Mallaari - Raga : Kambeera Nattai
Valli Naayagane - Raga : Shanmugapriya Tala: Aadhi
Thani Aavarthanam (Thavil & Drums)
Chidambaram Ena - Raga : Kalyani Tala : Aadhi
Thani Aavarthanam (Thavil)
Kaavadi Chindu
Kunnakkudi Vaidyanathan
Born in Kunnakudi in the year 1935, Vaidyanathan is a multi-faceted musician. He had his early training under his father Ramaswamy sastrigal. He dwells with ease and competence at the highest and the lowest octave.
He made his debut at the age of 12. He joined film orchestra with Modern Theatres, Salem. Before switching over to Solos in 1960, he accompanied many senior artistes of his time. Since 19680, he is secretary, Sri Tyagabramha Mahotsava Sabha, Thiruvaiyaru. He was appointed State Artiste by the Government of Tamilnadu in 1984 and Asthana Vidwan of Kanchi Mutt in 1987.
He was awarded many times by various Sabhas and institutions, Akashwani Awards - 1981, 1987, "Violin Chakravarthy ", "Kalaimamani", "ISai Perarignar", Violin Award of Singapore. He gave concerts all over the world.
A.R. Subramaniam
Born in 1940, A.R. Subramaniam started his early training under his father Arumugam Pillai in Nagaswaram and then switched over to Thavil under his brother Palanivel.
He has had 3442 Concerts upto 19990 - which is by any standard a colossal figure. Laya Maestro among the Thavil Vidwans, Subramaniam's forte is pleasing sound. He gave concerts in Europe, USA in 1985 and received many awards e.g. "Kalaimamani" - State Artiste - Tamilnadu Government, Sangita Natak Akademy - "ISai Perarignar" from the Tamilnadu Sangam, Chennai (being the first Thavildar to receive the honour)
Sivamani is the son of S. M. Anandan, a Chennai-based percussionist. He began drumming at the age of seven. Sivamani started his music career at the age of 11, and later shifted to Mumbai. He was inspired by Noel Grant and Billy Cobham. In 1990, he actually shared the stage with Billy Cobham at Mumbai's Rang Bhavan. He touts S. P. Balasubrahmanyam as his Godfather
Sivamani
Sivamani's earliest experiments with music were with Carnatic maestros including Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan, T. V. Gopalakrishnan, Valliyapatti Subramaniam and Pazhanivel, and L. Shankar. The tabla player Zakir Hussain invited him to share the stage with himself and Trilok Gurtu at a fusion concert in Mumbai. Sivamani has since collaborated with several musicians including Louis Banks. He has done world tours with A. R. Rahman and collaborated with him for Bombay Dreams. He has also been a part of a musical group called Shraddha which comprises Shankar Mahadevan, Hariharan, U. Srinivas and Loy Mendonsa
Shivamani has a music band named "Asia Electrik" with Nilathri Kumar, Louiz Banks and Ravi Chari. He also plays at another world music band named "Silk & Shrada." Sivamani has played drums for many notable film score composers hailing from Tamil Nadu. He has played drums for many Indian films including Roja, Rang De Basanti, Taal, Lagaan, Dil Se, Guru, and Kabul Express. Some of the notable songs that he has contributed to include "Kadhal Rojave," "Pudhu Vellai Malai" and Chaiya Chaiya. Sivamani has performed in Dubai, Moscow, New York, Doha and Toronto. During the Mumbai Festival 2005, Coca-Cola India invited him to perform at the Limca Fresh Face 2005 event, where he created melody from Limca bottles. He has also worked on Galli Galli Sim Sim, an educational series on Pogo and Cartoon Network.
Sivamani has also acted in movies. He co-starred with Thomas Jane in the Telugu movie Padamati Sandhya Ragam in 1986. Sivamani is also playing drums for Chennai Super Kings, one of the cricket teams of Indian Premier League.
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