Thetakudi Harihara Vinayakram
Thetakudi Harihara " Vikku " Vinayakram (Tamil: தேத்தாக்குடி ஹரிஹர விநாயக்ராம்; born August 11, 1942 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India) is an Indian percussionist ( ghatam, mridangam ), who has emerged in the field of Carnatic music and ethno-jazz.
Life and work
Vinayakram was early, trained by his father TR Harihara Sarma Kalaimaamani, a famous teacher of classical South Indian music. Already the age of thirteen, he participated in concerts. He accompanied soloists such as M. Balamuralikrishna, GN Balasubramaniam, Madurai Mani Iyer, Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, MS Subbulakshmi or Maharajapuram Santhanam. In 1974 he taught in California at the Center for World Music. An international public he was known from 1976 as a member of Shakti, where he performed with John McLaughlin and Zakir Hussain in North America and Europe and recorded several albums grossed. In 1980 he founded with Joel A. Indian jazz group JG Laya. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he was several times with L. Shankar in the studio and on stage. In 2008 he was on the produced by Bob Belden tribute album A Celebration of the Music of Miles Davis: Miles from India participated.
Since the mid- 1980s, is facing Vikku Vinayakram -founded by his father in 1958 percussion Academy Jaya Ganesh Tala Vadya Vidyalaya in Chennai. His sons Selva Ganesh and Uma Shankar are percussionists.
Prizes and awards
Vinayakram received in 2000 the Hafiz Ali Khan Award. Mickey Hart's Planet Drum album, on which he collaborated, received the 1991 Grammy; the album ' Raga Aberi of L. Shankar was nominated for a Grammy in World Music (1996). The Indian government's Padma Shri award conferred on him in 2002. Nor may the honorary title Nadasudarnava and Kalaimamani wear ( reminiscent of iconic musicians from his culture ).
Disco printing specifications
- Mickey Hart Planet Drum ( 1991)
- Swara Laya Mela (1994 )
- Vinayakram / Selva Ganesh / Uma Shankar Together ( Magnasound 1996, Rikhi Ray )
- Hariprasad Chaurasia Music without Boundaries ( Navras 2000, Larry Coryell, George Brooks, Swapan Chaudhuri, John Wubbenhorst )
Lexical entry
- Ian Carr et al: Jazz Rough Guide. Metzler, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-476-01584- X