Prominent Saxophonist Kadri Gopalnath passes away at the age of 69 at a private hospital in Mangalore. He was reported to have been ill for some time now. Kadri Gopalnath was the one who specialized in Carnatic Saxophone music, a not-much experimented concept.
Kadri Gopalnath is a person who was born in Karnataka, and he learned music during his formative years from his father first. He also plays Nadhaswaram.
Many National stages were mesmerized by the performance of Kadri Gopalnath who was also invited abroad to perform on shows in BBC. Many titles have been bestowed upon this great artist of all times such as Saxophone Chakravarthi, Kalaimamani etc., and he has also performed in many countries such as Germany, Prague etc.