SAXOPHONE MAESTRO KADRI GOPALNATH CONCERT

Vidwan Kadri Goplanth- Saxophone

Sangeetha Kalanidhi Kanyakuari-Violin

Tanjor Govindarajan- Thavil

Rajendra Nakod- Tabla

Over the 65 years that Gopalnath has flourished as an artist and evolved into an unquestionable maestro; his work, his talent, and his globel accomplishments have most certainly not gone unnoticed. Several titles, honors, and awards have been bestowed upon him; such as the Asthana Vidwan of Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam and the Shringeri Sharada Peetam, the Kendriya Sangeeth Natak Academy Award, "Kalaimamani" from Tamilnadu Government, Karnataka State "Raiyotsava Award", Chowdiah Memorial Award, Purandara Award, Puttaraju Gawali Award, "Doctorate" from the University of Bangalore and to top it all, the "Padma Shri" from the former president of India Sri. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam in the year 2004. Being among the topmost classical and fusion artists in the country, he can be ranked along with Pandit Ravi Shankar in popularizing the Indian Music in other parts of the world. He is ranked as "A TOP" grade artist by All India Radio (AIR). Gopalnath has had several widely successfully dabbled in regional film music as well, one of which was with tamil flim director K. Balachander, in his flim "Duet" which had A. R. Rahman as its Music Director.