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LAYA GANA MADHURA LAHIRI Laya Gana Madhura Lahiri is a melodic Indian percussion ensemble, conceived and led by Sh.T.R.Dhandapany. The performance would consist of musicians performing in tandem on a variety of Indian percussion instruments which feature the rich heritage of India. The performance will also be enhanced by the use of melodic support.
T.R.Dhandapany - A brief profile
Shri. T.R.Dhandapany took his initial training in the art of mridangam from Sikkal Shri A.S.Natesa Iyer. Later, he specialized under the tutelage of Late Shri. Harihara Sharma, Principal of Jaya Ganesh Talavadya Vidyalaya of Chennai. Late Shri.K.M.Vaidyanathan. He has been performing for the last four decades and has accompanied many top ranking musicians.
As percussion instruments were always used as accompaniments, Shri. Dhandapany took the initiatives and started full time talavadya programmes to bring percussionists to the center stage. Getting an excellent response, he was actuated to ameliorate on it by adding music to these programmes 'and titled it 'Laya Gana Madhura Lahiri' in 1982. Since then he has given more than 250 of these performances at cultural events organized by many esteemed organizations like Sanskriti, Government of India, Rotary Club of India and I.C.C.R. He also participated in First South Asian Festival held in Dhaka in the year 1997.
He also went on a Europe tour in the year 1999 along with his disciples for Talavadya Programmes to be included in the Re-Orient festival, which is a yearly cultural feature and received a mass acclaim from the European audience as well.
Shri. Dhandapany has trained various students in the art of Mridangam, Ghatam, Kanjira, Morsing, Dholak, and Pakhawaj some of whom are established performing artists. He is also of the most respected percussion teachers of the capital.
His meticulous mathematical calculations in setting the 'sollukatus' 'korvais' etc. earned him commendable respect amongst the musicians, audience, and the critics alike in the form of numerous press reports and excellent audience response. He was invited to give lecture demonstration on the art of "Mridangam playing" at the prestigious Musee Guimett de Paris. He also performed Talavadya Katcheri in Paris with his local disciples for which he was highly appreciated. He was also an honorary member of Elizabeth Theatre, Australia in the seventies. He has extensively toured entire Europe, South East Asia, Australia, U.S.S.R., Latin America, Gulf and almost all over the world.
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