This document provides information about three famous Indian musicians: Anirudh Ravichander, A.R. Rahman, and Sid Sriram. It also discusses the history and development of musical instruments throughout the world. Anirudh Ravichander is a composer and singer who started composing at age 10 and graduated from Loyola College in Chennai. A.R. Rahman is an acclaimed composer known for blending eastern and western music styles who has won two Oscars and two Grammys. Sid Sriram is a Carnatic singer who grew up in California but moved back to India to pursue a career in Carnatic music.

2. Presentation about the great
musicians and musical
instrument

3. Anirudh Ravichander

4. Anirudh Ravichander is an music composer and singer. He
is the son of actor Ravi Raghavendra. His mother Lakshmi
is a dancer. Anirudh was a part of a band in school called
Zinx. At the age of 10, he started composing music. He did
his schooling at Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan, one of the
most prestigious educational institutions in Chennai. He
graduated from Loyola College, Chennai in 2011, which
according to him was just a back up in case his music
career did not take off. Anirudh learnt classical piano from
Trinity College of Music, London. He also learnt Carnatic
music, and was part of a Carnatic fusion band.

5. A.R. Rahman

6. • A. R. Rahman is a composer, singer-songwriter, music producer,
musician from India. He is specially acclaimed for blending
together Eastern classical music withelectronic music, world music and
traditional orchestral arrangements. He is skilled at playing the
harmonium, guitar, piano and synthesizer. A few of the famed awards
bestowed upon him are two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards,
a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, fourNational Film Awards,
fifteen Filmfare Awards and thirteen Filmfare Awards South. He is also
known as the Mozart of Madras.

7. Sid Sriram

8. • Sid Sriram was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India to Tamil family.
He moved with his parents to California when he was a year old,
and he grew up in Fremont. His musical skills were nurtured by his
mother, Latha Sriram, a Carnatic music teacher in the San
Francisco Bay Area.[5] He started learning Carnatic music since he
was 3 years old.

9. • He simultaneously started picking up R&B. After graduating
from Mission San Jose High School in 2008, he joined the Berklee
College of Music and graduated in music production and
engineering.[6] Since his graduation, he has been regularly
visiting India and performing Carnatic concerts, including as a part
of the December Music season - Marghazhi Utsavam. Since then,
he moved back to India and currently resides in the Mylapore area
in Chennai.[7]

10. Instruments

11. • A musical instrument is a device created or adapted to make musical
sounds. In principle, any object that produces sound can be considered a
musical instrument—it is through purpose that the object becomes a musical
instrument. A person who plays a musical instrument is known as
an instrumentalist. The history of musical instruments dates to the
beginnings of human culture. Early musical instruments may have been used
for rituals, such as a horn to signal success on the hunt, or a drum in a
religious ceremony. Cultures eventually developed composition and
performance of melodies for entertainment. Musical instruments evolved in
step with changing applications and technologies.
• The date and origin of the first device considered a musical instrument is
disputed. The oldest object that some scholars refer to as a musical
instrument, a simple flute, dates back as far as 67,000 years. Some
consensus dates early flutes to about 37,000 years ago. However, most
historians believe that determining a specific time of musical instrument
invention is impossible, as many early musical instruments were made from
animal skins, bone, wood, and other non-durable materials.

12. • Musical instruments developed independently in many populated regions
of the world. However, contact among civilizations caused rapid spread
and adaptation of most instruments in places far from their origin. By
the post-classical era, instruments from Mesopotamia were in maritime
Southeast Asia, and Europeans played instruments originating from North
Africa. Development in the Americas occurred at a slower pace, but
cultures of North, Central, and South America shared musical
instruments.
• By 1400, musical instrument development slowed in many areas and was
dominated by the Occident. During the Classical periods of music, lasting
from roughly 1750 to 1900, many new musical instruments were
developed. While the evolution of traditional musical instruments slowed
beginning in the 20th century, the proliferation of electricity led to the
invention of new electric instruments, such as electric
guitars synthesizers and the theremin

13. • Musical instrument classification is a discipline in its own right, and
many systems of classification have been used over the years.
Instruments can be classified by their effective range, material
composition, size, role, etc. However, the most common academic
method, Hornbostel–Sachs, uses the means by which they produce
sound. The academic study of musical instruments is
called organolo