Tributes pour in for Pandit Ram Narayan, the maestro who took Sarangi instrument to new heights

New Delhi, 'He played sarangi like no other', 'a peaceful and wonderful musician' or the one who gave up the fame and glory of Hindi film industry for the sheer love of classical music is how eminent personalities from the field of music paid tributes to the Sarangi maestro Pandit Ram Narayan. Tributes pour in for Pandit Ram Narayan, the maestro who took Sarangi instrument to new heights Narayan, widely credited for elevating the status of humble sarangi as a concert solo instrument in Hindustani classical music, died at his Mumbai residence on Saturday. He gave it all up and decided to play Sarangi in concerts across India and internationally," Narayan's student and well known playback singer Kavita Krishnamurty told PTI over phone from Sri Lanka Later, he recorded several albums, and made his first international tour in 1964 to the United States and Europe with his older brother Chatur Lal, a tabla player. While Sangeet Natak Akademi offered condolences to his family, the Society for the promotion of Indian Classical Music Among Youth said Narayan's "artistic prowess was such that he had become almost synonymous with his instrument in the world of classical music".