Artist Information Shri T.R.Rajamani is one of the most respected and critically acclaimed mridangists in the field of carnatic music today. He underwent training under his father, the illustrious, Palghat Mani Iyer. He has accompanied top notch musicians of yester years such as G.N. Balasubramaniam, M.L. Vasanthakumari and Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar to name a few. He has also accompanied Lalgudi Jayaraman, K.V. Narayanaswamy and a host of other contemporary musicians.   He has performed in most of the major sabhas in India such as the Music Academy and Krishna Gana Sabha in Madras, Shanmukhananda Sabha and Bharatiya Music Sabha in Bombay, Rasika Ranjani Sabha - Culcutta and the Gayana Samaj in Bangalore. Since 1981, The Travancore Royal family have invited him to participate in the Navarathri Mandapam festival held annually at Trivandrum.   He is an `A' grade artist on All India Radio since 1963 and has participated in the National Program of Music, Sangeet Sammelan and specially organized programs before invited audience.   Internationally, He performed at the India Music Festival held in Edinburgh, and also performed in Glasgow and London. He has performed at the California Institute of Arts, Valencia and also performed in Los Angeles and over the L.A. Radio. Recently, On a visit to Singapore, He gave a series of lecture-demonstrations under the auspices of Kalamandir.   He is a gifted teacher and has over thirty years of experience training students both in India and the USA He has tutored over 100 students and some of them are professional mridangists themselves. In 1975, He served as faculty in the music dept. of California Institute of Arts. At present he has 20 students under his tutelage including a scholar sponsored by the Indian Council of Cultural Relations, a Govt. Of India undertaking. He has also been selected for fellowship by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, (Government of India, New Delhi) for doing a project on the role of percussion instruments in a Carnatic Concert.   He has a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering and retired as senior scientist at Central Electrochemical Research Institute (Govt. of India), Kalamassery, Kerala.