Master Dhanraj (also credited as Dhanraj Master) is an India musician, multi-instrumentalist from
Tamil Nadu
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.
Biography and career
Master Dhanraj is a famous and renowned music teacher in Madras (now Chennai). He have made musical research on the epic
Silappatikaram
''Cilappatikāram'' ( ta, சிலப்பதிகாரம் ml, ചിലപ്പതികാരം,IPA: ʧiləppət̪ikɑːrəm, ''lit.'' "the Tale of an Anklet"), also referred to as ''Silappathikaram'' or ''Silappatikaram'', is the e ...
. Orchestration for the grand Tamil movie ''
Chandralekha'' was done by Dhanraj.
He is well known as the guru of greats such as Maestro
Ilaiyaraaja
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,
and Mozart of Madras
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.
The Melody King
Vidyasagar, and Malayalam music director
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are also students of Master. Veteran Chennai-based music teacher Mr.A.Abdul Sattar (who was the guru of music directors Harris Jayaraj, D.Imman, S.Thaman, S.J.Suriya) and has won the Best Teacher Award from Trinity College London for the past 25 consecutive years is also a student of Dhanraj.
Ilaiyaraaja (Previously called as Raasayya) joined Dhanraj Master as a student to learn musical instruments and the master renamed and called him as just "Raaja".
He is famous for teaching Western classical music.
Books
Bramma Mela Pramanam
Isai Vithi
180 Degree
Acclaim
Dhanraj master was considered to be the bedrock of western music in Chennai. He was one of the trios who laid the foundation for Chennai becoming a hub of Western classical music.
Renowned students of Dhanraj includes,
References
People from Tamil Nadu
Tamil musicians
Tamil film score composers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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