Artist Bio

Vignesh Venkataraman is a mridangam artist hailing from Sangita Kalanidhi Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman’s school of music. Vignesh was initiated into playing mridangam by Sri Anand Iyer, also from the same school. Over a period of 5 years, Vignesh traveled to India every summer to undergo advanced training under the tutelage of Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman.

Vignesh has accompanied various artists, including many senior musicians, in numerous concerts all over the world. He won the Best Mridangist award at the Spirit of Youth festival held by the Madras Music Academy in 2013.

Vignesh is also learning vocal Carnatic music from Smt. Meena Kothandaraman, and more recently from Sangita Kalanidhi R. K. Shriramkumar. He holds multiple degrees from Stanford University and works in the San Francisco Bay Area.