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Kadri Gopalnath

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Born in:India
Year of Birth:1949
Year of death:2019

Biography

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Kadri Gopalnath (6 December 1949 – 11 October 2019) was an Indian alto saxophonist and one of the pioneers of Carnatic music for that instrument. He is from Mittakatte, Bantwal of Tulu Nadu region.
Born in a Tulu speaking Jogi community of Sajeepa Mooda village in Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada (Tulu Nadu) to Taniyappa (a Naadaswara vidwan) and Gangamma, Gopalnath was inspired to learn the saxophone as a child after hearing it played by the Mysore Palace... more

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  • "Kalaimamani" Kadri Gopalnat
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