Published on Fri, Jul 19 2019 16:36 IST | 383 Views. During the first year after her death, this album may have saved my life. My dear friend Vikku Vinayakram who was a founding member of Shakti was playing with Srinivas and he contacted me and said "Zakir you should come listen to this child." Every concert is an award for me... and the audience reaction. His one-and-a-half-year-old daughter, Thejaswi Bala, died in the accident. Balasubramaniam and M.S. 'Ghatam' my alternate soul: Grammy-winner Vinayakram. Vikku Vinayakram. Vinayakram has collaborated with tabla maestro Zakir Hussain and leading Carnatic vocalists such as M.K. New Delhi: Noted violinist and musician Balabhaskar and family met with a fatal accident at Pallippuram on the outskirts of Thiruvananthapuram in the early hours of Tuesday. He played alongside Hussain for Mickey Hart's music album "Planet Drum" which won the Grammy in 1991.

... Accompannied by Indian percussion masters Zakir Hussain on tabla and Vikku Vinayakram on ghatam, he takes the listener on an amazing, nearly 1-hour journey into the heart and soul of Indian classcal music. Vinayakram, fondly known as Vikku Vinayakram, the audience is his award and he performs keeping its taste in mind at every concert. Edit. "For me the award is my audience. Dhaka, Jan 5 (IANS): For Grammy Award-winning Indian percussionist T.H. Teasing rhythms from a pot - As ghatam maestro Vikku Vinayakram performs in the city, Shridevi Keshavan notes that percussion is going places India’s First Ever Grammy Winner Vikku Vinayakram Calls His ‘Ghatam’ As His Breath, Life and Soul. Vikku Vinayakaram, Balamuralikrishna's friend and contemporary, speaks to Express I love it when he plays the kuntalavarali ragam: Ghatam maestro Thetakudi Harihara Vinayakram ADVERTISEMENT Thyagaraja Bagavathar, G.N. Vidwan Thetakudi Harihara 'Vikku' Vinayakram and his ensemble brought the 6th Bengal Classical Music Festival to life on its third evening, with an astonishing display of Carnatic percussion. Subbulakshmi. By Debayan Mukherjee .