music at emory concert series - Arts at Emory
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amesh has accompanied several visiting artists in the united st<strong>at</strong>es, and he<br />
has also given solo violin <strong>concert</strong>s in india. he was an auditioned violinist <strong>at</strong> the<br />
all india radio, hyderabad, and was a regular live performer in the instrumental<br />
carn<strong>at</strong>ic <strong>music</strong> <strong>concert</strong> <strong>series</strong>. he has accompanied several Kuchipudi dance<br />
ballets by smt. sasikala penumarthi and smt. rev<strong>at</strong>hi Komanduri. he also<br />
performed lead melody in thala vaadya kutcheris (percussion ensembles)<br />
conducted by guru sri. t. s. nandakumar. ramesh has been an invited<br />
performing artist with the <strong>emory</strong> south indian classical <strong>music</strong> ensemble for the<br />
past several years and also directed the ensemble for two years.<br />
ramesh has a master’s degree in electrical engineering from rpi. he works<br />
as senior video engineer for arris group inc. in <strong>at</strong>lanta.<br />
santosh chandru, mridangam<br />
one of the foremost disciples of guru sri t. s. nandakumar, santosh chandru<br />
has been playing the mridangam since age eleven. he has been accompanying<br />
various leading artists in the fields of both dance and <strong>music</strong> for many years, and<br />
he is a graded artist of the all india radio.<br />
santosh has been a part of numerous thaala Vaadya K<strong>at</strong>cheris (rhythm<br />
ensembles) along with his guru, including performances <strong>at</strong> the prestigious<br />
cleveland thyagaraja aradhana festival. he has also been a part of lecture<br />
demonstr<strong>at</strong>ions by his guru <strong>at</strong> various universities in the united st<strong>at</strong>es. he is a<br />
regular accompanist for padma bhushan dr. K. J. yesudas during his classical<br />
<strong>concert</strong>s in the united st<strong>at</strong>es. he has accompanied various other prominent<br />
artists such as mahanadhi shobana, sankaran namboothiri, and flute V. K.<br />
raman to name a few. santosh has also accompanied senior disciples of artists<br />
such as palgh<strong>at</strong> sri K. V. narayanaswamy, prof t. r. subramaniam, and sri<br />
neyveli santhanagopalan. he has had the opportunity to work with leading<br />
artists such as tiruvarur bhaktav<strong>at</strong>salam, embar Kannan, flute g. s. rajan, and<br />
b. u. ganesh prasad, among others.<br />
santosh has provided able mridangam support for many classical dance<br />
forms like bhar<strong>at</strong>an<strong>at</strong>yam, Kuchipudi, and mohini<strong>at</strong>tam. he has been part<br />
of dance ballets such as ramayana, shiva shakti, and dashav<strong>at</strong>haram, and<br />
special dance projects such as panchabhootam in <strong>at</strong>lanta and festival of india<br />
<strong>at</strong> carnegie hall, new york.<br />
santosh has been an invited performing artist for many of <strong>emory</strong>’s world<br />
<strong>music</strong> ensembles. he teaches mridangam in <strong>at</strong>lanta and has nurtured many<br />
students, some of whom have started accompanying for <strong>concert</strong>s.<br />
academically, santosh has double master’s degrees in chemical engineering<br />
and environmental engineering, and he works for an environmental consulting<br />
group in <strong>at</strong>lanta.<br />
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