O. S. Thiagarajan (born 3 April 1947) is a Carnatic Musician based in Chennai. He is the son and disciple of Sangeetha Booshanam O.V.Subrahmanyam. He learnt music from

Sangeetha Kalanidhi Sangeetha Kalanidhi or Sangeeta Kalanidhi (Tamil: சங்கீத கலாநிதி, Sanskrit : संगीत-कला-निधि) (''sangeetha'' = music, ''kala'' = art, ''nidhi'' = treasure or ocean) is the title awarded yearly to ...

T. M. Thiagarajan T. M. Thyagarajan ( ta, டி. எம். தியாகராஜன்) (28 May 1923 – 27 June 2007) fondly known as TMT was a Carnatic vocalist and musicologist from Tamil Nadu in Southern India. He was awarded the Madras Music Acade ...

, while

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Lalgudi Jayaraman provided guidance/mentorship early in his career. An ‘A-Top’ graded artist of the All India Radio and of Doordarshan, he has been giving a large number of concerts, and is considered one of the eminent artists of his generation. He is regularly featured by all leading sabhas in Chennai as well as throughout India and has been accompanied by top accompanists such as Lalgudi Shri.G.Jayaraman, M.S. Gopalakrishnan, V.V. Subrahmanyam on violin, Palghat Mani Iyer, Dr T.K.Murthy, Palghat Raghu, Karaikudi Mani, Trichy Sankaran, Umayalpuram Sivaraman on mridanagm, Shri.G Harishankar on Kanjira and Vikku Vinayakaram on Ghatam. He has toured many countries, including USA, Canada, Australia, Singapore, Middle East, Malaysia, Hong Kong, South Africa, and many cities in Europe. He worked as Dean and Faculty of Fine Arts at Annamalai University for 5 years. He has trained many disciples who are active on the concert circuit.

Awards and honours

* Sangeetha Natak Academi Puraskar (Sangeetha Natak Academi) * Sangeetha Choodamani (Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, Chennai) * Sangeetha Kala Sagara (Kalasagaram, Hyderabad) * Nada Gana Kala Praveena (Sangeetha Samraj, Madurai) * Nadha Booshanam (Shanmukananda Sangeetha Sabha, New Delhi) * Vani kala sudakara (Vani Mahal) * GNB award (Indian Fine Arts) * Kalasironmani (Chennai cultural academy)

Discography

Controversies

As a part of what was widely considered as India's #MeToo movement, singer

Chinmayi Chinmayi Sripaada is an Indian playback singer, working mainly for the South Indian film industry. She is also a voice actor, television presenter, radio jockey, and an entrepreneur. She is the founder and CEO of a translation services company ...

who had earlier accused Vairamuthu of sexually harassing her, posted on her Twitter account, accounts of women who accused Thyagarajan of molestation and sexual harassment. Another detailed account of alleged harassment was published by a

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Carnatic music student. Owing to this, the Madras Music Academy cancelled his concert and of the other accused artistes during Annual December 2018 series and the next year also.

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20150621170233/http://www.carnaticdarbar.com/interviews/2010/OS-Thyagarajan.asp * http://www.lokvani.com/lokvani/article.php?article_id=9297 {{DEFAULTSORT:Thyagarajan, O. S. 1947 births Living people Male Carnatic singers Carnatic singers 20th-century Indian male classical singers Sanskrit-language singers 21st-century Indian male classical singers Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award

Awards and honours

Discography

Controversies

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