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Awards & Titles
Titles and honours have come on his way. The most cherished
being the Asthana Vidwan of Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Pettam, Sri
Sringeri Sharada Peetam, Sri Ahobila Mutt and Sri Pillayarpatti
Temple.
Gopalnath has the distinction of being the first Carnatic
Musician to be invited to perform in the BBC promenade concert
in 1994, in The Royal Albert Hall at London. The Asian Music
Circuit, U.K, sponsored his recital. Among is other distinctions
are:
Saxophone Chakravarthy, Saxophone Samrat, Ganakala Shree,
Nadopasana Brahma, Sunada Prakashika, Nada Kalarathna, Nada
Kalanidhi, Sangeetha Vadya Rathna, Sangeetha Rathna, Karnataka
Kalashree in 1996, Vocational Excellency Award form the Rotary
of Madras, Tamil Nadu State Award “ Kalaimamani”
and Karnataka Rajyotsava Award in 1998.
Gopalnath has extensively toured abroad on invitations. He
has participated in the Jazz Festival in Prague, Berlin Jazz
Festival, International Cervantino Festival in Mexico, Music
Halle Festival, Paris, Concerts in Switzerland, United Kingdom,
U.S.A., Canada, Bahrain, Australia, Kuwait, Quatar, Muscat,
Germany, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Singapore.
He has cut many LP’s and recorded a number of cassettes
and CD’s. He has played for a Fusion CD “ Southern
Brothers” for Global Integration, with Mr. James Newton,
a famous Jazz player from the U.S.A. Identifying his talents,
noted film director K Balachandar used his services in his
Tamil Film “Duet”, which put Gopalnath on a new
pedestal.
A Tamil Weekly of Madras featured him on a cover page story,
heading him as “Isai Vizha Nayakan” (Hero of the
Music Festival). The Music Academy chose him for the “Best
Instrumentalist of the season”. Both rare distinctions
indeed!
Sayings: Music is Universal, Music is Forever,
No Religion, No Border.
Chennai, India
“Sri Bhuvaneshwari Nilayam”
#9, F3, First Street, Ganapathy Colony,
Gopalapuram, Chennai – 600 086
Tel: 91-44-823 8699, 8256366
Fax: 91-44-823 8699
Email: kadrisax@md4.vsnl.net.in,
kadrisax@eth.net, kadrisax@usa.net
www.kadrigopalnath.com
Mangalore, India
“Sri Guru Nilayam”
#5/82/Z, Padavinangady,
Kavoor Post, Mangalore – 575 015
Tel: 91-0824-211995
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