Sheik Chinna Moulana

Sheik Chinna Moulana (1924 - 1999) was a prominent Indian nagaswaram player .

Biography

Sheik Chinna Moulana was born into a musical family whose ancestry goes back to Sheik Nabi Sahib of Sattalur. He received his initial training from his father, Kasim Sahib, and later from vidwan Adam Sahib of Chilakalooripeta. He received further training in the tanjore style of playing under the Nachiarkoil brothers, Rajan and Dorai Kannu.

Chinna Moulana was a childhood admirer of T.N. Rajarathnam Pillai, and in later years emulated Pillai's approach to the nagaswaram.

He gave is first performance in 1960 in Tamil Nadu, India and quickly gained renown.

Chinna Moula was known to be a devout follower of the Hindu deity Ranganatha, which lead him to reside in the pilgrim city of Srirangam. In Srirangam he founded the Sarada Nagaswara Sangeeta Ashram, a school for aspiring nagaswaram players. Notable students of the ashram were his own grandsons Babu, Pedda Kasim and Chinna Kasim, as well as Mahaboob Subani and Kalishabi Mahaboob.

Among his many awards are the prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi award (1976) and the Sangeetha Kalanidhi title (1998).

He died in 1999.

elected Discography

Nadhaswaram: Music of South India (1996)

Woodwind Melodies (1996)

Musical Heralds from South India

Celestial Nadaswaram Recitals

Mellifluous Nadaswaram Recitals

The Sound of Nadaswaram

Nadaswaram Samrat

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