The mridangam is a percussion instrument originating from the Indian subcontinent. It is the primary rhythmic accompaniment in a Carnatic music ensemble...

This is a story about a famous mridangam player named Vembu Iyer and his student Peter Johnson, son of an expert mridangam maker named Johnson and a crazy...

recipients of the Kalaimamani for the year 1971–72. Music Madras A. Kannan (mridangam) G. N. Dhandapani Iyer (veena) Actor J. Jayalalithaa Music P. K. Subbaiyar...

he was immensely talented and inducted into mridangam lessons very early in his life. His first mridangam lessons were from Tinniam Venkatarama Iyer and...

mridanga (< Sanskrit mṛd + aṅga, lit. 'clay limb'), not to be confused with mridangam. It originates from the Indian states of West Bengal, Assam and Manipur...

Examples of membranophones: Bass drum Bongos Conga Darbuka Djembe Kuzeh Mridangam Octoban Parai Rototom Snare drum Tabla Thavil Timpani Tom-tom Lion's roar...

melodic accompaniment (usually a violin), a rhythm accompaniment (usually a mridangam), and a tambura, which acts as a drone throughout the performance. Other...

played along with the mridangam or dhol, so it is necessary to know the syllables or aural interpretation of what is played on mridangam. It is important to...

harmonica Hammered dulcimer Handbells Hang Lithophone Marimba Metallophone Mridangam Glockenspiel The harp stop and other effects on the organ Quadrangularis...

Indian musician and exponent of the Carnatic percussion instrument, the mridangam. He is a recipient of the Padma Vibhushan as well as the Sangeet Natak...

Abhishek was born into a family of notable musicians. He is the grandson of mridangam maestro Palghat R. Raghu. His mother Usha is the niece of violin maestro...

Gopalakrishnan Vocalist / Mridangam player 2013 Sudha Ragunathan Vocalist 2012 Trichur V. Ramachandran Vocalist 2011 Trichy Sankaran Mridangam player 2010 Bombay...

orchestra drums as well as Indian drums like Tabla and Mridangam. He trained under Mridangam Maestro Thiruvarur Bakthavathsalam, who gave his sister...

– Palghat K. V. Narayanaswamy 1971 – Mavelikkara Krishnankutty Nair (Mridangam) 1972 – C. S. Krishna Iyer 1972 – Parur Sundaram Iyer (Violin) 1972 –...

age of 10 at a harikatha discourses by Sivaramakrishna Bhagavathar. The mridangam player who was supposed to play had failed to turn up and Mani Iyer substituted...

Raja Rao (born 1955) is an Indian mridangam player and Carnatic vocalist. He received his initial training in Mridangam from his father S. Venkataramana...

Cymbals Glockenspiel Gong Handbell Lithophone Marimba Marímbula Melam Mridangam Parai Snare drum Steelpan Timpani aka Kettledrums Triangle Tubaphone Tubular...

performance, and vastly outnumber any commonly used finger placements on mridangam or any other hand percussion instrument. Further, all the differences...

percussion artist in mridangam at All India Radio and author of the book Resounding Mridangam. He started learning the mridangam at the age of four. His...

Murthy (born 13 August 1923), better known as T. K. Murthy, is an Indian mridangam player. Murthy is a Padma Shri and Sangeetha Kalanidhi awardee. Murthy...

McLaughlin - Guitar L. Shankar - Violin Ramnad Raghavan - Mridangam T. H. Vinayakram - Ghatam and Mridangam Zakir Hussain - Tabla John McLaughlin - Producer Nathan...

subcontinent, the oldest version of double sided drums and its descendants are mridangam of Southern India and kendang of Maritime Southeast Asia and other South...

(violin),  Vidwan Jaya Bhaskar (mridangam), Vidwan Krishna Sravan Kopparapu (mridangam), Master Karthikeya (mridangam), Vidwan K V Ramakrishna (ghatam)...

Ganapathy Subramanyam; 11 September 1945 – 4 May 2023) was an Indian mridangam player. Ganapathi Subramaniam popularly known as Karaikudi Mani was born...

India. He comes from a family of traditional musicians and is a renowned mridangam Vidwan. In 2021, he was awarded the prestigious Sangeetha Kalanidhi award...

Tiruchirappalli; with Mysore Chowdiah on the violin and Dakshinamurthy Pillai on the mridangam. This was organised by the Tiruchirappalli-based Indian National Congress...

Bhagavatar and K.J.Yesudas - Live concert Violin: M.S.Gopalakrishnan Mridangam: T.V.Gopalakrishnan Ghatam: Alangudi Ramachandran Venue: Chembai Parthasarathy...

Velukkutty Nair - mridangam player Palani Subramaniam Pillai - percussionist, played the mridangam and kanjira Erickavu N. Sunil - mridangam player Mavelikkara...

Cymbals Glockenspiel Gong Handbell Lithophone Marimba Marímbula Melam Mridangam Parai Snare drum Steelpan Timpani aka Kettledrums Triangle Tubaphone Tubular...

octave mandolin marimbula mbira/thumb piano melodeon mountain dulcimer mridangam musical saw nyckelharpa ocarina ocarina oud pan flute pipa pogo cello...