Ravindran Academy of Music (RAM) is one of the oldest carnatic music schools in Chennai, India that has been successfully training students for the past 15 years.
RAM was founded in 2015 by the legendary Mridanga Vidwan Dr. Prapancham Ravindran and has trained over 1000 students in various specializations of carnatic music.
The school has conducted Arangetrams (Maiden Concerts) for over 80 students who have now grown into professional musicians, performing concerts all over the world.
Ravindran Academy of Music organizes several music concerts in the December Music Season featuring top ranked musicians and amazing performances by the students of RAM.
RAM prepares its students for Annamalai University Music Exams every year. The school offers courses in Mridangam, Veena, Violin, Vocal and 50 more instruments.
About Our Founder
Acknowledged as one of the top most percussionists, Mridangam virtuoso Ravindran’s performing, touring and recording credits reads like a who’s who of top contemporary Indian artists. Ravindran has toured the globe, performing at prestigious venues all around the world and propagates the art thru innovative teaching. Ravindran inherited the legacy of rhythm from a tender age and started performing from a young age, accompanying leading artistes, in and around his hometown of Thanjavur. Inheriting that heritage of Thanjavur style of Mridhangam art, Ravindran is one of the most sought after percussionists in Indian Classical Carnatic Music, having performed almost all senior and present day top artistes. Ravindran has featured in many prestigious festivals both as an accompanist and a solo artiste and has given Teaching assignments, Lecture-demonstrations and Workshops at various institutions in India & abroad. Ravindran is an “ A TOP“ graded artiste from A I R, Chennai - regularly performs for Doordarshan (TV) and All India Radio in National Programmes, Sangeet Sammelans and Concerts. Ravindran who epitomizes the Clarity and Understanding accompaniment with a Robust individual style has been awarded numerous and titles and has been much acclaimed by press and much admired by public. He has shared the stage with the legendaries like Sarvasri Voleti Venkateswarulu, Dr.M.Balamuralikrishna, Nedanuri Krishmamoorthy, Emani Sankara Sastri, Annavarappu Ramaswany, Dr.L.Subramaniam, Dr.N.Ramani, M.S.Gopalakrishnan, Prapancham Seetharam, M.Chandrasekaran, Mandolin Srinivas, Trichur Ramachandran, T.V.Sankaranarayanan, A.K.C.Natarajan and many others.
Our beloved Teachers
Our Teachers have been our pillars of strength.
Shri. J. Kamalakannan
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Senior-most disciple of Guitar Shylu Ravindran, one of the pioneers in the field