Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan
(Mridangam)
Hailing from a rich musical lineage, Sri Vaidyanathan born on 11th May 1963, emerged as a renowned mridanga vidwan and established himself a unique identity in the field of South Indian Carnatic classical music. As an amateur, he was under the tutelage of his grandfather Tiruvarur Sri Kunju Iyer and his uncle Tiruvarur Sri Nagarajan. Unceasing musical ambience, traditional paadanthram, meticulous training, disciplined practice and the never-ending urge to excel perfectly set up the ascent of Sri Vaidyanathan on to the pedestals of glory. As a student with immense potential and great appetite for knowledge, he had the privilege of getting advanced training under legendary mridangam maestro Guru Kaaraikudi Mani. ACCOLADES Apart from being awarded the highest A top grade by the All India Radio, plethora of citations include AASTHANA VIDWAN in Kanchipuram, 2009 LAYA VAADHYA SAMRAATby Sri Pushpaka endowment, 2012 SRI VIDYA LAYA RATNAKARAby Sri Raja Rajeswari Peedam, Rochester in November 2012 VADYASRI 2009 by South Asian Arts & Cultural Organization, Canada, 2009 MRIDANGA MAHA VIDWA SIRONMANI in Toronto, Canada in 2008. NADHA VALLABHA, Award by Nadha Sudha, Carnatic MusicSabha, Velachery in 2007. VADYA KALA VIPANCHEE by Vipanchee in 2007. LAYA RATNAKARA, Samudhaaya Foundation in Aug 2006, at Toronto, Canada NADHA OLI , Ragha Sudha in 2002. LAYA GNANA BARATHI & KALAIMANI in Australia, 1999 YUVA KALA BARATHI by Bharat Kalachar in 1993
| Artist | Venue | Date |
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(Vocal - Carnatic) V. V. S. Murari-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam | Sri Ganapathi Sachchidananda Ashram | 09/01/2026 |
(Mridangam) | Desiga Vidya Bhavanam | 27/12/2025 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. H. K. Venkatram-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam N. Guruprasad-Ghatam | Krishna Gana Sabha (Dr.Nalli GanaV | 26/12/2025 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Delhi R. Sridhar-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam Thiruvananthapuram R. Rajesh -Ghatam | Sri Krishna Saras Hall | 24/12/2025 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Ganesh Prasad B. U-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam N. Guruprasad-Ghatam | Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam | 21/12/2025 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) V. V. Ravi -Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam Udupi Balakrishna-Ghatam | The Madras Sanskrit College Auditor | 20/12/2025 |
(Violin) Shrihari Vittal-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam Sumukh Karnath-Kanjira | Narada Gana Sabha - Swami Haridhos | 09/12/2025 |
(Violin) Shrihari Vittal-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam N. Guruprasad-Ghatam | Arkay Convention Center | 06/11/2025 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) V.V. Srinivasarao-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam N. Guruprasad-Ghatam | Narada Gana Sabha - Swami Haridhos | 01/09/2025 |
(Mridangam) | Desiga Vidya Bhavanam | 30/12/2024 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) S. R. Mahadeva Sarma-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam Udupi. S. Srikanth-Kanjira | Mylapore Fine Arts Club Hall - TAG | 29/12/2024 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Durai Srinivasan-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam | Sri Krishna Saras Hall | 28/12/2024 |
(Title Bestow ) Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Title Best Cleveland V. V. Sundaram-Chief Gues | Sri Krishna Saras Hall | 23/12/2024 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Avaneeswaram S. R. Vinu -Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam Dr. S. Karthick-Ghatam | Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam | 20/12/2024 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Nagai R. Muralidharan-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam S. Venkataramanan -Kanjira | Sri Sankara Vidyashramam Mat. Hr. S | 19/12/2024 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Vittal Ramamurthy-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam | Srikara Anjaneya Raghavendra Sannid | 15/12/2024 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Kamalakiran Vinjumuri-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam B. S. Purushotham-Kanjira | Krishna Gana Sabha (Dr.Nalli GanaV | 14/12/2024 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) B. V. Raghavendra Rao-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam N. Sundar-Moorsing | Arkay Convention Center | 06/12/2024 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Sayee Rakshith-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam N. Guruprasad-Ghatam | Ragasudha Hall | 24/10/2024 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Nagai R. Muralidharan-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam K. V. Gopalakrishnan-Kanjira | Asthika Samajam - (Naimisaranya Man | 03/01/2024 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Delhi P. Sunder Rajan-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam N. Guruprasad-Ghatam | Arkay Convention Center | 01/01/2024 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) S. R. Mahadeva Sarma-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam N. Rajaraman -Ghatam | Mylapore Fine Arts Club Hall - TAG | 31/12/2023 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Trivandrum N. Sampath -Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam Payyanur T. Govindaprasad -Moorsing | Sri Ganapathi Sachchidananda Ashram | 30/12/2023 |
