Shri Ramani Thiagarajan (born 1962) is an Indian musician. He is the son of the Carnatic flutist

N. Ramani Dr. Natesan Ramani (15 October 1934 – 9 October 2015), commonly known as N. Ramani or N. Flute Ramani, was an Indian Carnatic flautist. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 1996. Ramani is also credited with introdu ...

. Ramani Thiagarajan is a

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who performs with a number of instruments, including the

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, the

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, and several Indian classical music instruments such as Kanjira and Clarinet. Sri Thiagarajan has passed with distinction and won the first prize in the

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in Music "Sangeetha Alamkar" (equivalent to an

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Music) from the '' Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya'', the premier Indian Institution of Music. Thiagarajan has been awarded Top Rank in All India Radio & Doordharshan Kendra (Government Radio & TV). Thiagarajan has performed over 4,000 concerts all over the world. He has accompanied the

Palghat Mani Iyer Palghat T. S. Mani Iyer (1912–1981), born Thiruvilvamalai Ramaswamy was one of the leading mridangists in the field of Carnatic music. He, along with his contemporaries Palani Subramaniam Pillai and Ramanathapuram C. S. Murugabhoopathy, are ...

M. S. Gopalakrishnan M.S. Gopalakrishnan, a.k.a. MSG, (10 June 1931 – 3 January 2013) was a violinist in the field of Carnatic music. He is commonly grouped with Lalgudi Jayaraman and T.N.Krishnan as part of the violin-trinity of Carnatic Music. He was awarded ...

Umayalpuram Sivaraman Umayalpuram Kasiviswanatha Sivaraman (born 17 December 1935) is an Indian musician and exponent of the Carnatic percussion instrument, the mridangam. He is a recipient of the Padma Vibhushan as well as the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award. Ea ...

T. N. Krishnan Trippunithura Narayana Krishnan (6 October 19282 November 2020) was an Indian Carnatic music violinist. Along with Lalgudi Jayaraman and M. S. Gopalakrishnan he was considered part of the violin-trinity of Carnatic music. He was awarded the Mad ...

Palghat Raghu Palghat R. Raghu (9 January 1928 – 2 June 2009) was a Carnatic musician and percussionist. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 2007. Early life Palghat Ramaswamy Raghu was born in Rangoon, Burma (now Myanma ...

, V. V. Subramaniam, among others, on the flute. He has also accompanied many performers on the violin, including his father

D. K. Jayaraman Damal Krishnaswamy Jayaraman (popularly known as DKJ), the renowned brother of D. K. Pattammal, was a professional Carnatic music singer. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 1990. After learning music from his si ...

, and

U. Srinivas Uppalapu Srinivas (28 February 1969 – 19 September 2014) was an Indian mandolin player in Carnatic classical music and composer. Because he was a child prodigy, he was sometimes called the Mozart of classical Indian music. He was awarded the ...

. He has also a large student following in India. In addition, he has accompanied on the violin and flute for all forms of classical dances of India. He recently taught music at the

Singapore Indian Fine Arts Society The Singapore Indian Fine Arts Society ( Abbreviation: SIFAS) is an organisation that teaches Indian classical arts, including Indian classical music, in Singapore. Founding history Founded in 1949 with a small group of dedicated music lovers ...

. Thiagarajan is also an excellent Kanjira player and has accompanied many concerts on Kanjira.

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Singapore Indian Fine Arts Society
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