Neyveli R. Narayanan

Neyveli Narayanan was initiated into the art of mrdangam playing at the young age of seven, under the guidance of Sri S.K. Ganesa Pillai. He made his debut at the age of 11 and ever since, he has been rising in his art by furthering his horizons and making a mark in the field of carnatic music. An intensive training under the maestro late Thanjavur Sri Upendran brought about a great amount of professionalism in Narayanan's playing. His guru taught him the intricacies and specialities of the Tanjore Style of playing on the mrdangam. Narayanan is now blessed with the rare opportunity of being one of the favorite disciples of the mrdangam legend Padma Bhushan Umayalpuram Sri K. Sivaraman. This great influence has brought in a great amount of clarity, precision and perfection in Narayanan's style. He has accompanied almost all the veterans and present day stars of carnatic music, to name a few, M/S. Madurai T.N Seshagopalan, K.V. Narayanaswamy, Flute Ramani, Chitravina Ravikiran, Sudha Ragunathan, S. Sowmya, Aruna Sairam, Hyderabad Brothers, Malladi Brothers, and others.