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J Padmanabhan is a multi-talented personality, a Mridangam and a Tabla artiste of great repute. He has trained under renowned gurus in the percussion field like Sri T K Moorthy, Sri V P Ramadoss and Sri T R Srinivasan. He also took lessons in the Hindustani style of playing Tabla under Sri A L Narasu of Salem. Well-known in the fields of Indian classical music and dance, he has carved a niche for himself in the field of percussion. An artiste with immense talent, J Padmanabhan is adored by young and upcoming talents too. With him as an accompanist, musicians and dancers had ever been at ease. His firm grip on rhythm and tempo as well as his confidence is admired by artistes.

    

Popularly known as Paddu Anna (brother) in the field of classical dance, he has proved himself as a successful mridangam and tabla artiste. His special talent of playing volumes of rhythmic notations on the spot is noteworthy. This special talent has kept him as an ever-preferred choice for most of the dancers and dance teachers for experimenting and organising novel dance ballets and group and solo thematic productions.

Padmanabhan completed the Vadya Visharad Diploma course in mridangam conducted by the Tamilnadu Government Music College, in 1989 with flying colours. To add yet another jewel to his crown, he is now the lecturer in the Dance Department of the same college.
He is a regular accompanist in the troupes led by great gurus such as Kalaimamani Smt. Krishnakumari Narendran, Kalaimamani Smt. Saraswati Sundaresan, Natyacharyas Smt and Sri Narasimhachari, Music College fame Kalaimamani Smt. Chandra Dandayudhapani, Nritta Marayar Natyacharya Udupi Sri. Lakshminarayan, Kalaimamani Smt. K J Sarasa and Smt. Radha, cine-world celebrity Kumari Kamala (now Kamala Lakshman), Smt. Anita Guha, Smt. Shanti Madhu and Smt. Kanchana Janardhanan. He also accompanies young talents and the present day idols like Urmila Satyanarayana, the multi-faceted Revati Menon, Shobhana, the Muralidharans, Mavin Khoo, Kalaimamani Smt. Parvathi Ravi Ghantasala and so on. He enjoys playing for the buds and blossoms in the field too. 

His decades of experience in the Bhajan field has nurtured his talent and prepared him for playing for several hours at a stretch. He has accompanied the star of yesteryears in the world of Harikatha, Sri Muruga Kripananda Variar, Delhi Raghunatha Bhagavatar and the contemporary Harikatha Queen Smt. Revathi Sankaran.

A graded artiste in All India Radio, Chennai, in Mridangam as well as Tabla, he has also tried his hand at the Tala Vadya concert (Indian Rhythm Instrument Fusion), conducted by the doyen mridangist late Sri Upendran. His talent was unanimously appreciated by both musicians and music lovers.

His tours abroad to USA, Canada and Paris accompanying the Narasimhacharis in 1991, to South Africa in 1992 with Sri. Arunagiri, to Malaysia in 1996, to Maldives in 1997 and France in 1998 are memorable ones that still live in the hearts of the audience.
   
  

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