Prasanna grew up in Chennai, India and fell in love with the guitar aged five after hearing his neighbor play. He received his first guitar when he was ten years old and would try to play Tamil and Hindi film songs and imitate the sounds of his sister's Carnatic singing with the instrument. Prasanna's interest in Western pop music developed when his father's colleague gave him some cassette tapes with songs by the Bee Gees, ABBA, Toto, Peaches and Herb, and the Pointer Sisters.
While still in high school he began making a reputation as a guitarist with local band XIth Commandment. During his years studying naval architecture at Indian institute of Technology, Madras (where he also met his wife Shalini), he toured India with his rock bands (The Haze and then Shakuni & the Birds of Prey), covering songs by Santana, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Rush, Steely Dan, Jethro Tull, and the Scorpions and compositions like "Peaceful" and "Blues for Saraswati". Prasanna's musical development led him to blues and jazz. After working as a software consultant, he gave up a career in engineering and IT and moved to Boston to attend Berklee College of Music where he majored in Jazz and Classical Composition.
Kopman, Budd "Tirtha at The Jazz Standard". All About Jazz.
Prasanna leaves Musical Borders Behind on 'All Terrain Guitar', an article in Guitar Player magazine
Prasanna: All Terrain Guitar, an article in Vintage Guitar magazine
Prasanna's history of the Carnatic guitar
External linksedit
Official site
January 01, 1970
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This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources R Prasanna news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2018 Learn how and when to remove this message R Prasanna better known as Guitar Prasanna is a pioneer in performing Carnatic music on the guitar He also plays jazz progressive rock and world fusion Ramaswamy PrasannaPrasanna at one of his concerts in ChennaiBackground informationBornOct 2 1970IndiaGenresCarnatic jazz rock world fusionOccupation s Musician composer educatorInstrument s Guitar bass piano percussionWebsitewww wbr guitarprasanna wbr com Contents 1 Early life and background 2 Education 3 Educator 4 Discography 4 1 As leader 4 2 Special projects 4 3 As guest 4 4 Soundtracks 5 Composer 5 1 Film 5 2 Dance Theater 6 References 7 External linksEarly life and background editPrasanna grew up in Chennai India and fell in love with the guitar aged five after hearing his neighbor play He received his first guitar when he was ten years old and would try to play Tamil and Hindi film songs and imitate the sounds of his sister s Carnatic singing with the instrument Prasanna s interest in Western pop music developed when his father s colleague gave him some cassette tapes with songs by the Bee Gees ABBA Toto Peaches and Herb and the Pointer Sisters While still in high school he began making a reputation as a guitarist with local band XIth Commandment During his years studying naval architecture at Indian institute of Technology Madras where he also met his wife Shalini he toured India with his rock bands The Haze and then Shakuni amp the Birds of Prey covering songs by Santana Led Zeppelin Deep Purple Rush Steely Dan Jethro Tull and the Scorpions and compositions like Peaceful and Blues for Saraswati Prasanna s musical development led him to blues and jazz After working as a software consultant he gave up a career in engineering and IT and moved to Boston to attend Berklee College of Music where he majored in Jazz and Classical Composition Education editPrasanna received a Bachelor s degree in Naval Architecture from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 1992 He also graduated magna cum laude from the Berklee College of Music Boston Educator editEstablished Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music and served as it president Faculty member at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity Canada for international workshop in Jazz and Creative Music in May 2008 Lectures and clinics at Harvard University Institute of Music at Osnabruck University Berklee College of Music MIT Tufts University New School in New York University of Arizona Utah State UniversityDiscography editAs leader edit Guitar Goes Classical Audio Fine 1993 India Evergreen Melodies on Guitar Keerthana 1993 India Evergreen Classicals on Guitar Keerthana 1993 India Vibrant Aesthetics Inreco 1993 India Spirit of Youth Saragam 1993 India Guitar Indian Style Oriental 1996 U S Roots Sangeetha HMV 1997 India Echo Saican 2000 Canada Apoorva Ragas on Guitar Kalakendra 2000 U S Natabhairavi Inreco 2000 India Shakthi The Omnipotent Music Today 2000 India Peaceful Susila 2001 Ragamorphism Guitar instructional DVD Susila 2004 Be the Change Susila 2004 Ra Rama Kosmic 2005 India Electric Ganesha Land Susila 2006 Live in Sedona DVD Susila 2009 Ragabop Trio Abstract Logix 2010 with Steve Smith George Brooks Tirtha ACT 2011 with Vijay Iyer Nitin Mitta All Terrain Guitar Susila 2016 Apna Ek Kal feat Anuradha Palakurthi and Hariharan 2016 single Special projects edit Summa cum Jazz BMG 1999 Lagaan Sony 2001 with A R Rahman Moon Guitars De Werf 2002 Fabrizio Cassol Prasanna David Gilmore Million Dollar Arm Walt Disney 2014 The Hundred Foot Journey Hollywood 2014 As guest edit Play by Ear Deep C 2002 Peace in Progress Manisha Shahane 2003 Apfelschaun Ben Schwendener Uwe Steinmetz Gravity Arts 2003 Moving Tony Grey 2004 The Music Messiah Illayaraja Agi Music 2006 Hidden Mandala Marc Rossi Gravity Records 2008 Inner Duality David Hines Spice Rack Records 2009 Mantra Revealed Marc Rossi Innova 2012 Soundtracks edit Kochadaiyan Tamil A R Rahman 2014 Highway Bollywood A R Rahman 2014 Essaye Moi French Pierre Van Dormael 2006 Mumbai Express Tamil Illayaraja 2005 Ghajini background score Tamil Harris Jayaraj 2005 Swades Bollywood A R Rahman 2004 Dil ne Jisa apna kaha Bollywood A R Rahman 2004 Udhaya Tamil A R Rahman 2003 Ramanaa Tamil Illayaraja 2002 Nee Romba Azhaga Irukke Tamil Aravind Jaishankar 2002 Lagaan film Bollywood A R Rahman 2001 Grahan film background score Bollywood Karthik Raja 2001 Dumm Dumm Dumm Tamil Karthik Raja 2001 Vanchinathan Tamil Karthik Raja 2001 Pukar Bollywood A R Rahman 2000 Split Wide Open English Karthik Raja 1999 Harischandra Tamil Agosh 1999 Enn Swasa Kaatre Tamil A R Rahman 1998 Jeans Tamil A R Rahman 1998 Kizhakkum Merkkum Tamil Illayaraja 1998 Zor Bollywood Agosh 1998 Nam iruvar namakku iruvar Tamil Karthik Raja 1998 Kadhala Kadhala Tamil Karthik Raja 1998 Ullasam Tamil Karthik Raja 1996 Lovebirds Tamil A R Rahman 1996 Muthu Tamil A R Rahman 1995 Puthiya Mugam Tamil A R Rahman 1992Composer editFilm edit Framed 2007 Smile Pinki 2009 The Open Frame 2011 Vazhakku Enn 18 9 2012 Algorithms 2012 After My Garden Grows 2014 Dance Theater edit Soliloquy 1997 Sanaatana 2001 DNA in Dance 2004 The Tempest 2004 A Story and a Song 2007 References editKopman Budd Prasanna Biography All About Jazz Kopman Budd Tirtha at The Jazz Standard All About Jazz Prasanna leaves Musical Borders Behind on All Terrain Guitar an article in Guitar Player magazine Prasanna All Terrain Guitar an article in Vintage Guitar magazine Prasanna s history of the Carnatic guitarExternal links editOfficial site Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title R Prasanna amp oldid 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