Manakkal Rangarajan
Manakkal Rangarajan (13 September 1922 - 26 February 2019)
Performing Style
He was a specialist in
Rangarajan had performed at Saint Tyagaraja music festival at Thiruvaiyaru for the past sixty years without a gap.[2] He is the only musician who has sung in AIR Chennai since its inception without repeating a single song. Rangarajan had the distinction of giving rare pallavi demonstrations at the Madras Music Academy using both hands for Thalam, comprising different Nadais.[2]
Titles & Awards
- Kalaimamani - Tamil Nadu State award.
- Gayaka Samrat conferred by Indian Fine Arts Society Annual Conference in 1957
- Sangita Simham conferred by Sangita Kalanidhi Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar.
- Ugadi Puraskar award by the Madras Telugu Academy.
- Award from Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer Trust in the year 1999.
- Sangita Kalashikhamani, 2010, Awarded by The Fine Arts Society, Chennai
- Ganakala Ratna
- Ganakala Sagara
References
- ^ "Vocalist Manakkal Rangarajan dead". The Hindu. 27 February 2019.
- ^ a b c d e Manakkal Rangarajan