List of Carnatic instrumentalists

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This is a list of Carnatic instrumentalists: musicians famous for playing the carnatic music of South India. Musicians are listed by the instrument they have played.

Bowed strings[edit]

Violin[edit]

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Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu playing a violin

Plucked strings[edit]

Veena[edit]

Mandolin[edit]

U. Srinivas playing a mandolin

Chitra veena[edit]

Guitar[edit]

Winds[edit]

Venu[edit]

Nadaswaram[edit]

Sheik Chinna Moulana with a Nadaswaram

Saxophone[edit]

Percussions[edit]

Piano[edit]

Mridangam[edit]

Ghatam[edit]

Kanjira[edit]

Thavil[edit]

Morsing (jaw harp)[edit]

Srirangam Kannan playing a morsing

Other[edit]

Idakka[edit]

Jaltarang[edit]

Santoor[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

  • Information on Carnatic music
  • "karnATik". Archived from the original on 15 October 2007. Retrieved 7 July 2020. (resource for lyrics of a number of Carnatic kritis)
  • Indian classical Instrumentalists
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