LAYAVINYAS

Layavinyas, Kolkata's very own and only carnatic fusion ensemble was formed in the year 1990 by mridangam maestro N.Shankar ,one of the senior most mridangam artiste of kolkata, Shankar has been playing this wonderful classical percussion instrument the reverberating Mridangam for more than three decades and is very popular as an accompanist as well as for his innovative ideas with percussion music by experimenting percussion with melody and juxtaposing these with hindustani and other musical systems. Shankar who is a disciple of late Sri L.V.Vaidyanathan and late Sri Velukutty Nair, has accompanied with senior carnatic vocalists and instrumentalist and has also participated in many taalvadya kutcheris with eminent hindustani tabla players .He has toured extensively all over the world with numerous groups and also as solo percussionist and has won accolades as a fine mridangam artiste of this generation.

Primary location: Kolkata India