Master Dhanraj (also credited as Dhanraj Master) is an India musician, multi-instrumentalist from
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil language ...
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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. Orchestration for the grand Tamil movie ''
Chandralekha'' was done by Dhanraj.
He is well known as the guru of greats such as Maestro
Ilaiyaraaja
Ilaiyaraaja (born R. Gnanathesikan, 3 June 1943) is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, instrumentalist, lyricist and singer, popular for his works in Indian Cinema, prominently in Tamil films. Reputed to be one o ...
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and Mozart of Madras
A. R. Rahman
Allah Rakha Rahman (; born A. S. Dileep Kumar; 6 January 1967) is an Indian music composer, record producer, singer and songwriter, popular for his works in Indian cinema; predominantly in Tamil and Hindi films, with occasional forays in int ...
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The Melody King
Vidyasagar
Vidyasagar or Vidya Sagar may refer to:
People
*Acharya Vidyasagar (born 1946), prominent Digambar Jain Acharya (1946-)
* Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820–1891), Bengali scholar
*Vidyasagar (composer) (born 1963), South Indian music director
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, and Malayalam music director
Shyam 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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