MSG, (10 June 1931 – 3 January 2013) was a violinist in the field of Carnatic music.
He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 1997.
He was a recipient of the Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri, Kalaimamani, Sangeetha Kalanidhi and Sangeet Natak Akademi awards, and is commonly grouped with Lalgudi Jayaraman and T.N.Krishnan as part of the violin-trinity of Carnatic Music.