Arangetram - Master Hariprasad - 03 - Enna Punniyam Seitheno by Yogeesha Sharma

Master Hariprasad is a student of class IX of Apeejay School, Nerul, Navi Mumbai. He is learning the art of playing Mridangam from his Guru Shri M S Parameswaran from the age of five years. As a Mridangam player, he has accompanied many artists on stage in various programmes in and around Navi Mumbai. Besides playing Mridangam, his other hobbies are calligraphy and drawing. In his Arangetram at Melpathur auditorium, Guruvayoor, he has accompanied leading Carnatic vocalist Ganapraveena Shri Yogeesha Sharma Ballapadavu.

Shri Yogeesha Sharma Ballapadavu studied music under Shri Ballapadavu Madhava Upadhyaya. He is a disciple of Prof. Mavelikkara Velukutti Nair and Prof. K. Venkatramanan. He has completed Ganabhushanam in Carnatic Vocal and Ganapraveena in Mridangam from Swathi Thirunal Music College, Trivandrum with 1st Rank in Kerala State Level.

Yogeesha Sharma is honoured by the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham as Kanchi Kamakoti Aasthana Vidwan in 2012, Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy Endowment Award 2001, Prathibha Puraskar Award from Shri Mahadeva Temple, Ubrangala – Kasargod in 2001, Trivandrum Rashtra Raksha Sanchalanam (RSS) Prathibha Puraskar Award in 2006.

Kalpakam Sangeetha Sabha Chennai, Nadopasana Sangeetha Sabha, Mumbai, Vashi Fine Arts, Ayyappa Swamy Temple Bhilai, Madhya Pradesh, Chennakesava Temple – Belur, Prashanthi Nilayam, Puttaparti and almost all the Sangeetha Sabhas in Kerala and Karnataka States are some of the places where Shri Yogeesha Sharma has rendered music concerts successfully.

The programme is conceptualised and directed by Guru Shri M S Parameswaran. He hails from a family engaged in performing art of Carnatic music. He was brought up in Palghat, Kerala. He learnt Carnatic vocal from his late father Shri M K Sreenivasa Bhagavathar and mridangam from his late brother Shri M S Krishnan, Shri N H Jayaram and Shri Kalyanakrishnan. Further, he has gained expert guidance from Mridangam Maestro Shri Guruvayur Dorai and Thrissur C Narendran.

Kodunthirapally Shri Subharaman is on violin and Elamkulam Shri Deepu is on Ghatam. Kannur Shri Santhosh is playing Morsing.