Sikkil Gurucharan

Vocal artiste Sikkil C.Gurucharan is a disciple of Vaigal sri S.Gnanaskandan (retired as producer of All India Radio’ Chennai, disciple of Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer) for more than 12 years. Guru Charan is the grandson of Sikkil Kunjumani, eldest of the internationally acclaimed flautists SIKKIL SISTERS and the nephew of Sikkil Mala Chandrasekhar, another famous flautist. Born and brought up in a music family, there was a natural environment to learn carnatic music from a very early age. He has finished his B.Com degree from Vivekananda College, Chennai and his Masters in Financial Management. He has won numerous prizes and awards from several prestigious institutions from his school days. His first concert was under the banner of Gnanaskandan trust at Music Academy `Chennai in 1994. Since then he has been performing at all important sabhas in Chennai during Music Season. Since 2005, he has been touring USA, UK, Australia, Singapore and the Middle East frequently for concerts not to mention his busy schedule in India as well. Gurucharan became a graded artist of All India Radio’ Chennai in 2000 by winning their All India Competition. The AIR awarded him the A Grade directly from B Grade In 2002. He has released several Albums like Thiruppavai, Thiruvembai , Bhajans, Gaana Prabhavam, Kaaveri Pattinam, Ramayanam, December 2004,2005,2006 amnd 2007 Live , Ganapatyam, Madhirakshi(with Piano), Peranandam and many more. His sonorous voice and a style that does not assault tradition, but adds glamour to the concert, has been applauded by all and he is fortunate to have been accompanied by several stalwarts like Umayalpuram Sivaraman, Dr T K Murthy, Vellore Ramabhadran,Guruvayur Dorai, Parur MS Anantharaman, Thiruvarur Bhaktavasalam, Srimushnam Raja Rao, Nagai Muralidharan, Mannargudi Easwaran and many others. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.