Which singer who co-authored the first comprehensive reference CD-ROM on Carnatic music is also a notable Asthana Vidushi?
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Asthana Vidushi Asthana Vidushi is an honorary title bestowed to a court musician or dancer in India. Notable Asthana Vidushis include Bangalore Nagarathnamma, M. S. Sheela, Bombay Sisters, Geetha Raja, as well as Srirangam Gopalaratnam, Shobha Raju, and S. Sowmya.
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S. Sowmya S. Sowmya (born April 16, 1969) is a Carnatic music singer. She learnt music initially from her father Dr. Srinivasan, and later from Dr. S. Ramanathan and Smt.T. Muktha. In 1998, Sowmya co-founded Carnatica - an institution dedicated to classical music & dance instruction, archival, talent search and other related activities. She also co-authored the first comprehensive reference CD-ROM on Carnatic music, Nadanubhava. She is also a visiting professor at the Advanced School of Carnatic Music of the Music Academy Madras.
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Vairamangalam Lakshmi Narayanan Vairamangalam LakshmiNarayanan (1928–2004) was a Carnatic musician from Tamil Nadu. He was a student of the famous singer T. K Rangachary.
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S Shankar Vidwan S.Shankar (born 1950) is a popular karnatic vocalist, the disciple of his mother Smt.Rajamma Sastry and also Smt.Nagarathna bai & Smt Vallabham Kalyana sundaram. A performer for more than four decades, he is an ‘a top’ grade artist of A.I.R & Doordarshan.
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Kandula Mallikarjuna Rao Kandula Mallikharjuna Rao, better known as Mallik (1921–1996) was popular music composer and singer. He was born to K. Venkatachalam and Lakshmi Narasamma. He was born in Machilipatnam, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh. He received initial training in music from late Krovi Satyanarayana. He worked as a music composer and singer at All India Radio, Madras for 30 years. He later transferred to All India Radio, Vijayawada. While working at Akashvani, he composed for many songs, dance dramas, Bhakthi Ranjani songs and folk songs. He was the first composer of many reputed Tallapaka Annamacharya Keerthanas. Examples of such include "Adigo Alladigo", "Thandhanana Aahi", and "Narayanathae Namo Namo". He also composed the famous Raja Rajeshwari Astakam, Hanuman Manjari. Dr.Vempati Chinna Satyam’s Kuchipudi Dance Drama "Chandalika" for which music was composed by Mallik became a hit all over the world for its superb musical score.
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Gayathri Venkataraghavan Gayathri Venkataraghavan (Tamil: காயத்ரி வெங்கட்ராகவன்) is an Indian Carnatic vocalist. She lives in Chennai.
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Namagiripettai Krishnan Namagiripettai K Krishnan (2 April 1924 – 2 April 2001) was a Carnatic musician who played the Nadaswaram. He was born in Namagiripettai village and lived in Sendamangalam, Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu, India. He gave many performances across the country. In 1981, Krishnan was awarded the Padma Shri by the Indian government for his contributions to Carnatic music. He was also the "Asthana Sangeetha Vidwan" for the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple.
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Prasad Sawkar Pandit Prasad Sawkar (Devanagari: प्रसाद सावकार) is an Indian vocalist, and scholar of Indian classical, semi-classical, and devotional music. He received prestigious Padma Shri award in the year 2006 for his work in music and Sangeet Natak
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Anayampatti S. Ganesan Anayampatti S. Ganesan is a Carnatic musician from South India.
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Lakshmi Shankar Lakshmi Shankar (born Lakshmi Sastri, 16 June 1926 – 30 December 2013) was a noted Hindustani classical vocalist of the Patiala Gharana. She was known for her performances of "khyal", "thumri", and "bhajans". She was the sister-in-law of sitar player Ravi Shankar and the mother-in-law of violinist L. Subramaniam (her daughter Viji (Vijayashree Shankar) Subramaniam being his first wife).
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P. S. Narayanaswamy Puliyur Subramaniam Narayanaswamy also spelt Narayanaswami (born February 24, 1934 in Konerirajapuram Thanjavur in Madras Presidency) is a Carnatic music vocalist. He learnt music from Tiruppambaram Somasundaram Pillai, T. M. Tyagarajan and later from Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer. He awarded the Bala Gana Kala Rathnam at the age of 12. He worked in All India Radio.
