The Master of all Masters
From his signature to the involvement on the stage, Saxophone Kadri Gopalnath surely states that his one and only obsession is music. 56 year old, Kadri Sir was born in Mangalore to Sri Taniappa and Srimathi Gangamma. Sri Taniappa was a great nagaswaram artist so music was not something new for the young Kadri Sir. He started learning the nagaswaram under his competent father at a young age. His path, however, soon took a sharp turn. Seeing the shiny, curved saxophone played in the Mysore Band Set, he immediately fell for the strong and beautiful sound it produced. It took him 20 years to win over this and earned him the title Saxophone Chakravarthy. Ever since then, Kadri Gopalnath has been a great asset in the field of carnatic music and a great person in the era of humanity. On October 7, 2006, Chicago, IL had the privilege to listen to an outstanding concert by him and his team. They consisted of Sri Kadri Gopalnath, Sri Tripunithura Radhakrishna on the Ghatam, Sri Vittal Rama...