Thetakudi Harihara Subash Chandran

Thetakudi Harihara Subash Chandran is regarded by many as the foremost Carnatic (South Indian classical) percussion teacher. His students include top percussionists such as V. Selvaganesh ("kanjira"), N. Ramakrishnana ("mridangam"), N. 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.

External links

* [http://www.subashchandranmusic.com Official website of T. H. Subash Chandran]
* [http://www.nscottrobinson.com/southindiaperc.php South India Percussionist Page by N. Scott Robinson]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tgc9un3Tk-c Excerpts from instructional DVD for ghatam and konnakol]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjiHenJx5mE YouTube video of Ghatam performance]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGTuaj4YLuU YouTube video of Konnakol performance]