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Vignesh Venkataraman
(Mridangam)
Vignesh Venkataraman, a graduate student at Stanford University, is a mridangam artist hailing from Umayalpuram Sri. K. Sivaraman school of music. Vignesh was initiated into playing mridangam by Sri. Anand Iyer, also from the same school. Over a period of 5 years, Vignesh traveled to India every summer to undergo advanced training under the tutelage of Umayalpuram Sri. K. Sivaraman. Vignesh has accompanied various artists, including some senior musicians, in concerts in the San Francisco Bay Area and in India. He has participated in competitions at the Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana and has won several prizes there. Vignesh is also learning vocal carnatic music from Smt. Meena Kothandaraman, a disciple of Sri. M.S. Anantharaman, and more recently from violinist Sri. R.K. Shriramkumar.
| Title | Given by | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Best Mridangist | The Madras Music Academy | 2013 |
| Artist | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|
 Gokul Chandramouli...(Vocal - Carnatic) Kamalakiran Vinjumuri-Violin Vignesh Venkataraman-Mridangam | Arkay Convention Center | 14/12/2025 |
 Poornima Aravind...(Vocal - Carnatic) Smt. Subhashree Sivaramakrishnan-Violin Vignesh Venkataraman-Mridangam | Ethiraj Kalyana Mandapam | 22/12/2024 |
 Guhan Venkataraman...(Veena) Vignesh Venkataraman-Mridangam | Kamakoti Hall - (Krishna Gana Sab | 18/12/2024 |
| Guhan Venkataraman... (Veena) Vignesh Venkataraman-Mridangam Trivandrum D. Rajagopal-Kanjira | Ragasudha Hall | 15/12/2024 |
 Ashwath Narayanan...(Vocal - Carnatic) Sruti Sarathy-Violin Vignesh Venkataraman-Mridangam Rohit Prasad.-Mridangam | Sasthri Hall (Srinivasa Sastri Hall | 08/12/2024 |
 Sruthi Ravali...(Vocal - Carnatic) Vignesh Venkataraman-Mridangam K. P. Nandini-Vocal - Ca | Arkay Convention Center | 26/12/2019 |
 Vani Ramamurthi...(Vocal - Carnatic) Arun Ramamurthy-Violin Vignesh Venkataraman-Mridangam | Mylapore Fine Arts Club Hall - TAG | 29/12/2018 |
| Vani Ramamurthi... (Vocal - Carnatic) Kamalakiran Vinjumuri-Violin Vignesh Venkataraman-Mridangam | Sri Ganapathi Sachchidananda Ashram | 06/01/2018 |
 Ananya Ashok...(Vocal - Carnatic) Shraddha Ravindran-Violin Vignesh Venkataraman-Mridangam | Asthika Samajam - (Naimisaranya Man | 04/01/2018 |
 Bhargavi Venkatram...(Vocal - Carnatic) Shreya Devnath-Violin Vignesh Venkataraman-Mridangam | Ragasudha Hall | 03/01/2018 |
 Ashwin Srikanth...(Vocal - Carnatic) Vignesh Thyagarajan (Krishnamurthy)-Violin Vignesh Venkataraman-Mridangam | Mylapore Fine Arts Club Hall - TAG | 28/12/2017 |
| Guhan Venkataraman... (Veena) Vignesh Venkataraman-Mridangam Nanganallur Swaminathan-Ghatam | Ethiraj Kalyana Mandapam | 26/12/2017 |