VIDWAN ASHOK RAMANI CONCERT

Vidwan Papanasam  ASHOK RAMANI – VOCAL
Vidwan VIGNESH THYAGARAJAN---Violin
Vidwan K. V. PRASAD- Mridangam
Vidwan K.V. GOPALAKRISHNAN- Kanjira

Sri Papanasam Ashok Ramani , grandson of the famous Tamil composer Papanasam Sivan,  commenced music training at a very young age with his mother Dr.Rukmini Ramani (daughter of Papanasam Sivan). Subsequently was under the tutelage of Dr.S.Ramanathan. Learnt from Calcutta K.S.Krishnamurthy & Bombay Ramachandran and a disciple of Palghat K.V.Narayanaswamy for over 17 years. He is also an accomplished mridangam player and was a disciple of Kumbakonam Sri.Rajappa Iyer.  As a young artist and a concert musician, he has received many awards and honors, including the Best Junior Vocalist award by The Music Academy, Madras, Isai Peroli conferred by Karthik Fine Arts, Youth Excellence award by Maharajapuram Vishwanatha Iyer Trust and  Best Vocalist award by Indian Fine Arts Society. Ashok Ramani has composed, edited, and released a CD-ROM on the life history of Papanasam Sivan, with rare audio and visual clippings of Sivan.