R. Visweswaran (1944–2007) was an

Indian classical Indian classical music is the classical music of the Indian subcontinent. It has two major traditions: the North Indian classical music known as '' Hindustani'' and the South Indian expression known as '' Carnatic''. These traditions were not ...

musician who played the santoor. Visweswaran belongs to a family of musicians, and is the nephew of

G.N. Balasubramaniam Gudalur Narayanaswamy Balasubramaniam (6 January 1910 – 1 May 1965), popularly known as GNB, was an Indian Carnatic music, Carnatic singer. He innovated the art through emphasis on ''laya ''control and reducing the ''gamakas'' which eventuall ...

. He is trained to play Hindustani music on the santoor by Shivkumar Sharma.http://www.chembur.com/anecdotes/carnatic/rvishveswaram/index.htm He performed internationally was a graded artist of All India Radio.

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*http://www.narthaki.com/info/intervw/intrvw3.html 1944 births 2007 deaths Carnatic instrumentalists Hindustani instrumentalists Santoor players 20th-century Indian musicians Recipients of the Rajyotsava Award 2005 {{India-musician-stub