Shri. R. RAMAN [Muhursing Artist]
R. RAMAN - MUHURSING
Born in 1963 at Kerala and brought up in Madras, Raman was initiated into the art of percussion at the age of 10 by his father Sri. M.S. RamaKrishna Iyer. He started learning Mridangam, Ghatam and Muhursing from the Laya Maestro Sri. T.R. HariHara Sharma in his famous Jaya Ganesh TalaVadya Vidhyalaya and later under took advanced studies from none other than the Ghatam legendry Sri. T.H. Vinayakaram and Sri. T.H. Subash Chandran.
Raman started his Muhursing performing career when he was barely 15, and since then, he has performed with all the leading artists and famous Musicians like Dr. L. Subramaniam, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Padmashree SudhaRaghunathan, Mandolin U. Srinivas, Ganesh & Kumaresh, , etc.. throughout India, and abroad. His notable appearances include playing for the Festival of India programme in USSR, South Indian Festival at Switzerland, performing with Sudha Raghunathan at Lincoln Centre New York and most recently performing for world music with her at Luxembourg, France, Morocco, Greece etc. Apart from that Raman has extensively toured USA CANADA & Gulf countries many times with Smt Sudha Raghunathan to his credit.
He has received many awards and Titles from various sabhas and organizations the notable being conferred the Title of “KALAIMAMANI” by the Government of Tamilnadu in the year 2003.