Ilaiyaraaja tamil Biography

Overview

Ilaiyaraaja (born Gnanadesikan on 3 June 1943) is an Indian film composer, singer, and lyricist mainly in the Tamil film Industry.[2] He is regarded as one of the finest music composers in India. Ilaiyaraaja is also an instrumentalist, conductor, and a songwriter. To date, he has composed over 4500 songs and provided film scores for more than 950 Indian films in various languages in a career spanning more than 30 years,[3][4] particularly being acclaimed for his background scoring for Indian films. His songs and background score played a very crucial role in the success of many films. He remains as one of the most popular composers ever in the South Indian film industry.[5]
Ilaiyaraaja has been a prominent composer of film music in South Indian cinema since the late 1970s.[6] His works are mainly in Tamil, but has also scored music for Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi[7] and Hindi film industries. He integrated folk lyricism (in Tamil) and introduced broader Western musical sensibilities into the South Indian musical mainstream. A gold medalist in classical guitar from Trinity College of Music, London, in 1993 he became the first Asian to compose a full symphony performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London's Walthamstow Town Hall. In 2003, according to a BBC international poll, people from 155 countries voted his composition "Rakkamma Kaiya Thattu" from the 1991 film Thalapathi fourth in the world's top 10 most popular songs of all time.[8] He was also nominated in the Best Indian album Music Awards category[9] at US based Just Plain Folks Music Organization, which is the largest grassroots music organization in the world, and stood third for his "Music Journey: Live in Italy".[9]
In the 2000s, he composed a variety of non-film music, including religious and devotional songs, an oratorio, and world music, while shifting his focus to Malayalam films. He is usually referred to by the title Isaignani (Tamil: இசைஞானி; English: A man with great knowledge in music), or as The Maestro. He has won four Indian National Film Awards; three for Best Music Direction and one for Best Background Score[10] and is a recipient of the prestigious Padma Bhushan Award from the Government of India.

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