S Sowmya  |  S Shashank  |  Gaurav Mazumdar  |  Uma Muralikrishna  |  N Ravikiran

N Ravikiran

Born on February 12, 1967, Ravikiran stunned the music world with his ability to identify and render about 325 ragas (melodic scales) and 175 talas (rhythmic cycles) in his first appearance at the age of two! Ravikiran moved on to become a vocalist under the careful guidance of his father. At the age of ten, he switched over to the beautiful 21-stringed Chitravina. He now presents both vocal and instrumental concerts.

Ravikiran is easily among the most prolific composers in the Carnatic arena today. He discovered several new ragas like Choodamani, Keshavapriya, Mohini, Snehapriya, Shivamanohari and Andhakarini. He has to his credit in excess of 500 compositions. He is a multi-lingual composer, at home in five languages - Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Kannada. He has authored books like Appreciating Carnatic Music, Perfecting Carnatic Music - Level I and II and Inaiyatra Innishai and directed several audio and video albums.

Accompanying artists:

Akkarai Shubhalakshmi (Violin), Jayachandra Rao (Mridangam), Guru Prasanna (Kanjira)