At age of 12, he's got 400 concerts to his credit

Chennai: At just a glance, it would be hard to believe that the fingers fluttering over the keyboard is that of a 12-year-old.

"I want to become a musician playing Carnatic on keyboard. When you think of Mandolin, you think of my guru Srinivas. If you think of violin, you think of my guru Kanyakumari. If you think of drums, naturally Sivamani sir comes to mind. So when you think of the keyboard, I want my name on that,” says Sathyanarayanan.

The young boy’s musical journey began when he was just three and at four, he passed his piano initial exam a rare feat.

Sathya went on to give his first concert at the age of six. According to his parents - this child prodigy is otherwise like any other kid at 12.

"He was just fidgeting with the keyboard that was there in our house and then he started playing Happy Birthday on his own. Sathya's a normal kid-but with immense talent,” says Krishna Babu, Sathyanarayanan's father.

He has already finished over 400 concerts and has done about five carnatic albums on the keyboard.

Not only has he won the Pogo Amazing Kid Musician Award recently, the boy has also been featured as the Youngest Indian to pass the 4th grade keyboard examination conducted by London's Trinity College.

"He has a good dexterity in his playing. But that kind of dexterity is not merely something that you get by guidance and practice. It's something more than that. So there's this natural ability that he's endowed with,” says Ravikiran, a Chitraveena exponent.

It might be quite easy to play but understanding the nuances of Carnatic music and reproducing them on the keyboard is not a child's play but Sathya's just proved that wrong.

He now dreams of getting his name into the Guinness Book of World Records.

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