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About the
Ensemble
Vikku
ji started the group named “Vikku's 3G”
with V.Selvaganesh and S. Swaminathan,
where 3 generations (grandfather ,
father and son) playing together in
stage. “3G” gave its first performance
at “Idea Jalsa” an initiative by Durga
Jasraj and followed by various
successful performances.
About
the Artists
T H Vikku Vinayakram
(Ghatam)
Vinayakram's
concert career began at the age of 13. His first
performance occurred on 5 March 1957 at the Rama
Navami festival in Thoothukudi. While proceeding
for the arangetramthe tuned ghatam instrument was
broken by a child named Ganesh, which by itself
had been a good omen for his bright career. where
he accompanied V.V.Sadagopan. He was soon
accompanying many famous vocalists in Carnatic
music at the time, including Chembai Vaidyanatha
Bhagavatar, M K Thiagaraja Bagavathar, Dr Sirkazhi
S.Govindarajan, Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna,
G. N. Balasubramaniam, Madurai Mani Iyer,
Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, M. S. Subbulakshmi and
Maharajapuram Santhanam, among others.
Vinayakram's tryst with the international music
platform came in the early 1970s when he joined
Shakti to play along with John McLaughlin and
Zakir Hussain. Vinayakram is Principal of
Sri Jaya Ganesh Tala Vadya Vidyalaya in Chennai,
India – the academy established by his late father
and teacher in 1958. It continues to produce new
stars of Carnatic percussion.
Vinayakram was conferred the Hafiz Ali Khan Award
for "unmatched contribution in the field of music"
in 2000. He is also the first South
Indian musician to be awarded the Grammy for Best
World Music Album for his participation in Mickey
Hart's Planet Drum, in which he played ghatam and
morsing. He donated all the proceeds from the
award to a charity organisation in south
India. He was also nominated for the 1996
Grammy Awards for Best World Music Album for his
participation in 'Raga Aberi' along with L.
Shankar on the ten string double violin and Zakir
Hussainon the tabla (the piece is set in the tala
cycle of 4¾ beats). The Indian Government
decorated him with the Padma Shri Award in
2002. Finally, he was awarded the 2012
Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship (Akademi Ratna),
the highest award in performing arts in India,
given by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National
Academy for Music, Dance and Drama. In 2014
he was awarded the Padma Bhushan by Government of
India Vinayakram, was awarded Bharatharatna,
Dr.M.S.Subbulakshmi Centenary award,on
16th,Sept,2016.
V
Selvaganesh (Kanjira & Percussions)
V
Selvaganesh was born in Chennai to Grammy -winner
T.H.Vikku Vinayakram, a legendary musician and
also a former member of the original Shakti. He is
also thegrandson of Sri T. R. Harihara Sarma , who
founded the Sri Jaya Ganesh Tala VadyaVidyalaya
(Sri JGTV school) in Chennai . Selvaganesh had his
initial training at his grandfather's school and
then under his uncle, Ghatam Vidwan Shri T H
Subashchandran. one of the leading musicians in
the world of rhythm. Thumping into the musical
world at an age as tender as 10 , Selvaganesh has
been mesmerizing the audience with his immaculate
style and innate creativity. Selvaganesh is one of
the leading musicians in the world of rhythm.
Selvaganesh’s tryst with the international music
platform came in the early 90s in Masters of
Percussion along with his Zakir’s father Ustad
Alla Rakha And when he joined Shakti to play along
with John McLaughlin and Zakir Hussain .
The showman that he is and nimble fingers had
Shakti catapult to fame. Apart from playing
authentic Carnatic Music, he has performed in many
Fusion, Jazz,Blues, Flamenco, Symphony Orchestra,
Celtic Music, Latin Music, DJ Music, World Music,
Talavadya (Percussion Ensemble) and Jugalbandhi
concerts and has been part of numerous
International Music Festivals with renowned Indian
Musicians like Dr L Shankar, Dr.L.Subramaniam,
Pandit Jasraj, Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, Pandit
Hariprasad Chaurasia, He has also worked with many
leading music directors in India. He has
performed at the prestigious Venue – Carnegie Hall
in the US along with Sh T H Vikku Vinayakram and
Ustad Zakir Hussain
He has also composed and produced albums, and
played with the Swedish bass virtuoso Jonas
Hellborg and American guitar player Shawn Lane.
His debut international solo album, Soukha was
released in 2006 featuring all other regular
members of Remember Shakti including John
McLaughlin, Zakir Hussain , U. Srinivas and
Shankar Mahadevan , as well as sitar player
Niladri Kumar and Selvaganesh’s father T.H.Vikku
Vinayakram. He has also formed a new group called
dr JSM , with the UK-based Goan
songwriter/producer Dr Joel and the young Carnatic
singer Mahesh . Their Indo- Celtic album entitled
Turn on the dreams was released in the UK in 2005.
He performed in the Prestigious United Nations day
in New York in 2009
Swaminathan
Selvaganesh (Kanjeera)
Swaminathan Selvaganesh grandson of Padhmasri
T.H.vinayakram and son of V.Selvaganesh, born on
25th april 1993. Being born in a family devoted
to traditional music, Swaminathan started
learning kanjeera when he was 4years old under
the guidence of his grandfather and father. He
gave his first performance in a concert at the
age of 13 accompaning his grandfather.
