Sivamani

For the film of the same name, see Sivamani (film).
Sivamani

Sivamani performing at Kochi in 2009
Background information
Birth name Anandan Sivamani
Born 1 December 1959 (1959-12) (age 56)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation(s) Percussionists
Years active 1971 – present
Website amgindia.in/artiste-roster/sivamani/

Anandan Sivamani (born 1 December 1959), popularly known as Sivamani, is a percussionist based in India. He plays many instruments including drums, octoban, darbuka, udukai, and kanjira. He performed drumming during the IPL Championships in 2008 and 2010. He is affiliated with the Chennai Super Kings team, but gained recognition through his role as A. R. Rahman's lead percussionist.

Life

Sivamani is the son of S. M. Anandan, a Chennai-based percussionist. He began drumming at the age of seven.[1] Sivamani started his musical career at the age of 11, and later shifted to Mumbai. He was inspired by Noel Grant and Billy Cobham. He has played for M.S.Viswanathan, Illayaraja, A R Rahman and others. In 1990, he shared the stage with Billy Cobham at Mumbai's Rang Bhavan.[2] He has stated that S. P. Balasubrahmanyam is his godfather.[2]

Sivamani's earliest experiments with music were with Carnatic maestros including Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan, T. V. Gopalakrishnan, Valliyapatti Subramaniam and Pazhanivel, and L. Shankar.[3] The tabla player Zakir Hussain invited him to share the stage with himself and Trilok Gurtu at a fusion concert in Mumbai. Sivamani has since collaborated with several musicians including Louis Banks.[1] He has done world tours with A. R. Rahman[4] and collaborated with him for Bombay Dreams. He has also been a part of a musical group called Shraddha which comprises Shankar Mahadevan, Hariharan, U. Srinivas and Loy Mendonsa.[5]

Shivamani has a band called "Asia Electrik" with Niladri Kumar, Louiz Banks and Ravi Chari. He also plays at another world music band named "Silk & Shrada."

Sivamani has played drums for many film score composers hailing from Tamil Nadu.[3] He has played drums for many Indian films including Roja, Rang De Basanti,Swades, Taal, Lagaan, Dil Se.., Guru,Kabul Express and Rockstar .[6][7][8] Some of the songs that he has contributed to include "Kadhal Rojave," "Pudhu Vellai Malai" Chaiya Chaiya and Nadaan Parinde.[6]

Sivamani has also acted in 2 Telugu films: Padamati Sandhya Ragam and Sirivennela .

Sivamani has performed in Dubai, Moscow, New York, Doha and Toronto. During the Mumbai Festival 2005, Coca-Cola India invited him to perform at the Limca Fresh Face 2005 event, where he created melody from Limca bottles.[9] He has also worked on Galli Galli Sim Sim, an educational series on Pogo and Cartoon Network.[7]

Sivamani is the recipient of Kalaimamani award announced by the Tamil Nadu Government in 2009.

Sivamani will wed singer Runa Rizvi on 10 November 2014 in Mumbai.[10]

Albums

Filmography

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Drumming up success". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 24 March 2003. Retrieved 31 December 2006.
  2. 1 2 3 "Miindia welcomes A R Rahman & group to Michigan.". Retrieved 31 December 2006.
  3. 1 2 "Official Sivamani Website". Retrieved 17 December 2007.
  4. ↑ "Percussionist Shivamani launches music forum". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 3 September 2006. Retrieved 31 December 2006.
  5. ↑ "Feast of fusion music". 2003-04-. Retrieved 31 December 2006. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. 1 2 "Drummer Sivamani to perform in Doha". Gulf Times. 11 December 2006. Retrieved 31 December 2006.
  7. 1 2 "Sivamani has the right beats". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 29 April 2006. Retrieved 31 December 2006.
  8. ↑ "Beat It!". 23 December 2006. Retrieved 31 December 2006.
  9. ↑ "Ace percussionist Sivamani creates melody from Limca bottles, enthralls Mumbaikars". Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2006.
  10. ↑ Sivamani to tie the knot with singer Runa Rizvi
  11. ↑ "Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan". Retrieved 31 December 2006.

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