Mysore A. Chandan Kumar hails from a family of great musicians. He is the great grandson of Sangeetha Kalanidhi Late Mysore Sri T. Chowdaiah. He learnt the art of Flute playing from his Guru Vidwan Sri M.Gopalakrishna. Chandan is also taking guidance from Padmabhushan Sri.P.S.Narayanaswamy. Chandan is an accomplished A-grade Flutist of All India Radio and Doordarshan. He has performed in major sabhas in India and abroad. The main characteristics of Chandan's virile style are powerful blow, soul-moving melody and refreshing creativity all resting on rigour. His innovative mind is ever in quest of new horizons and fresh expositions. Thus each of his concerts has earned the epithet "a singing flutist". When he develops any musical composition(vaggeyakriti) a discerning listener can 'hear' the text syllable by syllable. It is called gayaki style. He is also skilled to knit himself in Jugalbandhi concerts with prominent hindusthani artistes and also leads in prestigious percussion ensembles, which makes his rendering Versatile. Chandan was invited for the prestigious Radio Sangeeth Sammelan in the year 2008 which was held before an invited audience in Vijayanagaram (Vishakapatnam, AIR). Chandan is an active member of Layamaduraa-an unique classical ensemble created by Mridangam Maestro Kalaimamani Sri Tiruvarur Bhatktavatsalam and has performed in all major sabhas and festivals in the country. Chandan has performed with Sangeetha Kalanidhi ,Mridanga Chakravarthy Umayalpuram Sri K.Sivaraman in a special concert held at the Kumbhabhishekham of Sri Shakatapuram Sri Shankaracharya Matham He has also performed with Srutilaya-ensemble with the Mridangam maestro Guru Sri Karaikudi Mani. Mysore A Chandanakumar is an accomplished Flautist. He hails from a family of great musicians. He is the great grandson of Late Sri T. Chowdaiah. Under the guidance of M.Gopalakrishna and P.S.Narayanaswamy, he trained in flute. Chandan Kumar is an "A" grade Flautist in AIR and has given many recitals in AIR and Doordarshan. He has performed at many leading Sabhas and music festivals in India. He has toured all over United States, Malaysia and European countries. His performance alongside eminent musicians and as a solo artist were well received. Apart from Carnatic concerts, he has given many "Jugalbandhi" concerts with Hindustani legends. He is an active member of the ensembles "Layamaduraa" by Tiruvarur Bhatktavatsalam and "Srutilaya" by Karaikudi Mani. His Carnatic concert at "Darbar Music Festival" was well received and telecasted in BBC. He is one of the musicians in "The Sounds of India", sharing space with legends Ustad Sultan Khan, Ustad Thejendar Majumdar and other prominent artists. Chandan Kumar received several awards and titles for his contribution in Carnatic music. He is the recipient of "Yuva Kala Bharathi", "Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar", to name a few.