Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam & Dr. Natesan Ramani

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam

Born:15 October 1931
Died:27 July 2015

Quotes: You have to dream before your dreams can come true – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

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Dr. Natesan Ramani

Born: 15 October 1934

Died: 9 October 2015

• He commonly known as N. Ramani or N. Flute Ramani, was an Indian Carnatic flautist.
• He was awarded the Madras Music Academy’s Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 1996.
• He was also credited for introducing the long flute into Carnatic music.
• He performed his first concert at the age of 8.
• The turning point in his career was when he became a disciple of his maternal uncle and eminent flautist, the late T. R. Mahalingam (known more commonly as “Flute Mali”), who first popularised the Carnatic flute in Indian music.
• By the age of 11 years, at Singaravelavar Temple, Sikkil, Near Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu.
• His mother Smt Sarathambal was instrumental in bringing him to notice.She accompanied him for his concerts when he studying at Boys High School Tiruvarur.
• He accompanied his guru T. R. Mahalingam in a concert for the first time.

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