Kannan Balakrishnan (born 26 June 1964)[1] is a classical musician and veena exponent from Chennai, India, in the Carnatic Music genre.
[1] He has performed for many Yuva Utsavs conducted by Sangeet Natak Akademi (New Delhi) at Chennai and Bhubaneswar.
He has toured for performances globally across Canada, USA, UK, Dubai, Kuwait, Malaysia, Singapore and Japan.
[1] He has toured numerous countries including Portugal, Sri Lanka, Greece, Spain, Indonesia, Austria, Switzerland, France, Thailand, Mauritius, Bahrain, Qatar, Abu Dhabi, Muscat and many other for these performances.
He organizes the annual ten day Veena festival in Chennai with support from Narada Gana Sabha.