Vidya Shankar (musician)

Vidya Shankar
President Pratibha Patil awarding Vidya Shankar the 2007 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (Carnatic Instrumental - Veena)
Background information
Born(1919-12-28)28 December 1919
Madras, Madras Presidency, British India
(now Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India)
Died29 June 2010(2010-06-29) (aged 90)
Mylapore, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
GenresCarnatic music

Vidya Shankar (28 December 1919—29 June 2010) was a distinguished Indian musicologist, educationist and vainika (veena musician). She was a recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, the highest Indian award for practising artists.

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