayatri]], [[Vijay Siva]], [[Vani Sateesh]], Malladi Brothers - Sriram Prasad & Ravikumar, Prasanna Venkatraman, Saketharaman, Sikkil Gurucharan, Abishek Raghuram, T. N. S. Krishna and more.
=== Instrumentalists ===
==== Past Instrumentalists ====
[[T. Chowdiah]], [[Rajamanikkam Pillai]], [[Papa Venkataramiah]], [[Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu]],Chalakkudi N.S.Narayanaswami, [[Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan]] among others, excelled in violin, while [[Palghat Mani Iyer]], [[Palani Subramaniam Pillai]] and [[C.S.Murugabhoopathy][Mavelikkara M.Sankarankutti Nair] redefined the role of mridangam in concerts in the recent past. [[T. R. Mahalingam (flautist)|T. R. Mahalingam]],[[BN Suresh]] and [[Thyagarajan]] were famous [[Venu|flute]] players. Some of the well known veena players include [[Veena Dhanammal]], [[Doraiswamy Iyengar]], [[Emani Sankara Sastry]], Veena [[Chitti Babu]], [[S. Balachander]],[[Veena Parthasarathy]] and [[K.S. Narayanaswamy]].
==== Past-Present Instrumentalists ====
[[Lalgudi Jayaraman|Lalgudi G. Jayaraman]], [[L. Subramaniam]], [[L. Shankar]], [[T.N.Krishnan]], [[M.S.Gopalakrishnan]], Nagai Muralidharan, [[Mysore Manjunath]], [[Mysore Nagaraj]] and [[Kanyakumari (violinist)|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]],Mavelikkara M.Sankarankutty Nair, [[Mannargudi Easwaran]], [[T.V.Gopalakrishnan]],[[Srimushnam V.Raja Rao]],Cherthalai R.Jayadevan, [[I. Sivakumar]] and [[J. Vaidhyanathan]]. [[Thetakudi Harihara Vinayakram|T. H. Vinayakram]], [[T.H.Subhashchandran]] and [[N. Govindarajan]] are [[Ghatam]] players who are in this category.
[[N. Ramani]],[[KS Gopalakrishnan]],[[BV Balasai]] and [[Sikkil Sisters - Kunjumani & Neela|Sikkil Sisters]] are the most well known [[Venu|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 [[Chitravina|Chitraveena/Gottuvadhyam]].
[[M.Balamuralikrishna]] can play Viola (family of Violin) as solo as well as accompaniment.
==== Current Instrumentalists ====
[[Media:Violinists]] of today include [[Nagai Muralidharan]],[[Ganesh and Kumaresh]], [[Ranjani and Gayatri]], [[Vittal Ramamurthy]], [[Nagai Sriram]], [[L.Athira Krishna]],[[Padma Shankar]], [[Embar S. Kannan]], [[Lalgudi G.J.R.Krishnan]], [[Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi]], [Peri Sreerama murthy],[B.Sasikumar],[Kilimanoor R.Thyagarajan ( Violin & Viola ),[Prof.P.P.Ramakrishnan ],[Jayaprakash Gopalan ],
[Akella mallikarjuna sarma], Neti Sri Rama Sarma, [komanduri sheshadri],[komanduri krishna],and others..
Mridangists of today include [[Thiruvarur Vaidyanathan]],Thiruvarur Bakthavathsalam ,Changanacherry B.Harikumar,Trivandrum D.Rajagopal,Prathap Gopalan and others.
[[Venu|Flute]] players of today include [[T. R. Srinath]], [[Mala Chandhrashekharan]], [[R. Thyagarajan]], [[R. Atul Kumar]], [[S. Shashank]],Sreedhar, [[T. Suresh]]. [[Veena]] players of today include [[Jayanthi Kumaresh]].
