When you’re a pint-sized musical prodigy, perhaps starting with the mridangam at the age of four is not the greatest of ideas. Too small to hold the instrument then, BC Manjunath thus began his music ...

It was not expected of a young boy growing up in a small town in America to pick up an instrument like the Mridangam to play but then that was what Rohan Krishnamurthy did when he was an 8 year old.

If you are used to percussionists raising a sonic storm on stage, you could be forgiven for thinking sometimes that K Arun Prakash has gone into a reverie during a concert. No razzle dazzle virtuosity ...

It is his pleasant countenance that first draws attention but once you settle down, his play on the mridangam keeps you absorbed. Vijay grew up in Mumbai, the son of Geetha, a vainika, and N.

For seven years since she took up the mridangam, S Aswini has been balancing commerce, concerts and her family with a steady rhythm. CHENNAI: For seven years since she took up the mridangam, S Aswini ...