Shimoga Subbanna

Shimoga Subbanna or Shivamogga Subbanna (born as G. Subramanya, 14 December 1938 – 11 August 2022) was an Indian Sugama Sangeetha(Light Music) playback singer in the Kannada language. He received a national award for singing for the song Kaadu Kudure Odi Banditta in the film Kaadu Kudure.^[1] He was the first Kannadiga to win National Award for playback singing.^[2] Apart from being an exemplary singer and musician, he was also an advocate and a notary public.

Shimoga Subbanna
Shimoga Subbanna in 2012
Background information
Birth name	G. Subramanya
Born	(1938-12-14)14 December 1938 Nagara, Kingdom of Mysore, British India[citation needed]
Died	11 August 2022(2022-08-11) (aged 83) Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Genres	Carnatic music
Occupation	Playback singer

Awards and honors

Subbanna received several awards and honors for his contributions to Sugama Sangeetha,^[3] some of which are listed below:

• National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer in 1978 ^[4]
• Sant Shishunal Shariff Award in 2000^[5]
• Kannada Kampu award in 2006^[6]
• Honorary doctorate from Kuvempu University in 2008^[7]
• Sundarashri Award in 2009^{[citation needed]}

Death

He died on 11 August 2022, at the age of 83, after suffering from a cardiac arrest.^[8]