Carnatic music
Carnatic music, known as or in the Dravidian languages, South Indian languages, is a system of music commonly associated with South India, including the modern Indian states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, an ...
is the classical music of South India. The following lists provide links to concert artists who have been widely recognised.
Vocalists - born before 1800
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Dharma Raja
Dharma Raja Karthika Thirunal Rama Varma ( ml, ധർമ്മരാജാ കാർത്തിക തിരുനാൾ രാമവർമ്മ, 1724–17 February 1798) was the Maharajah of Travancore from 1758 until his death in 1798. He s ...
Karthika Thirunal Rama Varma, born 1724
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Tyagaraja
Thyagaraja (Telugu: త్యాగరాజ) (4 May 1767 – 6 January 1847), also known as Thyāgayya and in full as Kakarla Thyagabrahmam, was a composer and vocalist of Carnatic music, a form of Indian classical music. Tyagaraja and his ...
, born 1767
* Chinnaswami Dikshitar, born 1778, (Muthuswami Dikshitar's brother, sang Dikshitar Kritis)
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Irayimman Thampi, born 1782
* Balaswami Dikshitar, born 1786 (Muthuswami Dikshitar's brother, sang Dikshitar Kritis)
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Shadkala Govinda Marar
( ml, ഗോവിന്ദ മാരാര്)(1798–1843), or was a Carnatic Musician from Kerala, India. He was a contemporary of Saint Tyāgarāja and Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma. He was also adept in playing musical instruments like C ...
, born 1798,
Endaro Mahanubhavulu
''Endaro Mahanubhavulu'' is a popular ''Kriti (music), kriti'' in Carnatic music composed by Tyagaraja, one of the Trinity of Carnatic music. Its lyrics are in Telugu language, Telugu; the music is set in the Sri Ragam and is in Aadi Talam. It i ...
was sung by Tyagaraja after he heard Marar sing.
Vocalists - born between 1801 and 1900
Stamp of India - 1991 - Colnect 164183 - Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar - Singer and Composer.jpeg, Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar
Chembai 1996 stamp of India.jpg, Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar
Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer.jpg, Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer
Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer ( ta, மகாராஜபுரம் விசுவநாதையர்; 1896–1970) was one of the great Indian Carnatic vocalists. He won several awards including Sangeetha Kalanidhi and Sangeetha Bhupathy.
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Vocalists - born between 1901 and 1925
File:Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer.jpg, Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer
File:Madurai Mani Iyer 1948.jpg, Madurai Mani Iyer
File:M. S. Subbulakshmi (03).jpg, M. S. Subbulakshmi
Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi (16 September 1916 – 11 December 2004) was an Indian Carnatic singer from Madurai, Tamil Nadu. She was the first musician ever to be awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour. She is ...
File:DKPattammal.jpg, D. K. Pattammal
Damal Krishnaswamy Pattammal () (19 March 1919 – 16 July 2009), popularly known as D. K. Pattammal or DKP, was an Indian Carnatic musician and a playback singer for film songs in Tamil. Pattammal, along with her contemporaries M. S. Subbulakshm ...
File:LalitaVenkatram1939b.png, alt=A young South Asian woman wearing a light-colored sari, Lalita Venkatram
Lalita Venkatram (1909 – 1992), also credited as Lalita Venkataram or Lalitha Venkataraman, was an Indian Carnatic singer and veena player. She is credited as ''the first playback singer in Tamil cinema'' and ''the first Carnatic musician to ...
Vocalists - born between 1926 and 1950
File:MLVasanthakumari.jpg, M. L. Vasanthakumari
Madras Lalitangi Vasanthakumari (popularly referred to as MLV) (3 July 1928 – 31 October 1990) was a Carnatic musician and playback singer for film songs in many Indian languages. MLV and her contemporaries D. K. Pattammal and M. S. Subbulak ...
File:Pandit balamuralikrishna.jpg, Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna
Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna (6 July 1930 – 22 November 2016) was an Indian Carnatic vocalist, musician, multi-instrumentalist, playback singer, composer, and character actor. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in ...
File:A still of Shri Trichur Vaidyanatha Ramachandran who will be presented with the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Carnatic Music - Vocal by the President Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam in New Delhi on October 26, 2004.jpg, Trichur V. Ramachandran
File:T. N. Sheshagopalan.jpeg, T. N. Seshagopalan
File:N. Lalitha Bhanu.jpg , N. Lalitha Bhanu
Lalitha Bhanu was a Carnatic music, Carnatic singer. She has also sung a few songs for Malayalam and Tamil films as a playback singer.
Early life
Lalitha was born at Thiruvananthapuram, Trivandrum, Kerala, as the daughter of Narayana Bhagavat ...
Vocalists born between 1951 and 1975
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Sanjay Subrahmanyan.jpg, Sanjay Subrahmanyan
Sanjay Subrahmanyan (born 21 January 1968 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu) is a Carnatic vocalist from India. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 2015.
Biography
Sanjay Subrahmanyan was born on 21 January 1968 in Chennai ...
PrinceRamaVarma.jpg, Aswathi Thirunal Rama Varma
Aswathi Thirunal Rama Varma (born 13 August 1968), known colloquially as Prince Rama Varma, is an Indian classical musician and a member of the erstwhile Royal Family of Travancore. He is a Carnatic vocalist as well as an exponent of the Sara ...
Nithyasree mahadevan.jpg, Nithyasree Mahadevan
Vocalists born between 1976 and 2000
RG in Concert Nov 2011 .jpg, Ranjani-Gayatri
TM Krishna mavelikara2019.jpg, T. M. Krishna
Sikkil Gurucharan in Concert.jpg, Sikkil Gurucharan
. In 2020, he acted in a tamil anthology film, Putham Pudhu Kaalai.
Early life
Around 1987, as a 5-year-old, Gurucharan was casually coaxed by his grandmothers, the Sikkil Sisters, to sing some tune. After a little cajoling, he sang a popular fi ...
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Saketharaman (born 24 November 1982) is one of the top performing musicians of Carnatic music in India. He is a prime disciple of Padmabushan Shri Lalgudi Jayaraman. He started learning carnatic vocal from Late Srirangam Krishnamurthy Rao at th ...
Vocalists - born after 2000
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Rahul Vellal, born 2007
Other vocalists
References
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Lists of singers