Sangeet Natak Akademi for Creative & Experimental Music

The Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Creative and Experimental Music was started back in 1973 and was first awarded to Vishnudas Shirali. This award continued till 2012, when it was won by Ilaiyaraaja.

Year Creative & Experimental Music Year Creative & Experimental Music
2007 Khayyam 1989 Vanraj Bhatia
2002 K. P. Udayabhanu 1988 Bhaskar Chandavarkar
2001 S. Rajaram 1986 M. B. Srinivasan, Anil Biswas, Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay
1998 Vishwa Mohan Bhatt 1983 Chidambaram S. Jayaraman
1997 Satish Bhatia 1982 Vijay Raghav Rao
1995 Atul Desai 1978 Rai Chand Boral
1994 V. Balsara 1976 Timir Baran Bhattacharya
1990 L. Subramaniam 1973 Vishnudass Shirali


























•Other Major Traditions of Music
Year Other Major Traditions of Music Year Other Major Traditions of Music
2009 L. Ibohalmacha Singh (Nata Sankirtana, Manipur) 2008 Ningombam Ibobi Singh (Nata Sankirtana, Manipur)


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