"The program began with Mr. Sankaran in the spotlight, playing a two-headed South Indian drum (mrdangam), accompanied by a light electronic drone set in motion... Mr. Sankaran is a fabulous musician, whose understated manner gave little hint of the virtuosity that lay in store. His unfailingly inventive handling of rhythm, texture and even pitch and his tireless execution riveted attention throughout the 20-minute span. ... Mr. Sankaran began the second half of the evening similarly, playing a tambourine (kanjira) unaccompanied and achieving remarkable variety with even more limited means..... Mr. Sankaran seemed fully at home with the microphones and made canny use of the amplification right down to the end of the kanjira number, which gradually dissipated both dynamically and rhythmically."
The New York Times, U.S.A. April 1990
"Sankaran displayed amazing virtuosity and invention, polyrhythms and percussive melodies rolling from those practiced hands."
Du Maurier Jazz Festival, CODA Magazine, Vancouver, July 1988
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 all 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 Pillais style, Vidwan Sankaran has given new dimensions to the art of mrdangam, thus making his style traditional yet innovative. He has dedicated himself for the cause and propagation of Carnatic music in North America in various ways as an educator, global artist, composer, and collaborator.
Prof. Trichy Sankaran is the Founding Director of Indian Music Studies and Professor of Music at York University in Toronto, Canada, where he has been teaching since 1971. He has received numerous honours and awards including the degree of Doctorate in Music for his outstanding achievements in the academic and professional fields from the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada in 1998. The titles conferred upon him include Talakkalai Arasu (1980), Talavadya Prakasa (1983), Sangeetha Choodamani 1984), Mrdanga Kala Shironmani (1990) to name a few.
Professor Trichy Sankaran is the founder and artistic director of Kalalayam, an institution founded by him in Toronto, Canada for the promotion of the science and techniques of percussive arts. He has trained many South Asian and North American students in the theory and techniques of South Indian drumming.
"Maestro Trichy Sankaran has astounded the audience for decades with his evocative and lyrical style of playing. His ecstatic display of rhythmic virtuosity and aesthetics in mrdangam playing has been the object lessons in percussionists logistics"-Indian Express
Check out this hilarious video by Boymongoose: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owK5tHjL0aE The entire album is funny, you can hear more of it here: http://www.myspace.com/boymongoose It would be awesome to see him cameo on South Park!
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Hey Trichy Sankaran We have uploaded a new song to our profile, It's an Acoustic track recorded live on local radio. It's also from our forthcoming album due for release early next year . Our E.P can also be brought from our page by following the on screen instuctions & links! The page has also been updated and has a new interactive google earth map on it too, You can leave a mesage and a picture on our map, So drop by and leave a message .. thanks for your time and hope to hear from you soon =) peace MAYZ
check out our updated myspace for the gig april 7th!
pics and video have been added with tons more to come.
debuted a new track called "kismat"
Enjoy!!!
Greetings Mr Sankaran. Just wanted to say Vanakam and thankyou for the add! I am a fellow tamil from Madurai living in Saskatoon. I really hope we can meet up sometime and talk music! Peace
Thank you to everyone that has visited my page, made a comment, listened to my tracks, and turned their friends on to them too! Thank you again to all of you!! Hello to my new friends, who have visited my pages to listen to my music. In any case I hope for a comment and please tell your friends if you think they'd be interested. Thank you in advance!!! For my American friends; I know the language is a barrier but the music, the words and Internet have no borders! Thank you for those who have made an effort and for those who will in the future!
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