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Thangadurai Samuel

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Thangadurai Samuel is a classical guitarist from India.

Samuel founded the Madras Guitar Society in 1988 which became the Madras Guitar String Ensemble in 1991. The Calcutta Classical Guitar Society honored him with a lifetime achievement award in 2010. He is the first classical guitarist to complete the practical part of the Trinity College of Music examination from Madras.[1][2] He has taught several people through out the past few decades, changing all of them to become great guitarists.

References

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  1. ^ FREDERICK, PRINCE (6 December 2010). "Strumming up success". Calcutta: The Hindu. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
  2. ^ CHOWDHURY, SOUVIK (16 September 2003). "Classical concerto". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 4 October 2003. Retrieved 7 December 2010.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)