The Person

As this column suggests I will be telling you a little more about myself on this page. I was born on 22nd January 1976. I come from a business family. My father was a businessman in the automobile industry. My mother has been running a music school Kalapeetam for the past 17 years in Madras.

My interest in music was from a very young age. My mother used to learn from my guru Shri B.Seetharama Sharma when I was just around 4 years old. Noticing that I had an interest in music my guru stared teaching me from when I was around six years old. For many generations my family has been involved in the music field. They have been rasikas and patrons of music. My paternal grand mother was very interested in music and was a regular at almost all concerts. She was a fan of Shri Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar. My maternal grand mother learnt to play the veena and was the one instrumental in getting my mother to sing. My mother is a graduate in music from the Queen Mary’s college. I think my dad was one of the earliest fans of Mandolin Srinivas. He was such a fan that he even gate crashed into a kalyanam to listen to him.

I did my schooling in ‘The School’ K.F.I. This is an institution managed by the J.Krishnamurthy Trust. My education and grooming in this school has influenced my perceptions and outlook towards life. The school was different in terms of the atmosphere and method of education to all other schools. I was very interested in Economics from my school days. This made me pursue a graduation course in Economics. I did my B.A. Economics in Vivekananda College. I guess if I had not taken to music I would have followed up my graduation with something like management.

As most of you may be aware I am married to Sangeetha (Sivakumar), a musician. We got married on the 7th of November 1997. We have two daughters Arya and Anantha. There are a couple of photographs of us on this page.

Other than music I am a cricket and tennis fanatic to say the least. I have hardly missed watching a single cricket match live in Chennai. Cricket is definitely one of the biggest passions in my life. My all time cricket hero will always remain Sunil Gavasker. I have collected in my school days possible all the major write-ups on him. Tennis is a game I used to play till very recently (I hope to renew that again). I was a great admirer of Boris Becker.

Both Sangeetha and I love to go out a lot. We watch a lot of movies and eat out very frequently. We try out every new eatery in Chennai. I love all kinds of food, Chinese, tandoori, Middle Eastern, continental, and Thai. I watch a lot of English movies and Tamil movies featuring Kamal Hassan. Julia Roberts is definitely one of my favorite actresses.

 I think I have covered most things about myself. If you want to know more feel free to email me.

- Krishna