Ramnad V. Raghavan was a South Indian player of the mridangam. He was born in Madurai

Madurai

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, Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

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, India

India

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, to P. Vaidyanatha Ayyar of Kooniyur, Tirunelveli

Tirunelveli

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 district, and Brhannayaki.

Beginning in 1970, he taught for many years at Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University

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 in Connecticut

Connecticut

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, United States

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. He was also a key initiator for the Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana

Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana

-External links:*The Cleveland aradhana is one of the biggest aradhana organizations in the world. Taking place in Ohio, the aradhana has more than a thousand people a day!people from all over the world will participate in this festival....

. He retired and moved to Chennai

Chennai

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, India

India

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. He died on November 21, 2009 at the age of 82 in Chennai
His students have included Glen Velez

Glen Velez

Glen Velez is an American percussionist, vocalist, and composer, specializing in frame drums from around the world. He is largely responsible for the increasing popularity of frame drums in the United States and around the world....

, Jamey Haddad

Jamey Haddad

Jamey George Haddad is an American percussionist working primarily in the fields of jazz and world music, and specializing in hand drums.-Biography:...

, David Nelson, Patricia Shehan Campbell, Frank Bennett, and Joseph M. Getter.

External links

• Ramnad V. Raghavan page from David Nelson site
• Ramnad Raghavan page

See also

• T. Ranganathan
  T. Ranganathan
  Tanjore Ranganathan was a Carnatic musician specializing in percussion instruments, particularly the mridangam....
  
  
• S. Ramanathan
  S. Ramanathan
  S. Ramanathan was a Carnatic music singer and musicologist.He learned music from Tiger Varadachariar, Sabesa Iyer, Ponniah Pillai, and Sathur Krishna Iyengar. He received a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, where he also taught.He had disciples who have...