[Artist Biography] Ram Narayan

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• Artist: Ram Narayan
• Real Name: Ram Narayan
• Birth Date /Place: India 
• Age: 25 December 1927 (age 95)
• Social status (Single / Married): Married 
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• Musical Genres: Classical 
• Awards: Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan 
• Top 3 Songs (Names): 
• Other Information: Ram Narayan was born on 25 December 1927 in Amber village, near Udaipur in northwestern India.His great-great-grandfather, Bagaji Biyavat, was a singer from Amber, and he and Narayan's great-grandfather, Sagad Danji Biyaat, sang at the court of the Maharana of Udaipur.Narayan's grandfather, Har Lalji Biyavat, and father, Nathuji Biyavat, were farmers and singers, Nathuji played the bowed instrument dilruba, and Narayan's mother was a music lover.Narayan's first language was Rajasthani and he learned Hindi and, later, English. At an age of about six, he found a small sarangi left by the family's Ganga guru, a genealogist, and was taught a fingering technique developed by his father. Narayan's father taught him, but was worried about the difficulty of playing the sarangi and its association with courtesan music, which gave the instrument a low social status.After a year, Biyavat sought lessons for his son from sarangi player Mehboob Khan of Jaipur, but changed his mind when Khan told him Narayan would have to change his fingering technique. Narayan's father later encouraged him to leave school and devote himself to playing the sarangi.