== Past Artist ==
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! Artist !! Type
|-
| Alathur Brothers
| Vocal
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| Alathur Venkatesa Iyer
| Vocal
|-
| Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar
| Vocal
|-
| [[Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar]]
| Vocal
|-
| D. K. Jayaraman
| Vocal
|-
| D. K. Pattammal
| Vocal
|-
| G. N. Balasubramaniam
| Vocal
|-
| Jon. B. Higgins
| Vocal
|-
| K. V. Narayanaswamy
| Vocal
|-
| M.D. Ramanathan
| Vocal
|-
| M. L. Vasanthakumari
| Vocal
|-
| M. S. Subbulakshmi
| Vocal
|-
| Madurai Mani Iyer
| Vocal
|-
| Madurai Somu
| Vocal
|-
| Maharajapuram Santhanam
| Vocal
|-
| Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer
| Vocal
|-
| Musiri Subramania Iyer
| Vocal
|-
| Muthiah Bhagavathar
| Vocal
|-
| Mysore Vasudevachar
| Vocal
|-
| N.C.Vasanthakokilam
| Vocal
|-
| Neyyattinkara Vasudevan
| Vocal
|-
| P. S. Narayanaswamy
| Vocal
|-
| Prof. Mysore Sri V. Ramarathnam
| Vocal
|-
| Ramnad Krishnan
| Vocal
|-
| S.Ramanathan
| Vocal
|-
| Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer
| Vocal
|-
| Sirkazhi Govindarajan
| Vocal
|-
| T. K. Rangachari
| Vocal
|-
| Tanjore S. Kalyanaraman
| Vocal
|-
|Tiger K Varadachariar
|Vocal
|-
|Vairamangalam LakshmiNarayanan
|Vocal
|}
== Past-Present Vocalists ==
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! Artist !! Type
|-
|R K Srikanthan
|Vocal
|-
|Prof TR Subramaniam
|Vocal
|-
|Nedunuri Krishnamoorthy
|Vocal
|-
|R. Vedavalli
|Vocal
|-
|T. V. Sankaranarayanan
|Vocal
|-
|K. J. Yesudas
|Vocal
|-
|Thanjavur Shankara Iyer
|Vocal
|-
|M. Balamuralikrishna
|Vocal
|-
|D. K. Pattammal
|Vocal
|-
|T. N. Seshagopalan
|Vocal
|-
|Neyveli Santhanagopalan
|Vocal
|}
== Present Vocalist ==
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! Artist !! Type
|-
|Aruna Sairam
|Vocal
|-
Adoor P.Sudarsanan
Vocal
|Bombay Jayashri Ramnath
|Vocal
|-
|Hyderabad Brothers-D.raghavachary and D.sheshachary
|Vocal
|-
|Hyderabad Sisters-lalitha and haripriya
|Vocal
|-
|Malladi Brothers - Sriram Prasad & Ravikumar
|Vocal
|-
|Nithyashree Mahadevan
|Vocal
|-
|Vani Sateesh
|Vocal
|-
|O. S. Arun
|Vocal
|-
|O. S. Thyagarajan
|Vocal
|-
|Sriram Parthasarathy
|Vocal
|-
|Priya Sisters
|Vocal
|-
|Ranjani & Gayatri
|Vocal
|-
|S. Sowmya
|Vocal
|-
|Sanjay Subrahmanyan
|Vocal
|-
|Sankaran Namboodiri
|Vocal
|-
|Sikkil C. Gurucharan
|Vocal
|-
|Sreevalsan J. Menon
|Vocal
|-
|Sriram Parasuram & Anuradha Parasuram
|Vocal
|-
|Sudha Ragunathan
|Vocal
|-
|T. M. Krishna
|Vocal
|-
|Unni Krishnan
|Vocal
|-
|Vijay Siva
|Vocal
|-
|Vishakha Hari
|Vocal
|-
|K.Bharat Sundar
|Vocal
|-
|Pradeep Kumar
|Vocal
|}
== References ==
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[[Category:Carnatic music]]
[[Category:Lists of musicians|Carnatic]]
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