What profession was the father of the percussionist who has been accompanied by E .M. Subramaniam and who was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 2001?
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E. M. Subramaniam E. M. Subramaniam (died 23 April 2015) was an Indian Carnatic classical percussionist. Subramaniam was instructed in ghatam under the tutelage of his father. He has accompanied master percussionists including mridangam players such as Palghat Mani Iyer, Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman, and T. K. Murthy, and tabla players such as Alla Rakha Khan, Kishan Maharaj, and Zakir Hussain. He has been a grade A ghatam artist of All India Radio for the past 40 years. Subramaniam was awarded the title of "Kalaimamani" in 2000 and recognized with a Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in ghatam in 2011. His style of playing is compact with great tonal quality.
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Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman Umayalpuram Kasiviswanatha Sivaraman (born 17 December 1935) is a Carnatic mridanga vidwan. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 2001. He is the son of Sri P. Kasiviswanatha Iyer and Srimati Kamalambal. His father was a medical doctor by profession but encouraged his musical pursuits.
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A. R. Ameen A. R. Ameen is an Indian playback singer born to Academy Award winning composer A.R.Rahman on 6 January 2003 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He started his singing career in the Movie O Kadhal Kanmani which was composed by his father A.R.Rahman and then has sung in several indian languages.
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Chinni Jayanth Chinni Jayanth (born Krishnamurthy Narayanan on 26 July 1960) is a Tamil director, producer, comedian, actor, and mimicry artist, who has appeared in many main, character and supporting roles in Tamil films. He is also a popular television personality having hosted innumerable hit shows like "Sagalai Vs Ragalai", "Kalakka Povathu Yaar" and the popular show "Asathapovathu Yaaru" on Sun TV in Chennai. He is also the recipient of the prestigious Kalaimamani award given by the Government of Tamil Nadu for excellence in the field of cinema. He received this award from the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu at a glittering function at Valluvar Kottam.
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Papanasam Sivan Papanasam Sivan (26 September 1890 – 1 October 1973) was a prominent composer of Carnatic music and a singer. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 1970. He was also the foremost film score composer in Kannada cinema as well as Tamil cinema in 1930s and 1940s.
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Ilanjithara Melam Ilanjithara Melam is an assembly of percussion performance artist held at "Ilanji" (famously known as Bullet Wood tree Mimusops elengi) tree at the courtyard of the Vadakkunnathan Temple in Thrissur city during the Thrissur Pooram. It is considered as one of the best platforms for traditional Kerala music and the largest assembly of percussion artistes in any other Poorams. The "Melam" in technical exactness and instrumental discipline are the best example of "Pandi Melam".
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Sathyan (singer) Sathyan Mahalingam, simply known and credited as Sathyan, is an Indian playback singer and composer. He is best known for performing the hit numbers "Kalakkapovathu Yaaru" ("Vasool Raja MBBS"), "Sil Sil" ("Arinthum Ariyamalum") and the title track from "Boss Engira Bhaskaran".
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Mohan Vaidya (singer) Mohan Vaidya is a Carnatic singer and violinist and Tamil film and television actor and presenter. He is the older brother of veena maestro Rajhesh Vaidhya.
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M. G. Radhakrishnan Malabar Gopalan Nair Radhakrishnan (Malayalam: എം. ജി. രാധാകൃഷ്ണന്‍ ; 29 July 1940 – 2 July 2010) was a senior music director and Carnatic vocalist from Kerala. He is highly regarded as one of the most successful light music and film music composer in Malayalam.
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Ragini Shankar Ragini Shankar is an Indian violinist who performs Hindustani Classical Music and Fusion. She is the daughter of Dr. Sangeeta Shankar and granddaughter of the renowned Padmabhushan Dr. N. Rajam.
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S. Akash Marthammanahalli Satish Kumar Akash (born on 13/03/1997 to a Sankethi family) is a Hindustani Classical flautist of India.
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Ram Chatur Mallik Ram Chatur Mallik (1902-1990) was an Indian classical musician and an exponent of the Darbhanga gharana of the Dhrupad tradition, one of the oldest genres of Hindustani vocal music. Known to be the last of the court musicians of the Dharbanga court, he was a member of the "Mallik family" of singers. He was honoured by the Government of India in 1970 with Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award.
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Maharajapuram Santhanam Sangeetha Kalanidhi Maharajapuram Santhanam (Tamil: மகாராஜபுரம் ஸந்தானம் ), (December 3, 1928-June 24, 1992) was one of the greatest Carnatic music vocalists of the 20th century. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 1989. He was born in Sirunangur, a village in the state of Tamil Nadu. He followed the footsteps of his father Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer who was also a Carnatic singer.
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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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B. Sasikumar B. Sasikumar is a noted Carnatic music violinist, musician, teacher, composer and writer from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
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Smitha Rajan Smitha Rajan (born 1969) is a Mohiniyattam performer from Kerala and granddaughter of the legendary Indian classical dancer couple of Padma Shri Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair and Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma. Her mother Sreedevi Rajan is a noted Mohiniyattam Guru and Smitha's teacher. Her father was the late T R Rajappan.
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Sundar C. Babu Sundar C Babu is a music composer who composes music for Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films in India. He is the son of an eminent Veena Vidhwan Dr.Chitti Babu and Sudakshina Devi and his brothers are Rangasai and Radhakrishnan. Under his father's guidance, Babu began his film composing in the year 2006 for the Malayalam film "Chacko Randaaman". However, he shot to fame with his Tamil debut in "Chithiram Pesuthadi" in the same year. The song "Vaala Meenukkum" became hugely popular among the masses and since then he has been composing for various films. His popularity in Telugu films began through the film "Shambo Shiva Shambo".He studied in Alpha school
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Ennappadam Venkatarama Bhagavatar Ennappadam Venkatarama Bhagavatar (1880–1961) was a composer of Carnatic music.
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T. S. Nandakumar T. S. Nandakumar (born on 17 March 1958) is a well known Indian versatile carnatic music percussionist. He is primarily adept in playing the mridangam.
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Bismillah Khan He was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 2001, becoming the third classical musician after M. S. Subbulakshmi and Ravi Shankar to be accorded this distinction.
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M. M. Keeravani Koduri Marakathamani Keeravaani, better known as M. M. Keeravani, is an Indian film music composer and playback singer, who works in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi cinema. He is also known by his aliases Marakathamani, Vedanarayana and M. M. Kreem. He has recorded a maximum number of songs with singers S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and K. S. Chithra. In 1997, he was awarded the National Film Award for Best Music Direction for the Telugu movie "Annamayya". He has won six Filmfare Awards, eight state Nandi Awards and a Tamil Nadu State Film Award.
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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.