Kannan Balakrishnan

Kannan Balakrishnan

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Kannan Balakrishnan Profile

  • Name:
  • Kannan Balakrishnan
  • Born:
  • June 26, 1964

Kannan Balakrishnan Biography

Kannan Balakrishnan is an Indian musician and exponent of traditional string musical instrument, Veena. He had a flair for handling quite a few instruments even from his childhood, and also plays musical instruments such as Mridangam, Suddha Madhalam and the Ganjira. He hails from Chennai. He is one among the organizers behind 10-day annual Veena festival organized in Chennai. This event is conducted to promote Veena. He established Youth Association for Carnatic Music (YACM) in 1985, and is the founder president. He is a recipient of Fellowship of the Department of Culture, Government of India for a research project in Veena. He is the nephew of Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam.

 

Kannan Balakrishnam was born in 26 June 1964 into a musical family. His father V. Balakrishnan is a documentary film maker. His mother Shyamala Balakrishnan was a Carnatic vocalist. His paternal grandfather is a filmmaker. He learnt the art of Veena from Vasantha Krishnamoorthy and R. Pichumani Iyer, and advanced raaga rendition under S. Balachander. He completed his graduation in Commerce from Vivekananda College, Chennai.

 

He has been toured all over the world to perform across the Canada, USA, UK, Dubai, and many other countries. He was the youngest artiste to represent India at the Festival of India in the then USSR in 1987. He won many prizes at several Inter-Collegiate Cultural Festivals and competitions in the 1980s. He is the only Veena artiste who has performed "Jugalbandhis" with Santoor, Sitar and Sarod separately. He is a recipient of numerous honours and recognitions including Young Veena Artiste Award by Narada Gana Sabha.

 

Kannan is also a music composer who has composed a few Tillanas. He assisted his aunt in her music direction for the TV Documentary "Bharatiya Natya Sastra" and dance programme "Ritu Mahatmiyam" involving many musicians.

Published: October 06, 2018

Updated: October 06, 2018

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