Carnatic Vocal - Sidarth Kaushik
Violin - Siddharth Ashikkumar
Mrdangam - Siddharth Ragavan
Come join us at the Chhandayan Center for a Friday evening concert of Carnatic Vocal Music featuring Sidarth Kaushik accompanied by Siddarth Ashikkumar on violin and Siddarth Ragavan on mrdangam. The concert will also be streamed live.
Sidarth Kaushik
Sidharth Kaushik is a senior undergrad at Georgia Tech studying Computer Engineering, and has been learning Carnatic music for over 15 years. He has trained under Smt. Kasthuri Sivakumar, Shri PV Ajay Namboothiri, Cherthalai Dr. Renganatha Sharma, and is currently under the tutelage of Vidwan Salem Shriram and Vidwan KS Vishnudev Namboothiri. He has performed numerous concerts across the US and India.
Siddharth Ashokkumar
Siddharth Ashokkumar has learnt the violin for the last 20 years. He is a student of Lalgudi Krishnan and previously from Vittal Ramamurthy. Siddharth is the recipient of many awards from North American Indian music festivals and competitions and has had the privilege of performing internationally for traveling artists from India as well as during the December Music season in Chennai. Siddharth lives and works in New York City.
Siddharth Ragavan
Siddharth Ragavan is a rising mridangam artist in the New York, New Jersey, and Chennai Carnatic music scenes. He has performed in notable venues such as Narada Gana Sabha, RR Sabha, Nada Sudha, Sunaadalahari, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Chhandayan, ShrutiLaya, and the Indian Consulate of New York, as well as for recognized organizations such as iCarnatic, Paalam TV, CMANA, and SRGMPDN.
Siddharth is a senior disciple of the esteemed Shri Akshay Anantapadmanabhan in the Thanjavur tradition of mridangam performance. He also teaches his own students in mridangam and konnakol, and is an instructor in his guru’s Nam Dhi Academy of Indian Percussion.
Using his platform as a composer at the Manhattan School of Music, he seeks to spread the reach of the Carnatic tradition to western audiences through original pieces and lecture-demonstrations in jazz festivals, contemporary classical concerts, and world music showcases.
The trio was also part of the organizing team behind Nava Sangam, a Carnatic music festival recently held in Midtown Manhattan that brought together 17 performers from diverse musical backgrounds for a day of music, collaboration, and community. They hope to continue creating spaces for people to come together through Carnatic music and look forward to sharing their music with the community once again.