Anantha R. Krishnan – Podcast

“The minuteness of whatever it is that I do is reinforced. And I like that.”

-Anantha R. Krishnan

The grandson and disciple of Sangita Kalanidhi Palghat Sri. R. Raghu, Sri. Anantha R. Krishnan began performing at age 7, and has won several awards for his mridangam skills. Don’t miss the ten minute clip of his mridangam playing at the end of his talk!

Sri. Anantha shares his contemplative musings on the current situation and mentions his commitment of sharing a segment of his practice every day of this 21 day quarantine period, one of which is included in this podcast.  

This podcast is part of the Quarantunes series, featuring Indian Classical Musicians, recorded during the worldwide shutdown resulting from the Covid 19 pandemic. Released one by one, the home page for the podcasts is https://lakshmianand.com/podcasts/

Besides tabla from Ustad Zakir Hussain, he learned western percussion whilst at Dartmouth College and Mills College where he completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees, respectively.

Related Pieces:

November 20, 2020: A Detailed Interview with Anantha R.Krishnan

October 22, 2020: Intellectual Property in Classical Music