A. V. Anand

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A. V. Anand
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Background information
Born (1936-04-16) 16 April 1936 (age 86)
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]

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