<span style="color: #222222;">Noted Carnatic musician and renowned veena vidwan Dr B Siva Kumar, senior veena artist of AIR Tiruchirapalli passed away in Trichy early today morning. He was 53. He had been ailing from various health problems for some time.<br />''<br />''A much acclaimed and popular veena artist, Dr Siva Kumar learned the nuances and finer points of music from stalwarts like Shri R Krishnamoorthy, Smt Ranganayaki Rajagopalan and N Ravikiran.<br />''<br />''Dr Siva Kumar, a science graduate of Loyola College  Chennai has also taken MA in Music from Bharathi Dasan university and followed it up with a PhD in Music.<br />''<br />''He has won several awards including the Tamil Iyal Isai Nataka sangam award and the award for Ragam Tanam Pallavi presentation from the Tamil Isai Sangam.</span><br />