+1
Images
Kadri Gopalnath
Kadri Gopalnath, born December 6, 1949, in Sajeepa Mooda, Bantwal taluk,
Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka, India, was an Indian alto saxophonist and a pioneer
of Carnatic music on the instrument. The son of a Nadaswaram vidwan, he was
inspired to learn the saxophone after hearing the Mysore Palace band set. He
adapted the Western alto saxophone to accommodate Carnatic microtones (gamakas)
and received training under N. Gopalakrishna Iyer in Mangalore and T. V.
Gopalakrishnan in Madras. He gave his first radio concert on All India Radio,
Mangaluru in 1978. His performance alongside Ame...
