Nirmal Narayanan
(Mridangam)
Nirmal Narayan has been studying Carnatic music for over two decades. He learned to play the mridangam from Poovalar Srinivasan and is a disciple of Umayalpuram Sivaraman. Nirmal was a master artist in ACTA's Apprenticeship Program in 2012, with apprentice Chinmai Raman. The apprenticeship substantially increased Chinmai's improvisation skills on the mridangam, enabling him to lead Carnatic musicians at full-length concerts.
| Artist | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|
(Vocal - Carnatic) Keerthana Shankar-Violin Nirmal Narayanan-Mridangam H. Sivaramakrishnan-Ghatam | The Madras Sanskrit College Auditor | 27/12/2025 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Delhi R. Sridhar-Violin Nirmal Narayanan-Mridangam | Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam | 26/12/2025 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Srikrishnan Subramanian-Violin Nirmal Narayanan-Mridangam Sai Bharath-Kanjira | Srikara Anjaneya Raghavendra Sannid | 05/01/2025 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Urmika Balaji-Violin Nirmal Narayanan-Mridangam | Arkay Convention Center | 04/01/2025 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) V. V. Ravi -Violin Nirmal Narayanan-Mridangam A. S. Krishnan -Moorsing | Arulmigu Karpagambal-Kapaleeswarar | 03/01/2025 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Vaibhav Ramani-Violin Nirmal Narayanan-Mridangam Sowmi J. Narayanan-Ghatam | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan - Mini Hall | 01/01/2025 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Kiranavali Vidyashankar-Vocal - Ca S. Rajashree-Violin Nirmal Narayanan-Mridangam Dr. Ravi Balasubramanian-Ghatam | Sri Krishna Saras Hall | 26/12/2024 |
(Flute - Carnatic) Kamalakiran Vinjumuri-Violin Nirmal Narayanan-Mridangam | Srikara Anjaneya Raghavendra Sannid | 19/12/2023 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Diliip K. J-Violin Nirmal Narayanan-Mridangam Madipakkam A. Murali-Ghatam | P.K.Mahal | 02/01/2020 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Arun Ramamurthy-Violin Arun Ramamurthy-Violin Nirmal Narayanan-Mridangam | Sri Desika Vidhya Bhavanam | 28/12/2019 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Thirucherai Karthik-Violin Nirmal Narayanan-Mridangam | Sri Desika Vidhya Bhavanam | 27/12/2019 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Priyamvadaa Sastri-Violin Nirmal Narayanan-Mridangam | Arkay Convention Center | 25/12/2019 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Shreya Devnath-Violin Nirmal Narayanan-Mridangam | Kamakoti Hall - (Krishna Gana Sab | 25/12/2018 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Delhi P. Sunder Rajan-Violin Nirmal Narayanan-Mridangam G. Chandrasekar Sharma-Ghatam | YGP Auditorium | 13/12/2018 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Vignesh Thyagarajan (Krishnamurthy)-Violin Nirmal Narayanan-Mridangam | Mylapore Fine Arts Club Hall - TAG | 13/12/2018 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Arushi Ramesh-Violin Nirmal Narayanan-Mridangam Trivandrum D. Rajagopal-Kanjira | Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam | 17/12/2017 |