Akshay Anantapadmanabhan

Akshay Anantapadmanabhan is an carnatic mridangam artist, composer and multi-percussionist.[1]

Akshay Anantapadmanabhan
NationalityIndian
OccupationMusician
TitleMridangam artist

Musical career

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In unique demonstrations of South Indian percussion, he has collaborated with rock, Latin jazz, American jazz, Hindustani, and jazz performers. He is an A-Grade artist of All India Radio, Chennai and a key component of the popular Indian Classical fusion groups "Carnatic 2.0 Reloaded" and "The Thayir Sadam Project." In his most recent solo project, "Re-imagining Indian Rhythms," Akshay explores the frontiers of Indian rhythms by fusing digital loopers and interactive graphics with traditional instruments like the mridangam, kanjira, konnakol, and bharathanatyam.[2] He has given master lectures at NYUAD (Abu Dhabi), NYU, and CUNY (New York) on an introduction to Konnakol and Indian rhythm.[3][4]

Discography

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  • "Mylapore-Rap" In 2010, Akshay created a contemporary music video using ‘Konnakol’ (Indian vocal percussion) and re-contextualizing it as a hip-hop/rap genre.[5]
  • "Konnakol Playhouse" He worked with over 1000 kids across Bangalore, India to create a contemporary music video in 2010.[6]
  • "His Father's Voice" He performed mridangam in several tracks, including a solo track ‘Weapons of Love,’ for this feature film premiered in Hollywood in 2019.[7]
  • "Re-Imagining Indian Rhythms" In this avant-garde solo production, He focuses on the ideas of Indian rhythm that can be connected to ideas of Indian culture.[8]

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ Anand, Lakshmi (21 May 2020). "Akshay Anantpadmanabhan — at home in any genre". The Hindu.
  2. ^ "His Father's Voice - Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. 19 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Akshay Anantapadmanabhan – Cross-Disciplinary and multicultural perspectives on Musical Rhythm". wp.nyu.edu. New York University.
  4. ^ "These musicians got Mylapore hip-hop to Carnatic music". The Times of India. 31 August 2019.
  5. ^ Paitandy, Priyadarshini (29 August 2019). "Check out Carnatic 2.0's new video 'Mylapore Rap'". The Hindu.
  6. ^ "Konnakol Playhouse: Teaching rhythm in fun way". The Times of India. 10 May 2019.
  7. ^ Rao, Abhirami (27 June 2019). "'His Father's Voice': A story of life, love and the arts". The Hindu.
  8. ^ "Indian Music Experience (IME) Workshop". ismir2022.ismir.net.
  9. ^ "Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for the year 2023" (PDF).