Sunny Viswanath

Sunny Viswanath
Sunny Viswanath in 2007
Background information
Birth name	Viswanath K. N.
Also known as	Sunny, Sunny Vishwanath
Born	(1971-03-13) 13 March 1971 Kozhikode, Kerala, India
Genres	Film score, Fusion Music
Occupation(s)	composer, record producer, music director, arranger, conductor, Event manager
Years active	1984–present
Associated acts	Magnasound
Website	www.sunnyviswanath.com Sunny in Reverb Nation Sunny in My Space

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Sunny Viswanath (സണ്ണി വിശ്വനാഥ്, malayāḷam ^?) (born 13 March 1971) is an Indian composer and music producer. His works are notable for integrating eastern classical music with electronic music sounds, world music genres and traditional orchestral arrangements.^[1]

Early life

He started learning music at the age of 5 and performing with amateur bands since the age of 7. By the age of 14, he was into the world of professional music. Sunny learned seven instruments of which Tabla^[2] remains his favorite. He has performed with local and international bands worldwide. He was educated at Kendriya Vidyalaya No 1 School in Kozhikode.^[3]

Career

Sunny composed music for three films. 1. Kshatriyan 2. Sthithi and 3. Israa^[4] for which he introduced for the first time international singers Anneli Rydahl from Sweden^[5] and Australian singer Seraya.

He has also done music for two albums 1.Janmangalai ^[6] 2.malayali penne 3. Worked with Serena Kern (Uk) doing the musical arrangements for her songs Lullaby^[7][8] and Better to have loved ^[9][10]

Apart from that Sunny has featured various International singers like Zenya Bashford^[11] (US), Samantha Coe^[12] (UK),Felicitas Geiger(Germany)^[13] Jemimah G (Australia), Keren Port (Israel), Iselin B (Norway), Heidi Jarvis (US), Violet Won (China), Khalida Saud (Pak) and also Indian playback singers like Sunidhi Chauhan, Vasundhara Das, Sunita Rao, Jonita Gandhi^[14] Neha Bhasin,^[15] Srinivas, Rahul Seth, Kavitha Paudwal, Sagarika,^[16] Sneha Pant,^[17] Pia Sukanya,^[18] Zublee Baruah,^[19] Priyadarsini, Devan Ekambaram^[20]], Divya Vijay,^[21] Manjari Babu, Gayathri, Afsal, Ranjini Jose, Jyotsna, Delsy Ninan,^[5] Sunita Sudheer, Sainoj, Sharmi La, Sunil Kumar, Ajith etc. He has also featured actors like Suresh Gopi, Divya Palat and Lena. Sunny has associated with lyricists Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri, Shibu Chakravarthy, Khanesh Punoor etc.

Sunny worked with Magnasound for close to 6 years as an A&R and later as Product Manager. Also as a Consultant A&R with Bayshore Records (2 years). During his tenure, he has produced more than 50 titles.

As a journalist, he has written columns on Mathrubhumi for its Film publication Chithrabhumi for 5 years and also as a Bureau chief of Southern Side Magazine.^[22]

As an event Manager and an artist co-ordinator, he has done many events^[23] in India, US, UK, UAE, rest of Europe, Malaysia and Australia

Personal life

He is married to Priya Viswanath and is settled in Ayyanthole, Thrissur.

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