About V. Krishna

V.Krishna, Mridangam artiste, has accompanied musicians like, Honnappa Bhagavatar, Doreswamy Iyengar, M.Balamuralikrishna, R.K.Srikantan, N.Ramani, A.K.C.Natarajan, R.Visvesvaran, T.V.Shankaranarayanan, Trichur V.Ramachandran, Madurai T.N.Seshagopalan, Neyveli Santhanagopalan, M.S.Sheela, Nagamani Srinath, R.Vedavalli, Vijaya Siva, S.Sowmya, Sanjay Subrahmanyan, T.M.Krishna ...

Reviews

T.V.Sankaranarayanan was in great form singing for the Thyagaraja-Purandaradasa Aaradhana festival of the Girinagara Sangeetha Sabha in Bangalore. The Thani avardhanam by Vidwan V. Krishna on the mridangam and Omkara on the ghatam was rousing and their robust playing was well appreciated by the audience.  Simala.net. 

In Press

V. Krishna demonstrated the role of upa pakka vadyams in concerts. Experts Committee member Prof. Tiruchi Sankran complimented the speaker and mentioned the classification of musical instruments of Natya Sastra.  Prof. T.R. Subramaniam also complimented the speaker and his accompanists. The Hindu, December 18, 2009.

About Prof. V. Krishna

Prof. V. Krishna is a well-known Mridangam artist based in Bangalore, India.

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Receiving 'Ganakalashree' Award of Karnataka Ganakala Parishat in 2007

Receiving the 'Ganakalashree' Award of Karnataka Ganakala Parishat in the year 2011. Also seen are (L-R) Vidwan R.N. Thyagarajan, Vidwan B.K.Chandramouli, Pandit Rajashekhar Mansur, Dr. A.H.Rama Rao, Vidwan R.K.Padmanabha

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In Press

Mridangam vidwan V. Krishna who has been a regular for the past two decades, thinks it is the greatest thing going for discerning music lovers. “The sheer variety on offer, and pleasant ambience for kutcheries –– not to forget the delicacies served outside –– draw music lovers again and again.” The Hindu, December 8, 2011.

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Selected Reviews

Accompanied by Guruprasanna (khanjari), Prof V Krishna enthralled the audience by exposing the subtleties of the aesthetics of mridanga play. He referred and demonstrated on his mridanga the five gaits, varieties of mukthaya, nadaibedhas, korvais teermanas, korappu, solkattus etc. He also demonstrated the beauty of the introduction of  silence (karvai) in intelligent and appropriate places.

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