He started his carrier with “issai mazhalai “ an
initiative by Abhaswaram RAMJI, who gave
opportunities for young talents
to showcase
their expertise .
He takes pride in playing
alongside his grandfather “Vikku ji”
for
several concerts across the globe. He feels
blessed to explore and experience rhythm with
his guru, mentor and role model Vikku ji who
introduced him into world fusion group
“MYNTA”.
His father Shri V Selvaganesh and Swaminathan
started doing duo concerts and the very first
performance with both of them together was held
at Goa festival of music in “KALA ACADAMEY”
which was followed by several musical tours in
india.
Performed in many award funtions and tv
shows like "Radio mirchi awards” “issai aruvi
awards” zee tamil’s “sa re ga ma pa” etc. Played
in film movies for A R Rahman , Anirudh and
Ghibran. Swaminathan had a opportunity to
share stage with legends like pandit hariprasad
chaurasia pandit Jasraj , Shri Balamurali
krishna, ustad zakir hussain and many leading
artists.
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Ganesan
(Morsing)
A Ganesan, a gifted Morsing player has
established his own style of playing with the
instrument and has won accolades for his
dexterity and dynamism. He started learning
Morsing from Late T R Harihara Sarma (vikkuji,s
father ) and later on from Vikku Vinayakram .
He has performed in percussion ensembles
featuring Ustad Zarkir Hussain and Vikku
Vinayakram. For the many years he has been
traveling and playing with Vikku Vinayakram all
over the world
He has been awarded “Asthana
Vidwan“of "Kanchi Kamakoti Mutt"
N Rajaram
(Gethu Vadhyam)
N.Rajaraman has traveled widely and performed in
various prestigious halls such as Queen
Elizabeth, The Royal Festival Hall in London,
the Lincoln Centre in New York and has
participated various Indian musical festivals in
abroad. He has been awarded by UNESCO for
participating in the millennium festival in
Bali. Awarded as “Performer Award” for the year
1998 from Shri Krishna Gana Sabha, Chennai.
Received the title of “Vadhyakala Vipance” from
Dr.Balamurali Krishna’s Trust in December 2008
and “Kanchi Kamakoti Asthana Vidwan” from Kanchi
Mutt on September 2010. He also participated in
Woodford Arts festival 2011 in Brisbane.
Umashankar
(Ghatam)
Ghatam Vidwan V Umashankar comes from a lineage
of highly accomplished musicians. He is grandson
of Shri T R Harihara Sharma and the second son
of Ghatam Maestro T H Vikku Vinayakram, First
South Indian Grammy Awardee. Shri Harihara
Sharma founded the Shri Jayaganesh Tala Vadya
Vidhyalaya where Umashankar began giving
performances as early as when he was 5 years old
along with other students of the School. He is
the only one, amongst his siblings, to follow in
his Illustrious father’s footsteps by taking
Ghatam as his main instrument. His meteoric rise
in the Classical Carnatic music field began with
his first concert for Legend Shri T V
Gopalakrishnan’s vocal concert in Kanchipuram
when he was only 12 years old. Following which
he was a regular accompaniment to various
upcoming artists of those days namely T M
Krishna,Vijay Siva, Sanjay Subramaniam, Unni
Krishnan, Ganesh Kumaresh, Nithyashree
Mahadevan, Priya Sisters, Sudha Raghunathan et
al.
This created an opportunity for him to accompany
Dr. Sirkazhi Sivachidambaram for a period of two
full years when they
toured extensively. As a reward to his hardwork
he was invited by Bharatha Ratna M S
Subbulakshmi Amma to accompany her for one
concert. This opportunity meant a lot to him as
he was filling in place of his peerless father
who used to be MS amma’s first choice Ghatam
accompaniment as always. Legends Balamurali
Krishna, Mandolin U.Shrinivas, Yesudas soon
followed with their invitations to accompany
them. Along with these invitations came
opportunities to travel abroad with many of the
stalwarts.
He has travelled extensively and enchanted
audience world over.
His approach in
accompanying South Indian Classical Carnatic
music was much appreciated by Artists of
Hindustani Style which created opportunities for
him to accompany Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Zakir
Hussain, Pandit Jasraj, Hariprasad Chaurasia,
Shivkumar Sharma.
he has been a regular
accompaniment to Western,
Jazz and Alternative
Music Artists such as Jonas Elberg, Ricky Ray,
Alexandra Romanova. He is also participated in A
R Rahman’s project titled Desh Kaa Salaam , in
which he accompanies his legendary father along
with many legends.
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About the Venue:
Normandale
Community College is located at : 9700 France Avenue
South, Bloomington, MN 55431
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Acknowledgments:
IMSOM's
Spring 2019 Concert Series has been is made
possible by the UHG “Dollars for Doers” Grant,
matching grants from Honeywell & US Bank,
a generous donation from the Dr. Dash
Foundation, late Dr V Premanand & family,
Sandhya Joshi & Gopal Sadagopal, and the
generosity of IMSOM’s members and donors. All
concerts are co-sponsored by KFAI Radio (90.3
FM Mpls/106.7 FM St. Paul).

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