7:30 - 8:30 pm
Trichy Sankaran
McCaw Hall
321 Mercer Street
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Dr. Trichy Sankaran is a world-renowned percussion virtuoso, Indian music scholar and composer. He has performed at major festivals in India, South-East Asia, Europe, Australia and North America. In his more than 50 years of concert experience in Carnatic music, he has accompanied top rank artists of India. In addition to his usual traditional settings, he has performed with gamelan, jazz, electronic, African music ensembles, and World Drums. While representing his famous guru Sri Palani Subramania Pillai's style, Vidwan Sankaran has given new dimensions to the art of mridangam, making his style traditional yet innovative. He has dedicated himself to the cause and propagation of Carnatic music in North America in various ways -as an educator, a global artist, a composer, and a collaborator.
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