A. V. Anand

A. V. Anand
Background information
Born	(1936-04-16) 16 April 1936 (age 88) Bangalore, Mysore, Indian Empire
Genres	Carnatic music
Instruments	mridangam

A. V. Anand (born 16 April 1936) is a Carnatic musician and mridangam player. Anand was taught to play mridangam by ghatam player K. S. Manjunath from a young age and has worked as an accompanist for Carnatic musicians, including Chowdiah, Chembai, T. R. Mahalingam, S. Balachander. and Doraiswamy Iyengar, since the 1950s.^[1]

Vidwan AV Anand has Presided over the 41st Music conference held by Bangalore Gayana Samaja, from 5–11 October 2009.^[2]

Awards and honors

• Naada Nidhi by Avadhoota Datta Peetham, Mysore
• Sangeetha Kala Ratna by the Bangalore Gayana Samaja, a Carnatic music organization, in 2009.^[3]
• Karnataka Kalashree^[4]
• Guru Kala Bhushana^[5]
• Honorary performance^[6]

References

1. Sharma, Anoor Ananthakrishma (29 February 2008). "Interview : The beat account". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 6 March 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
2. "Preside Music Conference". Times of India. 30 September 2009. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
3. "Sangeetha Kala Rathna". The Hindu. 11 October 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
4. "Karnataka Kalashree". Retrieved 17 February 2012.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
5. "Guru Kala Bhushana". 11 February 2004. Retrieved 17 February 2012.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
6. "Felicitation". Deccan Herald. 28 February 2008. Archived from the original on 21 January 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2012.