A. S. Krishnan hails from a family of musicians. He had his initial training on Mridangam and Muhursung under the able guidance of his father Late Sri A. K. Sundaram for about 8 years. Later, he honed his skills in Mridangam under Late Melakkaveri Sri K. Krishnamoorthy for about 10 years. After this, he took advanced training in Muhursung under the well-known and front ranking Mridangam artistes of repute such as Mannargudi Sri A. Easwaran and Tanjore Sri R. Kumar.

Though he is an accomplished Mridangam artiste, he took up Muhursung, which is one of the most difficult instruments to play as his main instrument and has achieved unimaginable heights of being the most sought after and front ranking artiste of our times in Muhursung.
Leading Artistes Performances:
He has accompanied all leading musicians and has an experience of about 37 years in this field. Some of leading artistes he has accompanied are Padma Vibhushan Sri Umayalpuram Sivaraman for his “Laya Lavanya” programme, Padma Bhushan Sri P. S. Narayanaswamy, Madurai Sri G. S. Mani, Madurai Sri T. N. Seshagopalan, Sri Rajkumar Bharathi, Sri P. Unnikrishnan, Chithra veena Sri N. Ravikiran, Smt. Sudha Raghunathan, Smt. Nithyashree Mahadevan, Smt. Aruna Sairam, to name a few who are all top-ranking musicians, well known globally in the field of Carnatic music. He also performs Family Concerts with his brothers in Chennai and Abroad.

He is an “A” Graded artiste of All India Radio, Chennai and has been serving them with distinction for many years. His playing and technique enhances the quality of the concert and makes it an instant success. He is a full-time professional Muhursung Artiste. He is also training several students on Muhursung, Mridangam and Konnakol.