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Kaithapram Damodaran Kaithapram Damodaran (Malayalam: കൈതപ്രം ദാമോദരന്‍ ) (born 4 August 1950), popularly known as Kaithapram, is a lyricist, music director, actor, singer, screenwriter, and performer of Carnatic music. He is the son of the late singer Keshavan Namboothiri (popularly known as Kannadi Bhagavathar, a disciple of Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar) and Aditi Antharjanam. He generally performs in the Malayalam language.
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Rathnamala Prakash Ratnamala Prakash(Kannada:ರತ್ನಮಾಲಾ ಪ್ರಕಾಶ್) is an Indian singer who sings in Kannada language. Her father Padma bhushan late sri R. K. Srikantan was a popular karnataka classical musician. Ratnamala still popular in Karnataka for her soulful singing. She has magnetic voice with powerful high pitch shruthi. The late composer C. Ashwath's first choice was always Ratnamala.
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Sriram Parthasarathy Sriram Parthasarathy is a Tamil playback singer singing predominantly in Tamil. He is also an accomplished Carnatic Classical singer and a talented Veena player who is well versed with complete classical knowledge. He is more famous among the classical sections and can be more often heard in regular classical concerts.
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S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam (   ; born 4 June 1946) is an Indian film playback singer, actor, music director, voice actor and film producer. He is mostly referred to as S. P. B. or Balu. He has won the Guinness World Record for recording the highest number of songs. He has garnered six National Film Awards for Best Male Playback Singer, and twenty five Nandi Awards for his works towards Telugu cinema. In 2012, He received the Andhra Pradesh state NTR National Award for his contributions to Indian cinema.
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Aishwarya Vidhya Raghunath Aishwarya Vidhya Raghunath is an accomplished Carnatic music vocalist. She is among the foremost and popular young performing classical musicians in India. Hailing from a family of music connoisseurs, Aishwarya was initiated into the world of music at the age of three. She is an "A" grade artiste of All India Radio and Doordarshan.
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List of Carnatic singers Carnatic music is the classical music of South India. The following lists provide links to concert artists who have been widely recognised.
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M. S. Sheela M S Sheela is a leading Carnatic classical vocalist who has made her mark in classical, light as well as devotional genres of music. She has the rare distinction of being a top rank artist of AIR and Doordarshan in both classical and light music.
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Marimutha Pillai Marimutha Pillai (1712 – 1787 CE) was a composer of Carnatic music and, along with Arunachala Kavi and Muthu Thandavar, was one of the pioneering Tamil Trinity of Carnatic music. He was a contemporary of Arunachala Kavi.
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S. Janaki Sishtla Sreeramamurthy Janaki (born 23 April 1938), popularly known as S. Janaki, is an Indian playback singer and occasional music-composer from Andhra Pradesh. She is one of the best-known playback singers in South India and has recorded 48,000 songs in 17 Languages like Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Odiya, Hindi, Bengali, Tulu, Sanskrit, Sinhalese, Badaga, Punjabi, Urdu, Japanese, German, Latin and Arabic languages. Starting in 1957, her career has spanned six decades. She has recorded songs in more than 17 regional Indian languages and foreign languages. She has won four National Film Awards and 33 different State Film Awards. Her association with singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and composer Ilaiyaraaja is well known. In the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s her duets with P. B. Srinivas, S.P.Balasubramanyam and with Dr. Rajkumar were some of the most romantic duets in the history of Tamil and Kannada film music.
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Alathur Brothers Alathur Brothers Srinivasa Iyer (1911–1980) & Sivasubramania Iyer (1916–1965) were Carnatic vocalists. The world of Carnatic music knows them as the star duo of the twentieth century.
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Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer Maha Vaidyanatha Sivan (Tamil: மஹா வைத்யநாத சிவன் ) (1844–1893) was a composer of Carnatic music. He was a great exponent of extemporaneous singing. He also composed a "ragamalika" (garland of ragas - a song that utilises more than one "raga") with all the 72 melakartha ragas.