Guru Shri T.S. Nandakumar
Founder & Artistic Director
Disciple of Guru Shri Kaithavana Madhavadas
Guru Nandakumar is a distinguished master percussionist and a renowned teacher of the mridangam. Over his career he has accompanied many of the great names of Indian classical music, and through his teaching he has mentored hundreds of students across the globe.
He is also a composer, recording artist and author. In 1998 he founded the TSN Percussive Arts Center, with a vision of preserving, teaching and propagating the rich tradition of Indian percussion.
Honours
- Sangeet Natak Akademi AwardPresented by the President of India
- Bharat Ratna M.S. Subbulakshmi Sangeetha Pracharaya Award
- Best Teacher AwardCleveland Thyagaraja Festival
- Lifetime Achievement AwardShanti Foundation
Has performed with
- Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer
- M.D. Ramanathan
- R.K. Srikantan
- Bhimsen Joshi
- M. Balamuralikrishna
- K.J. Yesudas
- A. Kanyakumari
- T.V. Gopalakrishnan
- L. Subramaniam
Recordings & books
- AlbumJewels of Rhythm, Vols. 1–3
- AlbumVibrative Rhythms
- BookRoots of Mridangam
- BookIntricacies of Mridangam
