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Frequently Asked Questions

• How did Gopalnath learn to play the saxophone?

  After a young Mr. Gopalnath got a chance to listen to the saxophone recital in the of the then Mysore Palace, he developed a passion for it, and went on to learn how to play Carnatic music on the saxophone from N. Gopalakrishna Iyer of Kalaniketan. He presented his first concert in the All India Radio, Mangaluru, in 1978.

• Who is Kadri Gopalnath?

  Noted saxophone exponent Kadri Gopalnath passed away at a private hospital here early on Frday, October 11. 2019. He was 69 and had been ailing for some time. His name was a synonym with saxophone in the country.

• Why is Kadri Gopalnath called a genius of Carnatic music?

  Gopalnath had to make certain modifications to the conventional alto saxophone to play Carnatic music. So successful was this adaptation that the great musician Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, the doyen of Carnatic music, acknowledged Kadri Gopalnath as a true Carnatic music genius.

• How old was Gopalnath when he died?

  He was 69 and had been ailing for some time. His name was a synonym with saxophone in the country. A Padma Shri–awardee, Gopalnath is survived by his wife Sarojini, two sons, noted music director Manikanth Kadri, Kuwait-based Guruprasad Kadri, and daughter Ambika Mohan.

• Why is Kadri Gopalnath called a genius of Carnatic music?

  Gopalnath had to make certain modifications to the conventional alto saxophone to play Carnatic music. So successful was this adaptation that the great musician Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, the doyen of Carnatic music, acknowledged Kadri Gopalnath as a true Carnatic music genius.

• Who is Kadri Gopalnath?

  Kadri Gopalnath (6 December 1949 – 11 October 2019) was an Indian alto saxophonist and one of the pioneers of Carnatic music for that instrument. Kadri Gopalnath was born on December 6, 1949 in Sajeepa Mooda village in Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada to Taniyappa and Gangamma was greatest of all of them.

• How did Gopalnath Chakravarthy learn to play the saxophone?

  It took him nearly 20 years to conquer the complex western wind instrument, and he was eventually crowned as the "Saxophone Chakravarthy". Gopalnath learnt to play Carnatic music on the saxophone from N. Gopalakrishna Iyer of Kalaniketan, Mangalore. He presented his first concert in the All India Radio, Mangaluru in 1978.

• Is saxophone a real asset in Carnatic music?

  Mr. Gopalnath would eventually become one of the most prominent classical musicians in India, and the first to show on a grand scale how the saxophone, despite its Western-tempered tuning, could be a real asset in Carnatic music, not just a novelty.­