Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman

Among the world's great instrumentalists, there is a special rank for those who take it upon themselves to introduce technical innovations into the design and construction of an instrument itself, and no one could have called India's Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman an underachiever prior to undertaking this type of research, either. Perhaps it was in his genes, as his father Dr. P. Kasiviswanatha was a doctor of medicine as well as a musician of great accomplishment. The son was perhaps trying to outdo his father when he became not only one of the top accompanying drummers in India, ...