Akshay Anand
(Mridangam)
Akshay Anand at the age of eight, his parents put him under the tutelage of Vidwan M T Rajakesari, a senior and renowned mridangam artist in Bangalore. Akshay was very sharp in grasping the nuances at once. For advanced training, he went to Vidwan K S Kalidas of Chennai who is a direct disciple of the legendary Mridangam artist Pazhani M. Subramania Pillai. Under the guidance of Vidwan K S Kalidas, Akshay is ambitious about mastering the Pudukottai style. Vidushi Neela Ramgopal one of the senior most carnatic musician of Karnataka was the first person to expose his talent to the public by asking him to provide his mridangam support during her concert in Chennai. It was a debut for him.
| Artist | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|
(Vocal - Carnatic) Apoorva Krishna-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam K. R. Sivaramakrishna-Kanjira | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 31/12/2025 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) N. Madhan Mohan-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam S. Hariharasubramaniam -Ghatam | Ragasudha Hall | 21/12/2025 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Ananthapadmanabha S. P-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam | RR Sabha-Kamakoti Triveni Sri Chand | 11/12/2025 |
(Classical Music) Sivateja Mallajosyula-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam Shri Sainath-Ghatam | Arkay Convention Center | 30/11/2025 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Shreelakshmi S. Bhat-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam | Chellammal Vidyalaya Sr. Secondary | 31/08/2025 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Akshay Anand-Mridangam | APL Global School Campus (Janaki Am | 26/12/2024 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Kamalakiran Vinjumuri-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 23/12/2024 |
(Discourse) Anahita & Ms. Apoorva Ravindran-Vocal - Ca Gyandev Pappu-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam | Arkay Convention Center | 13/12/2024 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) N. Madhan Mohan-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam | Arkay Convention Center | 12/12/2024 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Kamalakiran Vinjumuri-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam | Ragasudha Hall | 08/12/2024 |
(Flute - Carnatic) M. Vijay-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam | Ragasudha Hall | 06/08/2024 |
(Veena) Deepika Venkataraman-Veena Akshay Anand-Veena Sai Subramaniam-Veena | Ragasudha Hall | 31/07/2024 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) B. Ananthakrishnan-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam | Sri Ganapathi Sachchidananda Ashram | 06/01/2024 |
(Discourse) Anahita & Ms. Apoorva Ravindran-Vocal - Ca Kamalakiran Vinjumuri-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 01/01/2024 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Sandeep Ramachandran-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam Vellattanjoor Sreejit-Ghatam | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 30/12/2023 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Bhargav Tumkur-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam S. SunilKumar-Kanjira | Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam | 26/12/2023 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Vijay Ganesh-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam P. Giridhara Prasad -Kanjira | Krishna Gana Sabha (Dr.Nalli GanaV | 18/12/2023 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) N. Madhan Mohan-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam | Arkay Convention Center | 15/12/2023 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Charulatha Ramanujam-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam | Music Academy Mini Hall (Kasthuri S | 06/07/2023 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) K. P. Nandini-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam Sumana Chandrashekar-Ghatam | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 24/12/2022 |
(Flute - Carnatic) V. Deepika-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam | Krishna Gana Sabha (Dr.Nalli GanaV | 20/12/2022 |
(Chitra veena) Sruti Sarathy-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam | Krishna Gana Sabha (Dr.Nalli GanaV | 16/12/2022 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Sandeep Ramachandran-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam Sai Subramaniam-Moorsing | Ragasudha Hall | 23/06/2022 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Parur M. S. Ananthakrishnan-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 25/12/2021 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) M. Shrikanth-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam Madipakkam A. Murali-Ghatam | 22/12/2021 | |
(Vocal - Carnatic) V. S. Gokul-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam K. R. Sivaramakrishna-Kanjira | Webcast - www.facebook.com>arkayco | 22/11/2021 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) C. S. Chinmayi-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam | Webcast - www.youtube.com/parivadin | 07/10/2021 |
(Flute - Carnatic) B. Vittal Rangan-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam | Facebook Page - Facebook.com/manikr | 24/03/2021 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Chidambaram G. Badrinath-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam | Webcast-Music Academy Chennai | 27/12/2020 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) V. Deepika-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam | Arkay Convention Center | 07/01/2020 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) V. Deepika-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam | Shakthi Sangita Sabha Trust | 05/01/2020 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Sruti Sarathy-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam | Kamakoti Hall - (Krishna Gana Sab | 29/12/2019 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) B. Vittal Rangan-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam G. Ananthakrishnan-Kanjira | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 26/12/2019 |
(Chitra veena) Akkarai Subbalakshmi-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam H. Sivaramakrishnan-Ghatam | Youth Hostel Auditorium | 24/12/2019 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Kamalakiran Vinjumuri-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam Sunaad Anoor-Kanjira | Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam | 18/12/2019 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) M. Vijay-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam S. Hariharasubramaniam -Ghatam | Arkay Convention Center | 15/12/2019 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) M. Vijay-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam N. Sundar-Tabla | Ragasudha Hall | 01/12/2019 |
(Chitra veena) Akshay Anand-Mridangam H. Sivaramakrishnan-Ghatam | Jayashree Kalyanamandapam | 15/09/2019 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Karaikal S. Venkatasubramanian-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam | Sri Ganapathi Sachchidananda Ashram | 10/01/2019 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Sruti Sarathy-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam | Arkay Convention Center | 24/12/2018 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Sudha R. S. Iyer-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 19/12/2018 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) K. P. Nandini-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam | Kamakoti Hall - (Krishna Gana Sab | 16/12/2018 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Hemalatha. R-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam B. S. Purushotham-Kanjira | Ragasudha Hall | 23/11/2018 |
(Flute - Carnatic) Vaibhav Ramani-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam | P.S.B. Mini Hall | 12/08/2018 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Sayee Rakshith-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam | Ragasudha Hall | 07/01/2018 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Apoorva Krishna-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 30/12/2017 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Akkarai Subbalakshmi-Violin L. Subramanian-Mridangam Akshay Anand-Mridangam | Ragasudha Hall | 02/12/2017 |
(Veena) Akshay Anand-Mridangam S. SunilKumar-Kanjira | Ragasudha Hall | 10/06/2017 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Keerthana Shankar-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam | Mylapore Fine Arts Club Hall - TAG | 27/12/2016 |
(Flute - Carnatic) Sriram Sridhar Iyer-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 16/12/2016 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Raghavasimhan S-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam | Arkay Convention Center | 10/10/2016 |
(Flute - Carnatic) Apoorva Krishna-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam S. SunilKumar-Kanjira | Krishna Gana Sabha (Dr.Nalli GanaV | 28/08/2016 |