<p>Mysuru: Internationally acclaimed sarod maestro Pandit Rajeev Taranath (92) died after a brief illness at a private hospital in Mysuru on Tuesday.</p><p>His body will be kept for public viewing from 9 am to 12 noon on Wednesday at his residence in Saraswathipuram. </p><p>Pt Rajeev had undergone left hip replacement surgery, following a fracture and was being treated. </p><p>Chief Minister Siddaramaiah condoled his death and stated on X: “His sad demise is a huge loss to not just Karnataka, but the entire world of music. He was not just an artiste, but also a great humanist”.</p>.<p>Pt Rajeev performed in concerts worldwide. He was the first Indian to play sarod in the Opera House of Sydney.</p><p>His last Dasara performance in front of the illuminated Mysuru Palace was last year. He had done music direction for several Kannada and Malayalam movies. </p><p>He was honored with Padma Shri award (2019), Kendra Sangeetha Nataka Academy award (2000) and Nadoja award (2018) of Hampi Kannada university.</p><p>The Karnataka government had honoured him with Sangeetha Vidwan award (2018), and Karnataka Rajyotsava award (1996). He was a recipient of Karnataka Kalasri award (1983) of Sangeeta Nataka Akademi. </p><p>He was born on October 17, 1932 in Bengaluru to freedom fighter Taranath and Sumathi Bai. He secured first rank in BA (honours) at Central College, Bangalore; first rank and gold medal in MA (English) in University of Mysore (UoM) in 1962.</p><p>He did PhD in ‘Image in Poetry of T S Eliot’ from UoM, under the guidance of the late C D Narasimhaiah. He taught at Karnatak College, Dharwad in 1964; Regional College of Education in Mysuru from 1965 to 1968; He taught cinema music at the Pune Film Institute from 1981-82. He even served at University of Aden, California University. He served as head of the Indian music programme at world music department of California Institute of Arts from 1995 to 2005. </p><p>Kannada and Culture Minister Shivaraj Tangadagi, former CM Basavaraj Bommai and others have condoled his death.</p>
<p>Mysuru: Internationally acclaimed sarod maestro Pandit Rajeev Taranath (92) died after a brief illness at a private hospital in Mysuru on Tuesday.</p><p>His body will be kept for public viewing from 9 am to 12 noon on Wednesday at his residence in Saraswathipuram. </p><p>Pt Rajeev had undergone left hip replacement surgery, following a fracture and was being treated. </p><p>Chief Minister Siddaramaiah condoled his death and stated on X: “His sad demise is a huge loss to not just Karnataka, but the entire world of music. He was not just an artiste, but also a great humanist”.</p>.<p>Pt Rajeev performed in concerts worldwide. He was the first Indian to play sarod in the Opera House of Sydney.</p><p>His last Dasara performance in front of the illuminated Mysuru Palace was last year. He had done music direction for several Kannada and Malayalam movies. </p><p>He was honored with Padma Shri award (2019), Kendra Sangeetha Nataka Academy award (2000) and Nadoja award (2018) of Hampi Kannada university.</p><p>The Karnataka government had honoured him with Sangeetha Vidwan award (2018), and Karnataka Rajyotsava award (1996). He was a recipient of Karnataka Kalasri award (1983) of Sangeeta Nataka Akademi. </p><p>He was born on October 17, 1932 in Bengaluru to freedom fighter Taranath and Sumathi Bai. He secured first rank in BA (honours) at Central College, Bangalore; first rank and gold medal in MA (English) in University of Mysore (UoM) in 1962.</p><p>He did PhD in ‘Image in Poetry of T S Eliot’ from UoM, under the guidance of the late C D Narasimhaiah. He taught at Karnatak College, Dharwad in 1964; Regional College of Education in Mysuru from 1965 to 1968; He taught cinema music at the Pune Film Institute from 1981-82. He even served at University of Aden, California University. He served as head of the Indian music programme at world music department of California Institute of Arts from 1995 to 2005. </p><p>Kannada and Culture Minister Shivaraj Tangadagi, former CM Basavaraj Bommai and others have condoled his death.</p>