birth_place background birth_date instrument genre image article_title name
bangalore , mysore , indian empire non_vocal_instrumentalist 16 april 1936 mridangam carnatic music vidwanavanand mridangam.jpg a. v. anand
 a. v. anand
a. v. anand

a. v. anand -lrb- born 16 april 1936 -rrb- is a carnatic musician and mridangam player .
anand was taught to play mridangam by ghatam player k. s. manjunath from a young age and has worked as an accompanist for carnatic musicians , including chowdiah , chembai , t. r. mahalingam , sundaram balachander .
and doraiswamy iyengar , since the 1950s .
vidwan av anand has presided over the 41st music conference held by bangalore gayana samaja , from october 5 to october 11 , 2009 .
