Indian Mridangam player
Musical artist
Erickavu N Sunil, aka Sunil Narayana, is a South-Indian percussion artist in mridangam at the All India Radio, the national public radio broadcaster of India. He is the author of the book ‘Resounding Mridangam.[1][2] He has delivered seminars at universities,[3] as well as workshops, lecture demonstrations, and scholarly paper presentations.
Early life and background
He started learning the mridangam at the age of four. His initial teachers were Krishnappa Bhagavathar and M.S. Raju. He had his advanced studies in mridangam from Mavelikkara Velukkutty Nair.[4]
Musical career
An artist[5][6] of All India Radio and Doordarshan, Sunil has performed alongside Padmabhushan Sangeetha Kalanidhi T. V. Sankaranarayanan,[7] Padmasri Neyyattinkara Vasudevan, Padmasri Parassala Ponnammal, Madhurai G.S. Mony, Mavelikkara Prabhakara Varma, K. Omanakutty, K. Venktaramanan, S. Sowmya, Kunnakkudi Balamuralikrishna, Sreevalsan J. Menon, Sankaran Namboothiri, Thiruvengadu Jayaraman, Sharreth, M. Jayachandran, and Balabhaskar. Sunil teaches Mridangam online[8] and has students in Germany, the US, the UK, Italy and the Middle East.[9]
Indeevaram Cultural Trust
Indeevaram[7] is a Trivandrum-based cultural trust founded by Sunil in 2018.[10]
Resounding Mridangam
Resounding Mridangam: The Majestic South-Indian Drum[11] was formally released in India on 18 April 2021 by K. S. Chithra.[12]
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