Erickavu N. Sunil

Erickavu N Sunil
Background information
Born	15 March 1977 Haripad, Kerala, India
Occupation(s)	IT Professional, Mridangam Artist
Instruments	Mridangam
Years active	1987-present

Erickavu N Sunil (Malayalam: Erickavu N Sunil) is an Indian Mridangam player.

Erickavu N Sunil was born (on 15 March 1977) to K. Narayana Panicker and V. Saraswathi Amma in Haripad, Kerala, India. He started learning the Mridangam at the age of four. His initial Gurus were Late Krishnappa Bhagavathar and M S Raju. He had his advanced studies in mridangam from the Legendary Maestro Late Professor Mavelikkara Velukkutty Nair.

He completed schooling from St. Thomas High School, Karthikappally (near Haripad) in 1992. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Mar Ivanios College, Trivandrum in 1997. He also received a Master of Computer Applications(MCA) degree from College of Engineering, Trivandrum in 2002.

As a performer, Sunil has accompanied musicians including Padmabhushan T. V. Sankaranarayanan, Padmasri Neyyattinkara Vasudevan, Prof. Parassala Ponnammal, Madhurai G S Mony, Prof: Mavelikkara Prabhakara Varma, Prof. Mavelikkara Velukkutty Nair, Sankaran Namboothiri, M. Jayachandran, Avaneeswaram S R Vinu, Sriram Gangadharan, Thiruvinkad Jayaraman, Balabhaskar, etc. for their concerts. He teaches Mridangam online through Skype, and has students in Germany, US & Middle East. Sunil had scripted and directed “Nadasanjeevani” – a unique program on Music Therapy, which was telecasted in Asianet Cable Vision (ACV) as 9 episodes in 2006. Sunil leads the team "Laya Vadya Sudha" - the "Tala Vadya" - Percussion Ensemble - featuring Indian percussion instruments Mridangam, Kanjira, Ghatam, Morsing, and Tabla.

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