rajeev taranath (born 17 october 1932) is an indian classical musician. he plays the sarod. he was born in bangalore, karnataka. rajeev was singing for the all india radio before he was twenty. 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.