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The mridangam is an ancient percussion instrument originating from the Indian subcontinent. It is the primary rhythmic accompaniment in a Carnatic music ensemble. In Dhrupad, a modified version, the pakhawaj, is the primary percussion instrument. A related instrument is the Kendang, played in Maritime Southeast Asia. Its a complex instrument to ...
Players of the mridangam, a barrel drum used in the Carnatic music of South India. Pages in category "Mridangam players" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total.
Umayalpuram Kasiviswanatha Sivaraman (born 17 December 1935) is an 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 Akademi Award.
Mridangam. Venkateswara Rao was born in 1947, in the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh in a family of musicians [3] to Rama Murthy and Mahalaxmi. [4] He started his music training at the age of 7 in vocals, violin and veena, apart from mridangam but, later, concentrated more on mridangam and trained under his uncle, Yella Somanna, a known mridangam guru, [5] who later adopted the young Rao. [4]
It had revolutionised the role of the mridangam and kanjira, proving that as an art form, South Indian percussion instruments can be played as solo instruments in their own right. [citation needed] This concept initiated by Mani has since been undertaken by several leading mridangists who have also performed Thani Avarthanam concerts.
A medieval instrument, labeled nagaveena (snake veena), is a type of musical scraper. Chigggjha – fire tong with brass jingles; Chengila – metal disc; Eltathalam; Gegvrer – brass vessel; Ghaynti – Northern Indian bell; Ghatam and Matkam (Earthenware pot drum) Ghunyugroo; Khartal or Chiplya; Manjira or jhanj or taal; Nut – clay pot ...
Guruvayur Dorai (born 2 July 1935) is an Indian percussionist. [1] He is one of the most senior exponents of the South Indian classical percussion instrument, the mridangam. He had his initial training under Palghat Subba Iyer and E.P. Narayana Pisharody, and later from the legendary master Palani Subramaniam Pillai. Initiating his concert ...
The khol is a terracotta two-sided drum used in northern and eastern India for accompaniment with devotional music . It is also known as a mridanga (< Sanskrit mṛd + aṅga, lit. ' clay limb '), not to be confused with mridangam. It originates from the Indian states of Odisha, West Bengal, Assam and Manipur. The drum is played with palms and ...