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Anandan Sivamani (born 1959), popularly known as Sivamani, is a percussionist based in India. He plays many instruments including drums, Octoban, Darbuka, Udukai, and Kanjira, as well as many more.
He has a huge fan following in India, and is an extremely creative percussionist. He recently performed drumming during the IPL Championships in 2008.
Tamil drummer sivamani biography
Although he was affliated to the Chennai Super Kings team, he kept all the spectators enthralled.
Biography
Sivamani is the son of S. M. Anandan, a Chennai-based percussionist. He began drumming at the age of seven.
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 Paz