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Palghat R. Raghu | |
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| Born | Palghat Ramaswamy Raghu (1928-01-09)9 January 1928 Rangoon, Burma(present-dayYangon, Myanmar) |
| Died | 2 June 2009(2009-06-02) (aged 81) |
| Occupations | carnatic musician, percussionist |
| Spouse | Swarnambal |
| Parent(s) | Palghat Ramasamy Iyer, Ananthalakshmi Ammal |
Palghat R. Raghu (9 January 1928 – 2 June 2009) was aCarnatic musician andpercussionist. He was awarded theMadras Music Academy'sSangeetha Kalanidhi in 2007.[1]
Palghat Ramaswamy Raghu was born inRangoon,Burma (now Myanmar) to Palghat Ramaswamy Iyer and Ananthalakshmi Ammal. As a child, he was immensely talented and inducted intomridangam lessons very early in his life. His first mridangam lessons were from Tinniam Venkatarama Iyer and Trichy Raghava Iyer. Later he learnt the art fromPalghat T. S. Mani Iyer, to whose niece, Swarnambal, he was married. He was a graduate of mathematics.
Raghu toured extensively inEurope, United States, Australia, Malaysia and Singapore. He performed with artists such as Sitar Maestro PanditRavi Shankar, FluteHariprasad Chaurasia,SantoorShivkumar Sharma andAlla Rakha in numerous concerts in India and abroad. He had also been involved in east–west fusion music. He had been visiting professor of music atWesleyan University inConnecticut,San Diego State University andUniversity of California, Berkeley. He regularly conducted advanced mridangam classes for the benefit of his students and upcoming mridangam artists.
Palghat Raghu's grandsons are carnatic musicianAbhishek Raghuram and mridangam artist Anantha R. Krishnan.
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