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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Born: 1927
Works: 3

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Eka sura merā, eka sāraṅgī kā
Martyred But Not Tamed The Politics Of Resistance In The Middle East
Eka sura mājhā, eka sāraṅgīcā

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: India
Active from: 1927-12-25
Active to: 2024-11-09

hindustani classicalindian classicalsarangi

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Listeners: 12,092
Total plays: 47,198

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5 total works indexed

Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 20,048x
Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,393x
Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis
· 2022 · cited 13,151x
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,814x
Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean
· 2015 · cited 10,752x

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Quotes

“The greatest blessing that one can get from music is that it makes an artist immensely satisfied with life irrespective of the financial condition in which they may be.”
“By and large the present day Indian film music lacks soulful melody, sublime spirit and compelling charm of its lyrical intensity and has nothing Hindustani in it.”
“My mission was to obliterate the blemish which the sarangi carried due to its social origins. I hope I have succeeded in this.”
“At one time, sarangi exponents used to be called gurus and ustads because they were so learned that they could teach vocalists a thing or two. It wasn't surprising that many of them turned into vocalists and made a name for themselves independently.”

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Image: Ram Narayan in Delhi 2010.jpg

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Commons category: Ram Narayan
date of birth: 1927-12-25
Commons gallery: Ram Narayan
start of work period: 1944-00-00
date of death: 2024-11-09
end of work period: 2013-00-00
name in native language: राम नारायण

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Article

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.