Anil Srinivasan
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Anil Srinivasan, born June 3, 1977 is a classical pianist born in Madras, India and educated at the University of Southern California
and at Columbia University
, New York. He is best known for his collaborative work with Carnatic vocalist Sikkil Gurucharan.
Anil Srinivasanhttp://www.anilsrinivasan.com and Sikkil Gurucharan
, born June 21, 1982 have now become well known for having charted a new format to listen to Carnatic music
(South Indian classical music). Using the classical piano as a frame around the free-flowing classical South Indian voice http://www.hindu.com/mp/2007/11/03/stories/2007110351160600.htm, the duo have managed to create a significant following in a very short period of time http://www.narthaki.com/hplinks/assg.html. The format, eponymous with their critically acclaimed "Madhirakshi", released by Charsur (2006) has now come to be regularly featured on the festival circuit http://www.hindu.com/mp/2007/02/01/stories/2007020100290100.htm.
Their work has now traveled to the United States (Fall 2008 tour), Singapore (Esplanade November 2008) and Malaysia (Fall 2008), and of course all over India. Anil Srinivasan and Lalgudi Krishnan have successfully collaborated to produce "Eternal Light" for Felmay Records, Italy, which has toured in the UK in 2010. Further, Anil Srinivasan and Unnikrishnan also work together quite frequently. Anil and Sikkil have successfully toured Australia (2010) and the Far East (South Korea, 2011).
Anil Srinivasan http://www.anilsrinivasan.com is a trained western classical pianist while Sikkil Gurucharan http://www.sikkilgurucharan.com is a well-known Carnatic vocalist. The two have recorded four albums together in just two years, starting with Madhirakshi (Charsur), Maaya http://www.shopmania.in/shopping~online-music~buy-maayaa-sikkil-gurucharan-and-anil-srinivasan~p-2429057.html (Charsur), This and the Other (TVS) and The Blue Divine (Swathi Sanskriti). The duo came up with Tarunam (Swathi Sanskriti) in 2010. They were featured performers for the first ever TED conference held in India, in Mysore (November 2009).
They are usually accompanied only on the Khanjira (south Indian tambourine) by the versatile B S Purushotham. Other performers to have worked with the duo include Murad Ali on the sarangi, apart from John McLaughlin John McLaughlin (musician)
and U Srinivas Mandolin Srinivas (Anil Srinivasan accompanies them on Samjhanitha, released by Dreyfus; Sikkil Gurucharan accompanies them on Miles from India). Anil Srinivasan has also composed music for several theatrical and dance production, working with artists such as The Dhananjayans, Ramli Ibrahim,danseuse Anita Ratnam among others.
Both performers have individual works and other collaborations to their credit.Anil Srinivasan has collaborated, among others, with Unnikrishnan and with Lalgudi GJR Krishnan. His collaboration with Chitravina Ravikiran produced yet another album entitled "The Flame of the Forest". Anil hosted a television show, "Keys and Conversations" with well known NDTV-Hindu anchor, Anuradha Ananth for 13 episodes.
In August 2010, Anil Srinivasan was awarded the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar by the central Sangeet Natak Akademi for Creative and Experimental Music, the first in this category."The Music Framer" He was also voted an Arts Icon by popular city magazine, Ritz "Chennai Icon". Anil Srinivasan has partnered with Chennai-based Brhaddhvani to co-found MusicUniv, a venture for music education based in Chennai "Music Venture".
http://www.sikkilgurucharan.com
http://www.hindu.com/mp/2007/11/03/stories/2007110351160600.htm
"The Colours of Emotion", http://www.hindu.com/mp/2007/11/13/stories/2007111350180500.htm
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/Oct162008/metrothurs2008101595334.asp
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
and at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
, New York. He is best known for his collaborative work with Carnatic vocalist Sikkil Gurucharan.
