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Carnatic music
Tanjavur-style tambura
Concepts
Śruti Svara Rāga Tāḷa Mēḷakarta Asaṃpūrṇa Mēḷakarta
Compositions
Gītaṃ Svarajati Varṇaṃ Kr̥ti Kīrtana Rāgaṃ Tānaṃ Pallavi Tillana
Instruments
Melody Sarasvati Vīṇā Veṇu Nādasvaraṃ Goṭṭuvādyaṃ (Citra Vīṇā) Violin Percussion Mr̥daṅgaṃ Ghaṭaṃ Morsing Kanjira Thavil Drone Tambura Shruti box
Composers Glossary
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Carnatic music is the classical music of South India. The following lists provide links to concert artists who have been widely recognised.

Vocalists - born before 1800

• Dharma Raja Karthika Thirunal Rama Varma, born 1724
• Tyagaraja, born 1767
• Irayimman Thampi, born 1782
• Shadkala Govinda Marar, born 1798, Endaro Mahanubhavulu was sung by Tyagaraja after he heard Marar sing.

Vocalists - born between 1801 and 1900

• Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar
• Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar
• Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer

• Manambuchavadi Venkatasubbayyar, born 1803
• Subbaraya Sastri, born 1803 - rare honour to learn from the Trinity of Carnatic Music.
• Palghat Parameswara Bhagavathar, born 1815
• Maha Vaidyanatha Sivan, born 1844
• Patnam Subramania Iyer, born 1845
• Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar, born 1860
• Mysore Vasudevachar, born 1865
• Tiger Varadachariar, born 1876
• Parupalli Ramakrishnayya Pantulu, born 1883
• Madurai Pushpavanam
• Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar, born 1890
• Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar, born 1896
• Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer, born 1896
• Chittoor Subramaniam Pillai, born 1898
• Musiri Subramania Iyer, born 1899

Vocalists - born between 1901 and 1925

• Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer
• Lalita Venkatram
• Madurai Mani Iyer
• M. S. Subbulakshmi
• D. K. Pattammal
• K. V. Narayanaswamy

• Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, born 1908
• K. B. Sundarambal, born 1908
• Lalita Venkatram, born 1909
• G. N. Balasubramaniam, born 1910
• Alathur Brothers: Srinivasa Iyer (born 1911) & Sivasubramania Iyer (born 1916)
• Madurai Mani Iyer, born 1912
• Mannargudi Sambasiva Bhagavatar, born 1912
• T. Brinda, born 1912
• T. Muktha, born 1914
• M. S. Subbulakshmi, born 1916
• Sattur A. G. Subramaniam, born 1916
• S. Ramanathan, born 1917
• Vasundhara Devi, born 1917
• Ramnad Krishnan, born 1918
• Rajam Pushpavanam, born 1918
• D. K. Pattammal, born 1919
• Madurai Somasundaram, born 1919
• Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar, born 1919
• N. C. Vasanthakokilam, born 1919
• R. K. Srikantan, born 1920
• B. Rajam Iyer, born 1922
• Manakkal Rangarajan, born 1922
• K. V. Narayanaswamy, born 1923
• M. D. Ramanathan, born 1923

Vocalists - born between 1926 and 1950

• M. L. Vasanthakumari
• Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna
• N. Lalitha Bhanu
• K. J. Yesudas
• Trichur V. Ramachandran
• T. N. Seshagopalan

