Career
He is also a vocalist and exponent of the instruments Mridangam, Suddha Madhalam and the Ganjira. He is also known his work in promoting the Veena and the annual ten-day Veena festival organized in Chennai. He is the disciple of Vidushi Vasantha Krishnamoorthy and Vid.
R. Pichumani Iyer.
He later trained for advanced raaga rendition under veena maestro Doctor South. Balachander. Kannan comes from a family that has a rich art and cultural heritage. His father V. Balakrishnan is a noted film maker of documentaries.
His mother Shyamala Balakrishnan was a renowned classical music singer.
He has performed for many Yuva Utsavs conducted by Sangeet Natak Akademi (New Delhi) at Chennai and Bhubaneswar. He is a prolific exponent of the veena.
He is also a vocalist and exponent of the instruments Mridangam, Suddha Madhalam and the Ganjira. He has toured for performances globally across Canada, United States of America, United Kingdom, Dubai, Kuwait, Malaysia, Singapore and Japan.
He has also toured the Soviet Union in the year In 1987, on invitation from the Government of India for the Festival of India in the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Accompanist He has been accompanist on the Veena, Vocal and other instruments for Doctor Padma Subrahmanyam"s dance concerts.
He has toured numerous countries including Portugal, Sri Lanka, Greece, Spain, Indonesia, Austria, Switzerland, France, Thailand, Mauritius, Bahrain, Qatar, Abu Dhabi, Muscat and many other for these performances. Veena festival He actively promotes the cause of the divine instrument veena through various forums and activities. He organizes the annual ten day Veena festival in Chennai with support from Narada Gana Sabha.
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