Ilaiyaraaja

Ilaiyaraaja (Gnanathesigan Daniel) an Indian film composer, music director, conductor, lyricist, playback singer, producer.

Sangeet Natak Akademi Award recipient.

Multiple-time National Film Award recipient.

Founder of ‘Ilaiyaraaja Studios’, a state-of-the-art music production facility.

First Indian composer to record an entire film soundtrack utilizing a computer.

First Indian and Asian film composer to compose, record, and perform a full Western classical symphony live in London.

Composer of Thiruvasakam in Symphony, widely regarded as the first Indian oratorio.

He composed the music and background score for My Dear Kuttichathan (1984), India’s first stereoscopic 3D motion picture.
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