(Mridangam) | Desiga Vidya Bhavanam | 28/12/2023 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) M. A. Sundareswaran-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam N. Guruprasad-Ghatam | Mylapore Fine Arts Club Hall - TAG | 20/12/2023 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) V. V. S. Murari-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam B. S. Purushotham-Kanjira | Narada Gana Sabha - Swami Haridhos | 19/12/2023 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Ganesh Prasad B. U-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam V. Anirudh Athreya-Kanjira | Srikara Anjaneya Raghavendra Sannid | 18/12/2023 |
(Violin) Dr. Badrinarayanan. D-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam Dr. S. Karthick-Ghatam | VIRTUAL MEDIA - ONLINE | 16/12/2023 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) V. V. Ravi -Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam N. Guruprasad-Ghatam | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Main Audito | 14/01/2023 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) B. Ananthakrishnan-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam Dr. S. Karthick-Ghatam | Desiga Vidya Bhavanam | 05/01/2023 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Sayee Rakshith-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam K. V. Gopalakrishnan-Kanjira | Arkay Convention Center | 01/01/2023 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) S. R. Mahadeva Sarma-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam Tripoonithura Radhakrishnan-Ghatam | Mylapore Fine Arts Club Hall - TAG | 26/12/2022 |
(Mridangam) | Sri Desika Vidhya Bhavanam | 26/12/2022 |
(Flute - Carnatic) B. Ananthakrishnan-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam Trichy S. Krishna-Ghatam | Narada Gana Sabha - Swami Haridhos | 25/12/2022 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) B. Ananthakrishnan-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam N. Guruprasad-Ghatam | Krishna Gana Sabha (Dr.Nalli GanaV | 22/12/2022 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Gopinath M. R-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam Dr. S. Karthick-Ghatam | Webcast streaming link www.paalamtv | 22/12/2022 |
(Flute - Carnatic) L. Ramakrishnan-Violin-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam N. Guruprasad-Ghatam | Mylapore Fine Arts Club Hall - TAG | 18/12/2022 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Ganesh Prasad B. U-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam B. S. Purushotham-Kanjira | Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam | 17/12/2022 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Nagai R. Muralidharan-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam B. S. Purushotham-Kanjira | RR Sabha-Kamakoti Triveni Sri Chand | 14/12/2022 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) B. V. Raghavendra Rao-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam N. Guruprasad-Ghatam | Arkay Convention Center | 06/12/2022 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) V. V. S. Murari-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam | Youth Hostel Auditorium | 03/12/2022 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) M. A. Krishnaswamy-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam H. Sivaramakrishnan-Ghatam | kalakendra.com | 02/01/2022 |
(Violin) V. V. S. Murari-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam K. V. Gopalakrishnan-Kanjira | Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam | 29/12/2021 |
(Violin) V. V. S. Murari-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam N. Guruprasad-Ghatam | Webcast - www.facebook.com>arkayco | 23/10/2021 |
(Lec-Dem) | Facebook page of SPICMACAYCMU1 | 24/04/2021 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) V. V. S. Murari-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam B. Shree Sundarkumar-Kanjira | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 31/12/2019 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Raghul Ravichandran-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam Papanasam S. Sethuraman-Kanjira | Sasthri Hall (Srinivasa Sastri Hall | 29/12/2019 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) B. Vittal Rangan-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam V. Anirudh Athreya-Kanjira | Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam | 24/12/2019 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) B. V. Raghavendra Rao-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam Tripoonithura Radhakrishnan-Ghatam | YGP Auditorium | 18/12/2019 