Rajeev Taranath (17 October 1932 – 11 June 2024) was an Indian classical musician. He played the sarod.[1] He was born in Bangalore, Karnataka. Rajeev was singing for the All India Radio before he was twenty.[2] He taught English literature at the University of Aden in 1980s. He was the head of the Indian music program at the World Music Department of the California Institute of the Arts from 1995 to 2005.[3]
Taranath died on 11 June 2024 at a hospital in Mysuru, India at the age of 91.[4]