"gurulEka yETuvaNTi guNiki dEliyaga bOdu"
No one, however virtuous he may be, without the grace of a Guru will know!

- Saint Thyagaraja

Concert Updates:

12-Jun-2011: Sydney Music Festival - 10:30 am

30-Jun-2011: Raga Tarangini - 6:30 PM

15-Jul-2011: kumbakonam - 6:30 PM

23-Jul-2011: RK Swamy's hall, Chennai – 6:00 PM

26-Jul-2011: Swarna Venkateshwara Dikshitar Jayanthy – 6:30 PM

6-Aug-2011: Pallavi Darbar, Carnatica – 6:30pm

13-Aug-2011: Composer Series, SIFAS – 6:30 PM

15-Aug-2011: Trichy RR Sabha Annual series – 6:30 PM

20-Aug-2011: Gandharva Gana Sabha – 6:30 PM

31-Aug-2011: Pallavi concert, NGS – 6 pm

4-Sep-2011: Narada Gana Sabha Sadhguru Sammelan – 6:30 PM

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My initiation to music was at a very young age, and ever since it has remained an integral part of my life for close to two decades.

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Reviews:

The mandatory ‘Madurapuri Nilaye' took the vocalist to the realms of musical retrieve with poignant niraval and swaraprasthara. Even the normally bland first kala swaras were shining with the way Sankaranarayanan presented it.- G. Swaminathan, The Hindu, Dec 2009

 

Shanmukhapriya, expanded cohesively with nagaswaram prayogas, panchama varja phrases and a spate of mercurial sancharas in the fast track, denoting the mature, musical consciousness.Smt Sulochana Pattabiraman, The Hindu

 

Both niraval at ‘Kamakshi Kanchadalayadakshi’ and swarams reminded the audience of vintage productions of maestros like GNB.Bala Shankar, The Hindu

 

He had a specialised way of elongating on a syllable rendering a dimension to the kriti which set him apart from the run-of-the-mill artistsRanee Kumar, The Hindu

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