Was established by his late father and teacher in the year 1958. Vinayakram is the Principal of Sri Jaya Ganesh Tala Vadya Vidyalaya in Chennai, India. He has also performed at Basant Utsav, which an annual fund Level started in 1970s when he joined ‘Shakti’Īlong with John McLaughlin and Zakir Hussain. Has accompanied many famous Carnatic Vocalists which even includes M.S.Ĭhandran also excelled in this field. His first performance took place on 5 March, 1957 at ‘Ram Navami’ Festival in Thootukudi. Percussionist who plays Carnatic Music with ‘Ghatam’ Harihara Vinayakram was born on 11 august 1942, also known as He taught both Indian and foreign students.īhushan in 1991 and Padma Vibhushan in 2005 apart from many other awards. Lal’ who was a tabla player through which the popularity of Sarangi Ravi Shankar, even he performed extensively in the western He moved to Delhi after the partition in 1947 and started working in theīecame a solo concert artist in 1956 and performed at major Indian festivals. Was later hired by All India Radio in Lahore as an accompanist for vocalists inġ944. Later in his teen years, he worked as a music teacher and travelling Started learning Sarangi at a very young age and learned under Sarangi playersĪnd singers. Was born on 25 December 1927, an Indian Musician who is credited to popularizeĬoncert instrument and also became the first successful Sarangi player On 18 January 2017, San Francisco Jazz Centre gave Hussain a Lifetime Achievement Award. On 8 February 2009 for 51st Grammy Awards, Zakir Hussain won the Grammy in the Contemporary World Music Album category for his collaborative album “Global Drum Project” along with Mickey Hart, Sikiru Adepoju & Giovanni Hidalgo. Padma Vibhushan in 2002 making him the youngest percussionist to be awarded Has been awarded with many prestigious titles including Padma Shri in 1988 and
Srinivas, Zakir Hussain, TV Selvaganesh, and Shankar Mahadevan. Twenty years later, a second version of the Shakti group, called Remember Shakti, was created featuring U. Shankar, Guitarist John McLaughlin, Mridangam player Ramnad Raghavan, and legendary Ghatam player Vikku Vinayakram and formed a fusion group ‘Shakti’, which performed worldwide and acquired great acclaim. He has collaborated with many artists including western artists. He has accompanied many artists but also raised his spectre through his solo excursions.