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Nagai R. Sriram-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam K. V. Gopalakrishnan-Kanjira | Mylapore Fine Arts Club Hall - TAG | 16/12/2019 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Vittal Ramamurthy-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam Dr. S. Karthick-Ghatam | Krishna Gana Sabha (Dr.Nalli GanaV | 29/12/2018 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Bhaskar H. N-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam B. Shree Sundarkumar-Kanjira | Smt. Sivagami Pethachi Auditorium | 18/12/2018 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Nagai R. Sriram-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam V. Anirudh Athreya-Kanjira | Mylapore Fine Arts Club Hall - TAG | 17/12/2018 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) S. R. Mahadeva Sarma-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam Dr. S. Karthick-Ghatam | Mylapore Fine Arts Club Hall - TAG | 15/12/2018 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Bhaskar H. N-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam N. Guruprasad-Ghatam | YGP Auditorium | 11/12/2018 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Bhaskar H. N-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam N. Guruprasad-Ghatam | Smt. Sivagami Pethachi Auditorium | 08/12/2018 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) B. V. Raghavendra Rao-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam N. Guruprasad-Ghatam | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 17/02/2018 |
(Violin) V. V. S. Murari-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam | Sasthri Hall (Srinivasa Sastri Hall | 30/12/2017 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Nagai R. Sriram-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam Alathur T. Rajaganesh-Kanjira | Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam | 30/12/2017 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Rajeev Mukundan-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam S. SunilKumar-Kanjira | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 29/12/2017 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Delhi P. Sunder Rajan-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam Dr. S. Karthick-Ghatam | Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam | 28/12/2017 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) V. V. Ravi -Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam B. N. Chandra Mouli -Kanjira | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 26/12/2017 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Ganesh Prasad B. U-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam N. Guruprasad-Ghatam | Vani Mahal - Sri P. Obul Reddy Hall | 26/12/2017 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) L. Ramakrishnan-Violin-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam Udupi Sreedhar-Ghatam | Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam | 22/12/2017 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) B. V. Raghavendra Rao-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam S. V. Ramani-Ghatam | Krishna Gana Sabha (Dr.Nalli GanaV | 19/12/2017 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) B. V. Raghavendra Rao-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam N. Guruprasad-Ghatam | Youth Hostel Auditorium | 14/12/2017 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Mullaivasal G. Chandramouli-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam H. Sivaramakrishnan-Ghatam | Mylapore Fine Arts Club Hall - TAG | 13/12/2017 |
(Mridangam) | Webcast-Music Academy Chennai | 12/11/2017 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) B. V. Raghavendra Rao-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam Nerkunam Dr. S. Sankar-Kanjira | Rajah Annamalai Mandram | 31/12/2016 |
(Discourse) Carnatica Brothers-Vocal - Ca B. V. Raghavendra Rao-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam | Krishna Gana Sabha (Dr.Nalli GanaV | 30/12/2016 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) B. V. Raghavendra Rao-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam S. V. Ramani-Ghatam | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 28/12/2016 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Avaneeswaram S. R. Vinu -Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam N. Guruprasad-Ghatam | Krishna Gana Sabha (Dr.Nalli GanaV | 24/12/2016 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Nagai R. Sriram-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam Dr. S. Karthick-Ghatam | Mylapore Fine Arts Club Hall - TAG | 20/12/2016 |
(Mridangam) | YGP Auditorium | 18/12/2016 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Delhi P. Sunder Rajan-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam | RamaRao Kala Mantap (Near Vidhyoday | 17/12/2016 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) S. Varadarajan-Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan -Mridangam K. V. Gopalakrishnan-Kanjira | Vani Mahal - Sri P. Obul Reddy Hall | 16/12/2016 |
(Mridangam) | Infosys Hall - RKM School | 10/12/2016 |