Dr. N. Ramani

Dr. N. Ramani was among the 1st Carnatic musicians to come quickly to wider, Traditional western attention. The Spirit of Indian Flute (Globe Pacific WPS 21456) adopted the discharge of Balachander’s Seems from the Veena Featuring the Flute of Ramani (WPS 21436). He was created in 1934 in Tiruvarur in Tamil Nadu, the birthplace from the Tyagaraja, Muttuswamy Dikshitar and Syama Sastri trinity. From early boyhood he analyzed along with his grandfather A.N. Iyer and T.R. Mahalingam, both well known flautists. By age 12 he was achieved enough to become carrying out on All India Radio. He offers occasionally duetted using the Hindustani flautist Hariprasad Chaurasia — the 1st event was 1971. Additional jugalbandis possess included partnerships using the vocalists Balamurali Krishna and Pandit Jasraj, the violinist T.N. Krishnan as well as the sarodist Amjad Ali Khan. He offers pursued a parallel documenting career for a number of brands including EMI India and Magnasound/OMI and Shankar.