H. Ramachandra Shastry (1906 – 1992) was an Indian Carnatic

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. He belonged to the bani (music school) of

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and learned music from

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, a direct disciple of Sastri]. Shastry taught Carnatic

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until 1992. G. S. Rajan, Ludwig Pesch and T Sashidhar are some of his disciples.

References

Biography of H. Ramachandra Shastry
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The Oxford Illustrated Companion to South Indian Classical Music
'. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2009, , p. 103, fig. 5 (Carnatic ensemble, Madras 1937) *''A Garland'' (Biographical Dictionary) of Carnatic Composers and Musicians. Bombay: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1990, pp. 228–9 1906 births 1992 deaths Carnatic instrumentalists Venu players Indian flautists 20th-century Indian musicians 20th-century flautists {{India-musician-stub