Trichy Sankaran

Musical Artist

1942 –

92

Who is Trichy Sankaran?

Trichy Sankaran is an Indian percussionist, composer, scholar, and educator. He is acknowledged as one of the foremost virtuosos of the mridangam and also plays the kanjira on occasion. Since the early 1970s, he has performed and recorded in a number of cross-cultural projects.

Sankaran has lived in Toronto since 1971. He is the founder of the Tyagaraja Aradhana in Toronto and is a professor of music at York University. He has regularly performed at all leading organizations in Chennai every December Music Season and continues to accompany a wide array of top ranked musicians. Trichy Sankaran has been conferred the illustrious title, Sangeetha Kalanidhi, from the Madras Music Academy for the year 2011-2012.

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Born
Jul 27, 1942
Tiruchirappalli
Religion
  • Hinduism
Nationality
  • Canada
Employment
  • York University

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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