Anoor Anantha Krishna Sharma

Anoor Anantha Krishna Sharma
Native name ಆನೂರು ಅನಂತ ಕೃಷ್ಣ ಶರ್ಮ
Also known as Shivu
Born (1965-03-29) 29 March 1965
Bangalore, Karnataka
Origin India
Genres Carnatic music
Occupation(s) Musician
Instruments Mridangam
Associated acts Laya Lahari, Laya Lavanya
Website www.anoormusic.com
Notable instruments
Thavil, Tabla, Pakhawaj

Anoor Anantha Krishna Sharma (Kannada: ಆನೂರು ಅನಂತ ಕೃಷ್ಣ ಶರ್ಮ, born 1965) is a mridangist from India. Hailing from a family of musicians, he started performing at a very early age and has a carved a niche for himself.

Early life and background

Vidwan Anoor Anantha Krishna Sharma (popularly known as Shivu) who hails from a family of musicians was born to Vidwan Anoor R Ramakrishna and Smt. Sree Lakshmi. His father Anoor Ramakrishna was a violinist, and a teacher in the Dept. of Music of Bangalore University.[1] His elder brother, Vidwan Anoor Dattatreya Sharma is also a Mridangam artist.

Anoor Anantha Krishna Sharma initiated his learning of Mridangam under Vidwan R A Rajagopal, who was a Mridangam / Ghatam artist and a senior staff of All India Radio, Bangalore.

He attended Acharya Patha Shaala in Basavanagudi and graduated in Bachelor of Arts (BA) in music.

Career

As an artist, Anantha Krishna Sharma started performing professionally at the age of fifteen. He has accompanied many artistes such as Dr. R.K.Srikantan, Dr. M. Balamurali Krishna, M. L. Vasantha Kumari, VedaValli, T. V. Gopalakrishnan, Dr. N. Ramani, K.S. Gopalakrishnan, B.N. Suresh, Violin Trio of H.V.Krishnamurthy, Anoor Ramakrishna, A. Veerabhadraiah, Lalgudi Jayaraman, M. S. Gopalakrisnan, Sudha Raghunathan, T. V. Shankaranarayana, Bombay Sisters, Madurai T. N. Seshagopalan, Trichur V. Ramachandran, Dr. S.Ramanathan, Sanjay Subrahmanyan, P. Unni Krishnan, T.M. Krishna,[2] Maharajapuram Santanam, T. R. Subrahmanyam, Vijay Siva, Neyveli Santanagopalan, Rajkumar Bharathi, M.S. Sheela,[3] R.K. Padmanabha, D.V. Nagarajan, Nagavalli Nagaraj, Usha Char (USA), Sukanya Prabhakar, Nagamani Srinath, S. Shankar, Bombay Jayashri, Charumathi Ramachandran, S. Sowmya, O. S. Thyagarajan, A. K. C. Natarajan, R.A. Ramamani, Prof. T.N. Krishnan, R.R. Keshavamurthy, Ganesh and Kumaresh, Mysore Nagaraj /Dr.Mysore Manjunath T.R. Srinath, Dr. Doraiswamy Iyengar, Chitraveena Ravikiran, U. Srinivas, Kadri Gopalnath, T.S.Satyavathi,[4] Dr. Jayanthi Kumaresh and many more.

Anantha Krishna Sharma has travelled across the globe as an accompanying artiste and for conducting workshops. Some of his performances abroad are:

Recognition

Disciples

Vidwan Anoor Anantha Krishna Sharma has trained many percussion artistes like Arun Kumar,[17] G.Guruprasanna[18] who are taking the percussion field of music to greater heights.

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