LAYA LAVANYA

DIRECTOR OF LAYA LAVANYA

Anoor R. Ananthakrishna Sharma was born in Bangalore, a city with rich cultural heritage, to a family of great musicians. He is an eminent percussionist with a vast knowledge of Laya, Thala, Raaga & Bhava. His great grandfather Vidwan late Sri Anoor Subbaraya Shastri and his grandfather Vidwan late Sri Anoor Shamanna were fine veena artists. Also Anoor Shamanna’s brother Vidwan late Sri Anoor Suryanarayana was a great vocalist. His father Ganakalabhushana Vidwan late Sri Anoor S. Ramakrishna was a well-known violinist and an eminent teacher too in the Dept. of Music of Bangalore University. Anoor R. Ananthakrishna Sharma was initiated to learn Mridangam by Vidwan late Sri R. A. Rajagopal, who was a highly accomplished Mridangam & Ghatam artist and a senior staff of All India Radio, Bangalore. Beginning his long concert career from a young age of fifteen and a number of significant encounters with other great musicians, Ananthakrishna Sharma has created his own style.

Layalavanya

This is a group of young and energetic percussionists who are trained under Vid. Anoor Ananthakrishna Sharma. It is a percussion ensemble that focuses mainly on the classical elements of rhythm. There are mainly six percussionists who play Mridangam, Khanjira, Morsing, Tabla, Thavil and Jazz Drums. They also combine and play various instruments of different genres along with their main instruments as well. They collaborate with many melody artists in their shows. They play classical compositions as well as showcase their own compositions. Different styles of rhythms such as Carnatic, Hindusthani and western are presented in unison, which is brilliantly directed and arranged by their Guru.

LAYA LAVANYA GROUP CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING MUSICIANS

Anoor R Ananthakrishna Sharma - Mridangam and direction
Sunaad Anoor - Khanjari
Chidananda - Morching
Somashekhar jois - Konnakkol
Nagendra prasad SP - Dolu
Tirumale Gopi Shravan - Percussions
Akshara Raghu - Drum kit
pranav Dath - Rhythm pads
Sudatta - Tabala
Anoor Vinod Shyam - Tabala