Erickavu N. Sunil

Erickavu N Sunil
Background information
Born (1976-03-15) 15 March 1976 (age 48)
Haripad, Alappuzha district, Kerala, India
Occupation(s)Mridangam artist, Author, Columnist
InstrumentMridangam
Years active1985–present

Erickavu N Sunil, aka Sunil Narayana, is an Indian percussion artist in mridangam at All India Radio and author of the book Resounding Mridangam.

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.[1]

Musical career

An A-grade artist[2][3] of All India Radio and Doordarshan, Sunil has performed alongside Padmabhushan Sangeetha Kalanidhi T. V. Sankaranarayanan,[4] 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[5] and he claims that he has students in Germany, the US, the UK, Italy and the Middle East.[6]

Indeevaram Cultural Trust

Indeevaram[4] is a Trivandrum-based cultural trust founded by Sunil in 2018.[7]

Resounding Mridangam

Resounding Mridangam: The Majestic South-Indian Drum[8] was formally released in India on 18 April 2021 by K. S. Chithra.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Erickavu N Sunil, Mridangam Artist". Haripad, Alappuzha. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  2. ^ "നാലു പതിറ്റാണ്ടിന്റെ ഹൃദയതാളം, എരിക്കാവ്സു നിലിന്ജ ന്മനിയോഗം" (in Malayalam). കേരള കൗമുദി. 19 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  3. ^ "'റിസൗണ്ടിങ് മൃദംഗം' – മൃദംഗത്തിനു സമ്പൂർണ റഫറൻസ് ഗ്രന്ഥവുമായി ഐടി വിദഗ്ധൻ" (in Malayalam). മലയാള മനോരമ. 26 June 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  4. ^ a b M, Athira (27 June 2019). "Indeevaram, a performance space for prodigies and amateurs". The Hindu. Retrieved 17 March 2021 – via www.thehindu.com.
  5. ^ "Teachers and Performers of Indian Music and Dance in Kerala". chandrakantha.com. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  6. ^ M, Athira (3 October 2019). "Musicians and dancers of Technopark step out as tutors". The Hindu. Retrieved 17 March 2021 – via www.thehindu.com.
  7. ^ "Art house". epaper.thehindu.com. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  8. ^ "A first-of-its-kind book on the anatomy of mridangam". The Hindu. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  9. ^ Sreevalsan Thiyyadi (28 May 2021). "Anatomy of a drum". The Hindu. Retrieved 28 May 2021.