V. Selvaganesh
(Kanjira)
V. Selvaganesh is an Indian percussionist working in the Carnatic tradition and one of the leading kanjira (south Indian frame drum) players of his generation. He is also known as "Chella S. Ganesh." Born in Chennai to Grammy-winning musician Vikku Vinayakram, a former member of the original Shakti, he is the grandson of T. R. Harihara Sarma, who founded the Sri Jaya Ganesh Tala Vadya Vidyalaya (Sri JGTV school) in Chennai. Selvaganesh gained world fame through tours with John McLaughlin's group, Remember Shakti. He helps his father, Grammy-winner T.H. "Vikku" Vinayakram, to run the Sri JGTV school and train a new generation of Carnatic percussionists. He has also composed and produced albums and played with the Swedish bass player Jonas Hellborg and American guitar virtuoso Shawn Lane. His debut international solo album, Soukha, was released in 2006 featuring all other regular members of Remember Shakti including John McLaughlin, Zakir Hussain, U. Srinivas and Shankar Mahadevan, as well as sitar player Niladri Kumar and Selvaganesh's father T.H. "Vikku" Vinayakram. He has also formed a new group called dr JSM, with the UK-based Goan songwriter/producer Dr.Joel and the young Carnatic singer Mahesh.[citation needed] Their Indo-Celtic album entitled Turn on the dreams was released in the UK in 2005. In 2012, Selvaganesh made his film directorial debut with Bodhai, a short film in Tamil. He also composed the four-track soundtrack which was released in digital format by Saregama.
Artist | Venue | Date |
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T. H. Vikku Vinayakram... (Ghatam) L. Shankar-Violin V. Selvaganesh-Kanjira V. Umashankar-Ghatam Ustad Fazal Qureshi-Tabla | Sri Krishna Gana Sabha (Dr.Nalli G | 01/03/2024 |
T. H. Vikku Vinayakram... (Ghatam) V. Selvaganesh-Kanjira V. Umashankar-Ghatam Swaminathan Selvaganesh-Konnakkol | Ragasudha Hall | 11/06/2023 |
T. H. Vikku Vinayakram... (Ghatam) V. Selvaganesh-Kanjira V. Umashankar-Ghatam Swaminathan Selvaganesh-Kanjira | Kamatchi Amman Udanurai Velleeswara | 07/06/2023 |
U. Rajesh... (Mandolin ) Purbayan Chatterjee-Sitar Vijay Ghate-Tabla N. Ramakrishnan-Mridangam T. H. Vikku Vinayakram-Ghatam V. Umashankar-Ghatam V. Selvaganesh-Kanjira Swaminathan S-Kanjira | Sri Krishna Gana Sabha (Dr.Nalli G | 16/04/2023 |
U. Rajesh... (Mandolin ) Sumesh S. Narayanan -Mridangam V. Selvaganesh-Kanjira Praveen Narayanan (Tabla)-Tabla | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Main Audito | 02/02/2023 |
Ganesh & Kumaresh... (Violin) Taufiq Qureshi-Fusion Keith Peters-Guitar - W Anantha R. Krishnan-Mridangam K. U. Jayachandra Rao-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam Pramath Kiran -Moorsing V. Selvaganesh-Kanjira | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 20/11/2022 |
T. H. Vikku Vinayakram... (Others) V. Selvaganesh-Kanjira Mahesh Vinayakram-Vocal - Ca V. Umashankar-Ghatam N. Rajaraman -Ghatam | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 26/02/2022 |
T. H. Vikku Vinayakram... (Ghatam) L. Shankar-Violin V. Selvaganesh-Kanjira V. Umashankar-Ghatam Swaminathan Selvaganesh-Kanjira | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 01/02/2020 |
L. Shankar... (Violin) T. H. Vikku Vinayakram-Ghatam V. Selvaganesh-Kanjira Swaminathan Selvaganesh-Kanjira N. Ramakrishnan-Mridangam | Infosys Hall - RKM School | 12/01/2020 |
Rajhesh Vaidhya... (Veena) V. Selvaganesh-Kanjira | Sri Ramanujar Millenium Hall (above | 28/07/2019 |
T. H. Vikku Vinayakram... (Ghatam) Pandit Viswa Mohan Bhatt-Guitar - W Rajhesh Vaidhya-Veena Vijay Ghate-Tabla V. Selvaganesh-Drum N. Ramakrishnan-Mridangam V. Umashankar-Ghatam Swaminathan S-Kanjira | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 15/02/2019 |
V. Selvaganesh... (Kanjira) Swaminathan S-Kanjira | Arulmigu Karpagambal-Kapaleeswarar | 06/01/2019 |
V. Selvaganesh (Kanjira) | Arulmigu Karpagambal-Kapaleeswarar | 14/07/2018 |