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 If
you thought the Guitar was only meant for rock or country
music, then guitarist Prasanna will change your mind beyond
further doubt. Pioneer in the use of Guitar for Carnatic
music, Prasanna has stunned critics and audiences with the
amazing expressive power he gives the guitar.
Born into a nonmusical family, on the 2nd of October, 1970
in Coimbatore , Prasanna took up the guitar when he was
ten. When the veena teacher Tiruvarur Balasubramaniam,
heard Prasanna spontaneously improvising on the raga
Shanmukhapriya on the guitar, the boy's journey in
classical musicianship began.
Even as he emerged as a rock guitarist of repute, Prasanna
continued his Carnatic music learning with renowned
Violinist A Kanya Kumari.
From his debut solo concert at Music Academy in 1989, this
Engineer-turned-full time musician has composed and
performed in a variety of musical forms - from Jazz and
Rock to Carnatic and Fusion.
Prasanna has shared the stage with master musicians like Dr
L Subramaniam, Trichy Sankaran, Kadri Gopalnath and Vikku
Vinayakram. He has also recorded with the who's who in Film
Music - A R Rahman, Illayaraja, Lakshmikant Pyarelal,
Karthik Raja, Deva and Vidyasagar.
Prasanna is an Engineering graduate from IIT, Chennai and
Classical and Jazz Music graduate from the Berkley School
of Music, Boston.
For more on Prasanna : www.guitarprasanna.com
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