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Sivamani

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Sivamani
  • Birth Name:
    Anandan Sivamani
  • Date of Birth:
    , 1959
  • Place of Birth:
    Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Sex:
    Male
  • Nationality:
    Indian

Family

Sivamani
  • Father:
    S. M. Anandan

Career

Sivamani

Trivia

Sivamani
  • He was affiliated to the Chennai Super Kings team, he kept all the spectators enthralled.
  • He recently performed drumming during the IPL Championships in 2008.
  • Sivamani started his music career at the age of 11, and later shifted to Mumbai. He was inspired by Noel Grant and Billy Cobham.
  • In 1990, he actually shared the stage with Billy Cobham at Mumbai's Rang Bhavan.
  • He touts S. P. Balasubrahmanyam as his Godfather.
  • Sivamani's earliest experiments with music were with Carnatic maestros including Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan, T. V. Gopalakrishnan, Valliyapatti Subramaniam and Pazhanivel, and L. Shankar.
  • Sivamani has since collaborated with several musicians including Louis Banks.
  • The tabla player Zakir Hussain invited him to share the stage with himself and Trilok Gurtu at a fusion concert in Mumbai.
  • He has done world tours with A. R. Rahman and collaborated with him for Bombay Dreams.
  • He has also been a part of a musical group called Shraddha which comprises Shankar Mahadevan, Hariharan, U. Srinivas and Loy Mendonsa.

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