Ilaiyaraaja (Composer) - Age, Birthday, Bio, Facts, Family, Net Worth, Height & More

Gnanathesikan, known as Ilaiyaraaja, is an Indian film composer, singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, orchestrator, conductor-arranger and lyricist who works in the Indian film industry, predominantly in Tamil. He has also worked in several Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films besides one Marathi film. Widely regarded as one of the greatest Indian music composers, he is often credited for introducing Western musical sensibilities in the South Indian film musical mainstream. Reputed to be the world's most prolific composer, he has composed more than 7,000 songs, provided film scores for more than 1,000 movies and performed in more than 20,000 concerts. Ilaiyaraaja is nicknamed "Isaignani" and is often referred to as "Maestro", amongst others by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London. He is known for integrating Indian folk music and traditional Indian instrumentation with western classical music techniques.

Birth name	R. Gnanathesikan
Also known as	Ilaiyaraaja, Raja, Maestro, Isaignani
Born	June 02, 1943, Pannaipuram, Theni, Madras Presidency, British India
Genres	Film score, world music, classical, oratorio, folk, rock, jazz
Occupation(s)	Film score composer, Lyricist, Music director, Songwriter, Singer, Conductor, Instrumentalist, Arranger, Orchestrator, Film producer
Instruments	Vocals (playback singing), guitar, keyboard, harmonium, flute, organ, piano, violin, cello
Years active	1976–present
Associated acts	Salil Choudhury, G. K. Venkatesh, M. S. Viswanathan, John Scott, Yuvan Shankar Raja

Composer Ilaiyaraaja was born on June 2, 1943 in India (He's 80 years old now).

Known for his work in the Tamil film business, where he composed over 4500 songs and designed approximately 1000 film scores.

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Ilaiyaraaja was born in the Zodiac sign Gemini (The Twins), and 1943 is also the year of Goat (羊) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He received a Gold medal in Classical Guitar at the Trinity College of Music in London, where he studied.

In 2004, he received the NTR National Award, which recognizes persons who have made significant contributions to the Indian cinema industry.

He was born in the Indian city of Pannaipuram. Before his wife passed away in 2011, he married Jeeva and they had three children together.

Both he and ^Guitarist Anthony Glise, a musician, were outstanding classical guitarists.

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Latest information about Ilaiyaraaja updated on March 14 2023.