K.M.S.mani belongs to Thrissur and is the disciple of guru Sri. T.H. Appu iyer. During school/ college days Mani has secured prizes  in competitions and  youth festivals.  Sangeetha vidwan Sri. R . Krishna iyer has developed  and guided Mani in the art of concert playing.

Mani is an "A" graded artiste of All India Radio and Doordarsan and has participated in various concerts  telecasted by  a number of  T.V.Channels. 

During the last 40 years of his musical journey, Mani has provided mridanagam accompaniment  in concerts to most of the  senior musicians  such as 

Padma vibushan                Dr. M .balamuralikrishna, 
Padmabhushan                 Prof: T.N. krshnan, 
Padmabhushan                 Dr. L Subramanian          
Sangeetha kalanidhi         Sri T.K.Govindarao
Sangeetha kalanidhi         Sri T.V. Sankara narayanan,
Sangeetha kalanidhi         Sri T.N. sehagopalan
Sangeetha kalanidhi         Sri T.V. gopalakrishnan
Sangeetha kalanidhi         Sri Thrissur V. Ramachandran, 
Sangeetha kalanidhi         Sri  M. Chandrasekaran
Sangeetha kalanidhi.        Smt R.Vedavalli
Sangeetha kalanidhis       Bombay sisters Smt Saroja and Smt Lalitha 
Sangeetha kalanidhi.        Kum. Kanyakumari
Padmasri                            Sri Kadari Gopalanath
                                             Smt Bomay Jayasri
                                             Smt Nithyasree Mahadevan 
                                             Sri Neyveli Santhanagopalan
                                             Sri G.J.R.Krishnan 
                                             Prince Aswathi Thirunal Ramavarma and so on...

Mani has also performed in concerts held by  prestigious forums such as 

Akasavani radio sangeetha sammelan
National  programme of music  by  dooradaran
National  programme of  music by  Aakasa vani 
Sree shanmugananda sabha            Mumbai
Navaratry mandapam                        Thiruvanathapuram
Thyagaraja    utsavam                         Thiruvayyar
Thyagaraja    utsavam                          Thirupathy
Mumoorthy  utsavam                          Thiruvaroor
India international center                   New delhi
Chembai sangeetholsavam                Guruvayur
December music festivals                   in Chennai etc etc

Mani has also performed in concerts/ music  programs  conducted in overseas countries such as  usa, uk, germany, france, geneva,singapore, malaysia, nairobi, kuwait, bahrain, doha, muscat, dubai, abu dhabi, srilanka etc .

Mani has been conferred with the following titles/ awards
Aastana vidwan           by  Kanchi kamakoti peedom
Nadha laya visarada   by India social and cultural center  Abudhabi
Nadalaya praveena    by Ragamalika  Abudhabi
Mridangaratna            by Tamil music sangam  Dubai

Mani holds a post graduate degree ( M.Com) & functioned as  a senior banker in Abudhabi UAE for a long time and is  also the founder of the Indian fine arts society established  in Dubai in 1979 and  involved in arranging various music concerts in the UAE. Presently Mani is the secretary of the Thyagabrahma sangeetha sabha functioning in Thrissur since 1960.