What is Rajeev Taranath?
[[File:Pt. Rajeev Taranath (cropped).JPG|right|200px]] '''Rajeev Taranath''' (17 October 1932 &ndash; 11 June 2024) was an Indian classical musician. He played the [[sarod]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rajeevtaranath.com/bio.htm|title=Biography|publisher=Rajeevtaranath.com|access-date=30 August 2009|archive-date=3 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090903183953/http://www.rajeevtaranath.com/bio.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was born in [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]]. Rajeev was singing for the [[All India Radio]] before he was twenty.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.itcsra.org/aspfiles/personwindow.asp?personid=231|title=Biography ITC SRA|publisher=itcsra.org|access-date=30 August 2009|archive-date=15 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615003957/http://www.itcsra.org/aspfiles/personwindow.asp?personid=231|url-status=dead}}</ref> He taught English literature at the [[University of Aden]] in 1980s. He was the head of the Indian music program at the World Music Department of the [[California Institute of the Arts]] from 1995 to 2005.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/07/24/stories/2009072451150300.htm|title=Taranath foundation to be revived|publisher=thehindu.com|access-date=31 August 2009|location=Chennai, India|date=24 July 2009|archive-date=7 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107104043/http://www.hindu.com/2009/07/24/stories/2009072451150300.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Taranath died on 11 June 2024 at a hospital in [[Mysuru]], India at the age of 91.<ref>[https://www.udayavani.com/english-news/mysuru-eminent-sarod-maestro-rajeev-taranath-passes-away-at-91 Eminent sarod maestro Rajeev Taranath passes away at 91]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{cite web|url=http://www.rajeevtaranath.com/|title=Rajeev Taranath|publisher=Official website}} *{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p215109|label=Rajeev Taranath}} *{{IMDb name|0850202|Rajeev Taranath}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Taranath, Rajeev}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:2024 d