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http://www.tmkrishna.com 1988 -- present tmk chennai , india t. m. krishna
 solo_singer 22 january 1976 indian classical tm_krishna . jpg andhra pradesh , t. m. krishna singer , teacher , lecturer , author
t. m. krishna

t.m. krishna -lrb- thodur madabusi krishna , born in 1976 -rrb- is a carnatic music vocalist .
hailing from a family of music connoisseurs , he was exposed to the south indian classical music at an early age .
his first concert was at the spirit of youth series organized by the music academy , chennai -lrb- india -rrb- .
t.m. krishna was born in chennai on january 22 , 1976 .
his father was a businessman in the automobile industry and his mother has founded several educational institutions , most recently a school for tribal children -lrb- vidyavanam -rrb- which caters to over 300 children .
www.vidyavanam.org krishna 's mother learnt from krishna 's guru -lrb- teacher -rrb- b. seetharama sharma who on noticing krishna 's interest in music , started teaching him when he was six years old .
krishna had his schooling in the school , an institution founded and run by the j. krishnamurti foundation which has influenced his perceptions and outlook towards life , a fact mentioned by him in various interviews .
he received his b.a. degree in economics from vivekananda college , madras .
married to sangeetha sivakumar , who is also a carnatic musician , on november 7 , 1997 , he has two daughters by name arya and anantha , and lives in mylapore .