Anil Srinivasanhttp://www.anilsrinivasan.com and Sikkil Gurucharan
Sikkil Gurucharan
Sikkil C. Gurucharan is among the foremost young performing musicians of Carnatic music in India today. He is the grandson of Sikkil Kunjumani, elder of the internationally acclaimed flautists the Sikkil Sisters. Gurucharan has been under the tutelage Vaigal Shri S. Gnanaskandan and is currently...
, born June 21, 1982 have now become well known for having charted a new format to listen to Carnatic music
Carnatic music
Carnatic music is a system of music commonly associated with the southern part of the Indian subcontinent, with its area roughly confined to four modern states of India: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu...
(South Indian classical music). Using the classical piano as a frame around the free-flowing classical South Indian voice http://www.hindu.com/mp/2007/11/03/stories/2007110351160600.htm, the duo have managed to create a significant following in a very short period of time http://www.narthaki.com/hplinks/assg.html. The format, eponymous with their critically acclaimed "Madhirakshi", released by Charsur (2006) has now come to be regularly featured on the festival circuit http://www.hindu.com/mp/2007/02/01/stories/2007020100290100.htm.
Their work has now traveled to the United States (Fall 2008 tour), Singapore (Esplanade November 2008) and Malaysia (Fall 2008), and of course all over India. Anil Srinivasan and Lalgudi Krishnan have successfully collaborated to produce "Eternal Light" for Felmay Records, Italy, which has toured in the UK in 2010. Further, Anil Srinivasan and Unnikrishnan also work together quite frequently. Anil and Sikkil have successfully toured Australia (2010) and the Far East (South Korea, 2011).
Anil Srinivasan http://www.anilsrinivasan.com is a trained western classical pianist while Sikkil Gurucharan http://www.sikkilgurucharan.com is a well-known Carnatic vocalist. The two have recorded four albums together in just two years, starting with Madhirakshi (Charsur), Maaya http://www.shopmania.in/shopping~online-music~buy-maayaa-sikkil-gurucharan-and-anil-srinivasan~p-2429057.html (Charsur), This and the Other (TVS) and The Blue Divine (Swathi Sanskriti). The duo came up with Tarunam (Swathi Sanskriti) in 2010. They were featured performers for the first ever TED conference held in India, in Mysore (November 2009).
They are usually accompanied only on the Khanjira (south Indian tambourine) by the versatile B S Purushotham. Other performers to have worked with the duo include Murad Ali on the sarangi, apart from John McLaughlin John McLaughlin (musician)
John McLaughlin (musician)
John McLaughlin , also known as Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, is an English guitarist, bandleader and composer...
and U Srinivas Mandolin Srinivas (Anil Srinivasan accompanies them on Samjhanitha, released by Dreyfus; Sikkil Gurucharan accompanies them on Miles from India). Anil Srinivasan has also composed music for several theatrical and dance production, working with artists such as The Dhananjayans, Ramli Ibrahim,danseuse Anita Ratnam among others.
Both performers have individual works and other collaborations to their credit.Anil Srinivasan has collaborated, among others, with Unnikrishnan and with Lalgudi GJR Krishnan. His collaboration with Chitravina Ravikiran produced yet another album entitled "The Flame of the Forest". Anil hosted a television show, "Keys and Conversations" with well known NDTV-Hindu anchor, Anuradha Ananth for 13 episodes.
In August 2010, Anil Srinivasan was awarded the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar by the central Sangeet Natak Akademi for Creative and Experimental Music, the first in this category."The Music Framer" He was also voted an Arts Icon by popular city magazine, Ritz "Chennai Icon". Anil Srinivasan has partnered with Chennai-based Brhaddhvani to co-found MusicUniv, a venture for music education based in Chennai "Music Venture".
Related links
http://thisandtheother.com/Anil%20Srinivasan%20Gallery/Press%20Release/Press%20Release.htmlhttp://www.sikkilgurucharan.com
http://www.hindu.com/mp/2007/11/03/stories/2007110351160600.htm
"The Colours of Emotion", http://www.hindu.com/mp/2007/11/13/stories/2007111350180500.htm
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/Oct162008/metrothurs2008101595334.asp