T.R.Sundaresan
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Sundaresan
has recently performed 42 hours of non-stop playing of Mridangam
and other instruments which has been sent to Gunniess book of
world records.
Photographs below. Photograph courtesy to Mr. Seshan Ramaswami, Commitie member of Singapore Fine Arts Society and it is reproduced with permission from Shri.Sundaresan. |
He has traveled extensively in India and abroad with all the Leading artists and has been performing and conducting percussion workshops in Europe since 1987. He participated in the festival of India in 1987, Berlin Radio live (2000), The KIT Tropentheater (Indian Music Series) Netherlands and Belgium 1991, 2003 and 2005, Long Indian Night Radio concert in Berlin (SFB radio) with vainika Rajeswari Padmanabhan 2001.
He has been a Mridangam Lecturer in The College of Fine Arts, Kalakshetra, Madras for eighteen years. Also accompanied Pandit Ravishanker in his “Swar Milan” troupe, Festival of India in Russia, Conducted the “layavichtra” Earls court, BBC Radio Show, London 1988, Participated in the Guyana Festival in 1988 as part of the President’s visit to British Guyana, Therapy and rehabilitation programmes Caduceus Clinic and for retarded children in Germany, String instrument Music Festival Concert at Berlin University 1991, Indo-Japan Joint Cultural Festival in Japan, Indonesia, Bangkok in the year 1991, Visiting professor at “Bharathalaya“ (Melbourne, Australia) to conduct arangetrams (concert debuts).
He has
co-authored a book on “Eloquent Percussion – A guide to
South Indian Rhythm” and was Advisor, Rhythmic sections of “The
illustrated Companion to South Indian Classical music (Oxford University
Press). His amazing talent in Mridangam was well commented by press,
resikas and the community.
Currently he is working as a Mridangam Tutor in Singapore India fine
Arts Society, Singapore.
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The
start - Sri Gananatha by Shri N R Prashanth, accompanied by Shri N N Ganesh Kumar Sunday 5 a.m.^ |
Switching
to Kanjira .... ^ |
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and to Morsing ^ |
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The
mellifluous flute of Trichy Shri Saravanan Sunday 7:03 a.m.^ |
The
brilliant Shri Pavan Sunday 6: 42 p.m. ^ |
Senior
SIFAS alumnus Ms. Sushma Somasekharan Sunday 7:30 p.m. ^ |
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Shri
V Shankaranarayanan , accompanied by M Balakrishnan Sunday 11:36 p.m. ^ |
Steeped
in tradition - Shri Pathmalingam Sunday past midnight ^ |
Master
Kartik Suresh Monday morning 9:50 a.m. ^ |
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Flute
Ensemble, Ms. Deepthi, Shri Rajendran and Shri Govindarajulu, accompanied by Venkatram Subramony, Monday morning 9:57 a.m. ^ |
Master
Srikanth Radhakrishnan, accompanied by Nandakumar Narasimhan Monday 11:05 a.m. (submitted by Radhakrishnan) ^ |
Ms.
Rashmi Balasubramaniam Monday 12:17 p.m. ^ |
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Ms.
Bhuvaneshvari Narayanan and Master Vikram Manian Monday 12:32 p.m. (submitted by Radhakrishnan) ^ |
Smt.
Meenakshi Somasundaram, Trichy Shri Saravanan, Shri N N Ganesh Kumar on veena-venu-violin Monday night 8: 24 p.m. ^ |
That's
it - record broken Monday night at 9:00:02 ^ |
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Bhajans
by Shri Chandranath Bhattacharya Monday night 9:26 p.m. ^ |
Singapore's
finest rendering the Pancharatna kritis Monday night 10:47 p.m. ^ |
Documentation
with four cameras! ^ |
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The
End - Monday night 11:06 p.m. ^ |
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few words from the maestro ^ |
Shabhaaaaaash!
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