Summary:
It led Karthikeyan to begin his vocal training under his father and nagaswaram artiste Mylapore Rajendran for a year, picking up the nagaswaram shortly after. “My paternal grandfather was a thavil player and my father is a nagaswaram vidwan ,” explains Karthikeyan. “As a nagaswaram artiste, we play in a variety of settings. The involvement of his maternal uncles, nagaswaram and thavil artistes themselves, kept Karthikeyan glued to the instrument for the rest of his growing years. Ask him though, and Karthikeyan will tell you that music runs in his veins, steeped as he is in the family tradition..