Trichy Sankaran

T. Sankaran (Trichy Sankaran, born July 27, 1942 in Trichy, Madras, British India) is an Indian percussionist and one of the greatest mridangam player of his country.

Life

Sankaran learned the Mridangamspiel with a cousin. At the age of ten he came to Delhi, where he was promoted by Ravi Shankar and disciple of Palani Subramania Pillai mridangam master. This enabled Sankaran performances with the most important musicians of Carnatic music like Ariyakkudi Ramanuja Iyengar, Chembai Vaidhyanatha Bhagavatar, Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, Madurai Mani Iyer, GN Balasubramaniam, Mudikondan Venkatarama Iyer and TN Swaminatha Pillai. Palani Subramania Pillai His collaboration with lasted until his death in 1962.

His first international appearance was Sankaran at the International Music Festival in Shiraz, Iran 1969. 1971 was a famous concert with the tabla player Shanta Prasad, the sitar player Vilayat Khan and violinist Lalgudi Jayaraman in Madras instead.

In the same year he moved to Canada, where he led the South Indian Music Program at York University in Toronto founded by the Karnatak singer Jon Higgins. As part of his teaching as a professor here was the textbook The Rhythmic Principles and Practice of South Indian Drumming. In addition, he also taught as a visiting professor at San Diego State University ( 1979-80 ) and Simon Fraser University ( 1992-98 ) and was Artist in Residence at Berkelee College of Music ( 1995-99 ). In 1998 an honorary doctorate from the University of Victoria, he was awarded.

Sankaran gave concerts with traditional tabla players like Shanta Prasad, Zakir Hussain, Swapan Chaudhri and Sharada Sahai and performed with jazz musicians such as Anthony Braxton, Charlie Haden, Ed Thigpen, Glen Hall and Steve Gadd. With Ernie Tollar Suba Sankaran and it forms a trio that also dominates the traditional Indian music style as contemporary.

Compositions

  • Svaralaya (1984)
  • Misra Koraippu in Talavadya Kacceri (1986 )
  • Lagu Misra (1990 )
  • Catch 21 (1993 )
  • Misra Mela (1993 )
  • Tembang Mela (1993 )
  • 9 to 5 (1996 )
  • Jhampalaya (1996)
  • Timescape (1996 )
  • Carnatic ( Mrdangam ) Concerto ( 1997)
  • Twins (1998)
  • Jazzadorian (1999)
  • Devi 's Dialogue in D ( 2000)
  • One Sixteenth Away ( 2000)
  • Veni Express ( 2001)
  • Dhirena (traditional Tillana ) (2001 )
  • Malkar (2003)
  • Ride in Five (2005)
  • Nalina Kanthi ( Gentle Swing) (2005)

Discography

  • Laya Vinyas with Lalitha Sankaran, Karaikudi Subramaniam, Andrew Timar, 1990
  • Sundana with Lalitha Sankaran, Karaikudi Subramaniam, 1993
  • Stewed Tomatoes, 1996
  • Lotus Signatures with V. Nagarajan, EM Subramaniam, 1997
  • Ivory Ganesh Meets Doctor Drums with Lalitha Sankaran, 1998
  • Language of Rhythm: Drumming from North and South India with Tarun Bhattacharya, Bikram Ghosh, Ramesh Misra, Lalitha Sankaran, 1998
  • Jewels of Jagdeep Singh Bedi with Subcontinent, Tarun Bhattacharya, Subhen Chatterjee, Bikram Ghosh, Zakir Hussain, A. Kanyakumari, Sabri Khan, Sultan Khan, Ravi Kumar, Snehasish Mozumder, N. Ramani, Badal Roy, Kailash Sharma, TH Vinayakram, 2000
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