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Ram Narayan
Also known as Pandit Ramnarayan
Indian classical sarangi player (1927–2024)
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Ram Narayan was an acclaimed Indian classical musician who spent his career mastering and popularizing the sarangi, a stringed instrument traditionally used to accompany singers. He is considered a pioneering figure in elevating the sarangi from a supporting role to a solo instrument in Indian classical music during the 20th century.
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- 1927
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- India
- Active from
- 1927-12-25
- Active to
- 2024-11-09
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Ram Narayan ( IPA: [raːm naːˈɾaːjəɳ]; 25 December 1927 – 9 November 2024), often referred to with the title Pandit, was an Indian musician who popularised the bowed instrument sarangi as a solo concert instrument in Hindustani classical music and became the first internationally successful sarangi player.
Narayan was born near Udaipur and learned to play the sarangi at an early age. He studied under sarangi players and singers and, as a teenager, worked as a music teacher and travelling musician. All India Radio in Lahore hired Narayan as an accompanist for vocalists in 1944. Narayan relocated to Delhi following the partition of India in 1947, and moved to Mumbai in 1949 to work in Indian cinema.
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1927 births2024 deaths20th-century Indian male musiciansHindustani musiciansIndian HindusIndian male classical musiciansMusicians from MumbaiPeople from Udaipur districtRajasthani peopleRecipients of the Padma Bhushan in artsRecipients of the Padma Shri in artsRecipients of the Padma Vibhushan in arts
