Praveen Sparsh is a multi percussionist and a music producer who started learning the art of Mrdangam playing at the age of 5 from Mrdangam Maestro Guruvayur Sri Dorai. He is the grandson of Mrdangam exponent Tanjore Sri Upendran and great grandson of Tavil exponent Valangaiman Sri Shanmugasundaram Pillai.
Praveen is one of the most sought after Mrdangam exponents in the field of Carnatic music, and performs regularly with stalwarts like Sri TM Krishna, Smt. Aruna Sairam, Smt. Bombay Jayshree, Smt. Sowmya, Sri. Sikkil Gurucharan, amongst others. He has toured the United States extensively, as also, countries like Luxembourg, Germany, Belgium, Amsterdam, Singapore, Malaysia, Jakarta, Sydney, Melbourne, Israel and Palestine.
Praveen has most recently, released his solo percussion album, ‘UNRESERVED’, a Mrdangam centric album that explores the sounds of everyday life. The album has since received critical acclaim from the music and entertainment fraternity at large.
Praveen has also been performing with his Indo-Fusion music band called the ‘Sparsh Quartet’, for the last five years. He is an avid trekker and traveller and does a music travelogue called ‘Projekt Peragro’.
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"In October 2021, I launched "Not Limited by Time". An initiative to remind ourselves, all of us, musicians, dancers, theater people and audiences that we cannot remain trapped in what an algorithm determines as art. We can't let art become a little bite-sized information. Art needs pause, time and needs to just sync in. I have been releasing a Raga Alapana every month. I am very happy that many other musicians, dancers, actors across genres have agreed to participate in this initiative "Not Limited by Time." - T. M. Krishna
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