Thetakudi Harihara Subash Chandran
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Thetakudi Harihara Subash Chandran is regarded by many as the foremost Carnatic
(South India
n classical) percussion teacher. His students include top percussionists such as V. Selvaganesh
(kanjira
), N. Ramakrishnana (mridangam), Ganesh Kumar
(kanjira), and many upcoming young talents around the world. He is an outstanding player of the ghatam
and acknowledged as the greatest living exponent of konnakol
(vocal percussion). He also performs on the mridangam, kanjira
, and morsing
. He is the son of T. R. Harihara Sharma and the younger brother of ghatam maestro T. H. Vinayakaram. He is one of the few remaining exponents of konnakol or solkattu, the art of producing percussion music through one's vocal cords.
He has released the first instructional DVD for ghatam and konnakol in 2007.
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 India
South India
South India is the area encompassing India's states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry, occupying 19.31% of India's area...
n classical) percussion teacher. His students include top percussionists such as V. Selvaganesh
V. Selvaganesh
V. Selvaganesh is an Indian percussionist working in the Carnatic tradition, and is one of the leading kanjira player of his generation. He is also known as "Chella S. Ganesh."-Early life:...
(kanjira
Kanjira
The kanjira, khanjira or ganjira, a South Indian frame drum, is an instrument of the tambourine family. It is used primarily in concerts of Carnatic music as a supporting instrument for the mridangam...
), N. Ramakrishnana (mridangam), Ganesh Kumar
Kanjira Ganesh Kumar
Natarajan Ganesh Kumar, popularly known as Kanjira Ganesh is an Indian percussionist, teacher and music composer. He develops new techniques to play the kanjira, and is the first south Indian percussionist to receive a Fulbright Fellowship award, given by the United States Department of State.He...
(kanjira), and many upcoming young talents around the world. He is an outstanding player of the ghatam
Ghatam
The ghaṭam is a percussion instrument used in the Carnatic music of South India. Its analogue in Rajasthan is known as the madga and pani mataqa "water jug"....
and acknowledged as the greatest living exponent of konnakol
Konnakol
Konnakol is the art of performing percussion syllables vocally in South Indian music, the Carnatic music - South Indian classical - performance art of vocal percussion. It is comparable in some respects to bol in Hindustani music, but allows the composition, performance or communication of rhythms...
(vocal percussion). He also performs on the mridangam, kanjira
Kanjira
The kanjira, khanjira or ganjira, a South Indian frame drum, is an instrument of the tambourine family. It is used primarily in concerts of Carnatic music as a supporting instrument for the mridangam...
, and morsing
Morsing
A morsing is a wind percussion instrument, mainly used in the Carnatic music of South India and Sindh . It can be categorized under lamellophones, which is in the category of plucked idiophones...
. He is the son of T. R. Harihara Sharma and the younger brother of ghatam maestro T. H. Vinayakaram. He is one of the few remaining exponents of konnakol or solkattu, the art of producing percussion music through one's vocal cords.
He has released the first instructional DVD for ghatam and konnakol in 2007.