Dr. S. Ramanathan (1917-1988)

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Sangeetha Kalanidhi, Isai Perarignar Dr. S. Ramanathan (1917-1988), teacher and father of Geetha Bennett, was a musician and musicologist of high calibre. He was a disciple of Tiger Varadachariar, Sabesa Iyer, Ponniah Pillai, and Sathur Krishna Iyengar. Among his accomplishments are number of varnams and kritis, residencies at several American universities and a Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology from Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut.

He also had trained a number of students who achieved recognition in the carnatic music field like UnniKrishnan, S. Sowmya, Vanathy Raghuraman, Banumathy Raghuraman(veena), Vasumathi Nagarajan, Savithri Sathyamurthy, and Seetha Narayanan to name a few.