Mannargudi Easwaran

Mannargudi A Easwaran
Born	April 1, 1947(1947-04-01) Mannargudi, Tamil Nadu, India

Mannargudi Easwaran (Tamil: மன்னார்குடி ஈஸ்வரன்) (born April 1, 1947) is a leading contemporary mridangam player and Carnatic musician. He is a staff artiste of All India Radio and has received several awards, including Kalaimamani from the Government of Tamil Nadu in 2003 (for the year 2001)^[1] and the Palghat Mani Iyer Award in 2006.^[2][3][4][5]

Easwaran has played the Mridangam alongside many notable carnatic musicians, including Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, M. S. Subbulakshmi, M. L. Vasanthakumari, Maharajapuram Santhanam, M. Balamuralikrishna, Veena S Balachander, T. N. Krishnan, Lalgudi Jayaraman, Madurai T. N. Seshagopalan, Flute Mali, Dr N. Ramani. Among the contemporary artists he has played alongside T. V. Sankaranarayanan, O. S. Thyagarajan, N. Ravikiran, Maharajapuram S Ramachandran, Sudha Raghunathan, Unni Krishnan, Sanjay Subrahmanyan, Vijay Siva, Ganesh and Kumaresh and T.M. Krishna.

References

1. ^ Kalaimamani Awards
2. ^ "Interview of the week: Mridanga Vidwan Mannargudi Easwaran". www.chennaionline.com. 3 April 2008. http://archives.chennaionline.com/Personality/art015.asp. Retrieved 31 January 2010. 
3. ^ Venkatraman, Lakshmi. "Of content, critics and audience". The Hindu. http://beta.thehindu.com/arts/music/article77511.ece. Retrieved 31 January 2010. 
4. ^ Balasubramanian, V (27 February 2009). "‘Basic knowledge of music helps rasikas’". The Hindu. http://www.hinduonnet.com/fr/2009/02/27/stories/2009022751400200.htm. Retrieved 31 January 2010. 
5. ^ SVK, 03 March 2006. "Energy dilutes melody". The Hindu. http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2006/03/03/stories/2006030302800500.htm. Retrieved 31 January 2010. 

External links

• Mannargudi A Easwaran website

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Name	Easwaran, Mannargudi
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Date of birth	1 April 1947
Place of birth	Mannargudi, Tamil Nadu, India
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