• L.P.R. Varma, born 1926
• Nedunuri Krishnamoorthy, born 1927
• M. L. Vasanthakumari, born 1928
• Maharajapuram Santhanam, born 1928
• Vairamangalam LakshmiNarayanan, born 1928
• D. K. Jayaraman, born 1928
• Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna, born 1930
• S. Kalyanaraman, born 1930
• N. Lalitha Bhanu, born 1931
• T. V. Gopalakrishnan, born 1932
• Radha Jayalakshmi Sisters, born 1932
• Seerkazhi Govindarajan, born 1933
• P. S. Narayanaswamy, born 1934
• P Leela, born 1934
• R. Vedavalli, born 1935
• Bombay Sisters - C.Saroja (1936) and C.Lalitha (1938)
• Jon B. Higgins, born 1939
• Neyyattinkara M. K. Mohanachandran, Born 1939
• Pattu Rajagopalan
• K. J. Yesudas, born 1940
• M. G. Radhakrishnan, born 1940
• Trichur V. Ramachandran, born 1940
• K. Omanakutty, born 1943
• T. V. Sankaranarayanan, born 1945
• O. S. Thyagarajan, born 1947
• Madurai T. N. Seshagopalan, born 1948
• Garimella Balakrishna Prasad, born 1948
• Hyderabad Brothers - D. Seshachari and D. Raghavachari

Vocalists born between 1951 and 1975

• Sudha Ragunathan
• K. S. Chithra
• P. Unnikrishnan
• Sanjay Subrahmanyan
• Aswathi Thirunal Rama Varma
• Nithyasree Mahadevan

• Charumathi Ramachandran, born 1951
• Aruna Sairam, born 1952
• Sudha Ragunathan, born 1956
• M. G. Sreekumar, born 1957
• Bellary M Raghavendra, born 1958
• Bombay Lakshmi Rajagopalan, born 1959
• Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram, born 1959
• K. S. Chithra, born 1963
• O. S. Arun, born 1964
• Neyveli Santhanagopalan, born 1963
• P. Unnikrishnan, born 1966
• Shankar Mahadevan, born 1967
• Vijay Siva, born 1967
• Sanjay Subrahmanyan, born 1968
• Aswathi Thirunal Rama Varma, born 1968
• S. Sowmya, born 1969
• Sharreth, born 1969
• M. K. Sankaran Namboothiri, born 1971
• Malladi Brothers - Sreeram Prasad (1971) and Ravi Kumar (1973)
• Gayathri Girish, born 1973
• Nithyashree Mahadevan, born 1973

Vocalists born between 1976 and 2000

• Ranjani-Gayatri
• T. M. Krishna
• Sikkil Gurucharan
• Saketharaman
• Ramakrishnan Murthy
• K. V. Krishna Prasad

• Ranjani–Gayatri - Ranjani (born 1973) and Gayatri (born 1976)
• T. M. Krishna, born 1976
• Vishaka Hari, born 1978
• Nisha Rajagopalan, born 1980
• Karthik (singer), born 1980
• Trichur Brothers - Srikrishna (born 1980) and Raamkumar (born 1983)
• Sriram Parthasarathy, born 1981
• Ranjani Hebbar, born 1981
• Sikkil Gurucharan, born 1982
• Saketharaman, born 1982
• Akkarai Sisters - Akkarai Subhalakshmi (born 1983) and Akkarai Sornalatha (born 1986)
• Ramakrishnan Murthy, born 1989
• Abhishek Raghuram, born 1985
• Aishwarya Vidhya Raghunath
• Sid Sriram, born 1990
• K. V. Krishna Prasad, born 1988
• Sivani Saraswathula, born in 1990
• S. Aishwarya, born in 1995

Vocalists - born after 2000

• Rahul Vellal, born 2007
• Delhi Sisters - Madhavi Sitaraman (born 2001) and Vaishnavi Sitaraman (born 2004)

Other vocalists

• Chong Chiu Sen
• Gayathri Venkataraghavan
• Ashwath Narayanan
• Bharat Sundar
• Sriranjani Santhanagopalan
• Geetha Rajashekar
• S. J. Jananiy
• Bombay Jayashri
• Mahathi
• Vedavathi Prabhakar
• Priya Sisters - Vemuri Shanmukha Priya and Hari Priya
• Chinmaya Sisters - Uma and Radhika
• Pantula Rama
• Ramakrishnan Murthy
• Sampagodu Vighnaraja
• Sreevalsan J Menon
• M. S. Sheela
• R. Suryaprakash
• Vani Sateesh
• Vidya Subramanian
• Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam
• Visalakshi Nityanand

References

• Carnatic singers
• India music-related lists
• Lists of singers