T.V.Sankaranayanan wa born on mar 7,1945 at mayiladuduran,tanjavur district tamil nadu. He did his B.Com and B.L. His Debut performance was in the year 1968 after 14 years of carnatic training..His guru was Madurai Mani Iyer... In the year 1976 he made his performance at USA and in 1984 at malaysia and singapore....He is one of the incredible icons of Indian Carnatic Music..
AWARDS:
Madras Music Academy awards : 1979-80, 80-81, 83-84, & 85-86.
Gayaka Sikhamani by Bhairavi, USA in 1981
Swara Laya Ratnakara by Ramakrishnananda Saraswati of Sri Vidyasram, Rishikesh in 1986
Ganakalaratnam by Dr. Semmangudi Srinivasa Ayyar in 1987
Nadakanal By Nadakanal, Madras in 1987
Innisai Perarasu By Bharati Kalamandram, Toronto in 1981
Sangeetha Ratnakara By Vassar College in 1975
Swara Yoga Shironmani By Yoga Jivana Satsangha (International)in 1997
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1990
Padma Bhushan by the Government of India in 2003
Sangeetha Kalanidhi by the Madras Music Academy in 2003
Sangeetha Kalasikhamani by The Indian Fine Arts Society in 2005
