Kadri Gopalnath, Age, Death, Wife, Children, Family, Biography & More
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Age: 69 Years
Wife: Sarojini
Hometown: Mangalore, Karnataka, India
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Profession | Saxophonist |
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Eye Colour | Black |
Hair Colour | Black (semi bald) |
Career | |
Debut | Live Performance: All India Radio, Mangaluru, 1978 [1] Commercial Performance: Jazz Festival Bombay, 1980 |
Awards, Honours, Achievements | 1996: Karnataka Kalashree 1998: Tamil Nadu State Award-Kalaimamani 1998: Karnataka Rajyotsava Award 2004: Padman shri by the Government Of India. 2004: Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Carnatic Music - Instrumental (Saxophone) 2013: Sangeetha Kalasikhamani award by The Indian Fine arts Society, Chennai. 2018: Kamban Pugazh award by All Ceylon Kamban Society, Sri Lanka. Other awards include: Saxophone Charkravarthy, Saxophone Samrat, Ganakala Shree, Nadapasana Brahma, Sunada Prakashika, Nada Kalarathna, Nada Kalanidhi, Sangeetha Vadya Rathna |
Discography | 1985: Sri Thyagaraja's Utsava Sampradaya Krithis on Saxophone 1994: Jugalbandi: Classical Confluence 1995: A Tribute to Adolphe Sax 1997: Saxophone Indian Style 1999: Southern Brothers 2000: Gem Tones 2006: Dream Journey, Vol. 1, Dream Journey, Vol. 2 2006: Pranamamyaham 2007: Sri Tyagaraja Pancharatna Kritis |
Personal Life | |
Date of Birth | 6 December 1949 |
Birthplace | Bantwal taluk, Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka, India |
Date of Death | 11 October 2019 |
Place of Death | Mangalore, Karnataka, India |
Age (at the time of death) | 69 Years |
Death Cause | Cardiac arrest |
Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
Nationality | Indian |
Hometown | Mangalore, Karnataka, India |
School | Sharadha High School, Pane, Mangalore. |
College/University | Received an honorary doctorate from Bangalore University in 2004. [2] |
Educational Qualification | S.S.L.C. (10th Std.) [3] |
Family | |
Wife/Spouse | Sarojini |
Children | Son: Manikanth Kadri Son: Guruprasad Kadri Daughter: Ambika Mohan |
Parents | Father: Thaniappa Mother: Gangamma |
Siblings | Brother(s): Chandranath, Ganeshnath Rameshnath Sister(s): Radha, Parvathy, Saradha, Shyamala |
Some Lesser Known Facts About Kadri Gopalnath
- N. Gopalakrishna Iyer of Kalaniketan, Mangalore taught him how to play carnatic music on saxophone which helped him to become one of the pioneers in carnatic music.
- Later in Madras, Gopalnath met with the vocalist and mridangist guru Tripunithura Viswanathan Gopalakrishnan a.k.a T.V. Gopalkrishnan, who identified the youngster’s potential and tutored him.
- It took him 20 years to master the instrument. To suit his western saxophone for Indian classcial music, Gopalnath modified his instrument himself.
- In 1980, a Californian musician John Handy heard him play at the Bombay Jazz Festival and invited him to join in the US. As a result, Gopalnath was able to blend carnatic music with jazz.
- Gopalnath was the first ever carnatic artist to be invited by the BBC promenade concert in 1994, in the Royal Albert Hall at London.
- He is the epitome of a true musician as he has used various techniques to blend and innovate carnatic music and compose unique renditions of Hamsadhwani, Pantuvarali, Kalyana, Vasantha and Brinshavani Ragas.
- His commercial collaborations have been very fruitful and widely renowned and he has worked with international artists like James Newton and American Saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa. Gopalnath recorded two albums with them – Southern Brothers(1999) and Kinsmen(2008).
- Film director K. Balachander wanted Gopalnath to play saxophone for his Tamil film “Duet”. A.R. Rehman composed the background score for the film in which Gopalnath did all the saxophonic instrumentation in rag Kalyanavasantam which was very well received and he became popular after that.
- Gopalnath is known for his unconventional technique of integrating compositions of classical musicians from India like Thyagaraja to western composers like Beethoven on the Saxophone.
- He was very well received when he performed at the Jazz Festival in Prague, The Berlin Jazz Festival, The International Cervantino Festival in Mexico and The Music Hall Festival in Paris.