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Ilaiyaraaja (born Gnanathesikan) is an Indian film composer who works predominantly in the South Indian cinema since the late 1970s. Regarded as one of the finest music composers in India, Ilaiyaraaja is also an instrumentalist, conductor, singer, and songwriter. He has composed more than 5000 songs and provided film scores for more than 1000 films, particularly being acclaimed for his background scoring.〔S. Theodore Baskaran ("Jnana To Gana: Consistent eclecticism has kept Tamil film music virile" ). Outlookindia.com, 26 June 2006.〕 He integrated folk—in Tamil—and introduced western musical sensibilities into the South Indian musical mainstream. Ilaiyaraja is also known for creating music by fusing symphonic orchestration with traditional Indian instrumentation, often performed by Budapest Symphony Orchestra. In 1993 he organised a full symphony performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London and thus became the first Indian to compose a full symphony, with Ravi Shankar being the only other Indian to do so. He is also the first Asian to compose a full symphony performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He has won four Indian National Film Awards (the highest film honor in India); three for Best Music Direction and one for Best Background Score.〔Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. 2006. . Archived from (the original ) on 18 April 2007. Accessed 2006-11-22.〕 In 2010 he has received Padma Bhushan, awarded by the Government of India. In the 2000s, he composed a variety of non-film music, including religious and devotional songs, an oratorio, and world music. He is usually referred to by the title ''Isaignani'' ((英語:Musical Genius)), or as ''The Maestro''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ilaiyaraaja )〕 Ilaiyaraja is a gold medalist in classical guitar from Trinity College of Music, London. In 2003, according to an international poll conducted by BBC, people from 155 countries voted his composition ''Rakkamma Kaiya Thattu'' from the 1991 film ''Thalapathi'' as fourth in the world's top 10 most popular songs of all time.〔(THE WORLD'S TOP TEN ), BBC World Service.com〕 He was also nominated in the Best Indian album Music Awards category〔(A. R. Rahman wins 'Grassroot Grammy' ), THE HINDU, New Delhi 2 Sep 2009〕 at US based Just Plain Folks Music Organization, which is the largest grassroots music organization in the world, and stood third for his "Music Journey: Live in Italy".〔 In 2012 he received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for his creative and experimental works in music field. In 2014 he has been chosen for his outstanding contribution to the Indian film music and was awarded the SIES Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswati National Eminence award. In 2015, he was also honoured with the Centenary Award for lifetime achievement at the 46th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) at Panaji, Goa. Popular world cinema portal Taste of Cinema placed Ilaiyaraja at the 9th position in its list of 25 greatest film composers in the cinema history.〔http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2014/the-25-greatest-film-composers-in-cinema-history/2/〕 In a poll conducted by CNN-IBN celebrating 100 years of Indian cinema in 2013, Ilaiyaraaja was voted as the greatest music composer of India with a maximum of 49%. ==Early life and family== Ilaiyaraaja was born as Gnanathesikan in 1943 in a normal middle-class family in Pannaipuram, Theni district, Tamil Nadu, India. When he joined the school his father changed his name as "Rajaiya" but his village people used to call him as "Raasayya".〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=திரை இசையில் திருப்பம் உண்டாக்கிய இளையராஜா கிராமிய இசைக்கு புத்துயிர் அளித்தார் )〕 Ilaiyaraaja joined Dhanraj Master as a student to learn musical instruments and the master renamed and called him as just "Raaja". In his first movie ''Annakili'', Tamil film producer Panchu Arunachalam added "Ilaiya" (Ilaiya means younger in Tamil language) as prefix in his name Raaja and he named as "Ilaiyaraaja" because in the 1970s there was one more music director A. M. Rajah who was a popular one. Ilaiyaraaja was married to Jeeva and the couple have three children—Karthik Raja, Yuvan Shankar Raja and Bhavatharini—all film composers and singers.〔Sangeetha Devi, K. ("Music from the past". ) ''The Hindu''. 13 January 2007. Accessed 2007-03-03.〕〔Staff reporter. ("Ilaiyaraja's daughter gets engaged". ) ''The Hindu''. 5 August 2005. Accessed 2007-03-03.〕 His wife Jeeva died on 31 October 2011. Ilaiyaraaja has a brother Gangai Amaran, who is also a music director and lyricist in Tamil film industry. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ilaiyaraaja」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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