sri abhishek raghuram - Sri Siva Vishnu Temple

Sri Siva Vishnu Temple & Geethamurtha Music School
proudly present
A GRAND VOCAL CONCERT BY
SRI ABHISHEK RAGHURAM
Accompanied by:
Sri Vittal Ramamurthy - Violin; Sri Trivandrum Balaji – Mridangam
Sri Dikshitar & Sri Shyma Sastri Music Festival
On
Saturday, November 5 at 4:30 p.m., SSVT Auditorium
Through the unique guidance of his legendary grandfather, Shri Palghat Raghu, and as a disciple of
Sangeetha Kala Acharya Shri P.S. Narayanaswamy, Abhishek Raghuram is emerging to be a defining
contemporary vocalist. The “Best Senior Vocalist” awarded to Abhishek by Music Academy for the 2010
music season is a fitting tribute to a musician some critics have called "food for intellect, mind, heart and
soul." Abhishek hails from a family of legendary musicians and was declared a child prodigy when he
gave his first concert at 9 years of age. He has accumulated many awards, recognitions and accolades.
An internationally acclaimed violinist, Vittal Ramamurthy is the torchbearer and leading disciple of the
Lalgudi bani. He is one of the most sought after violinists, an exceptional soloist and renowned violin
guru. He has accompanied some of the legendary Carnatic musicians including his guru Shri Lalgudi
Jayaraman, Shri M. Balamurali Krishna, Shri Nedunuri Krishnamurthy and Shri T.N. Seshagopalan to
name a few. He has many students around the world, many of whom are leading performers.
Trivandrum.V.Balaji who hails from a musical family has established himself as one of the most soughtafter Mridangists of our time. Balaji received his training from several well known mridangists including
the legendary Vidwan Padmasri Sangeetha Kalanidhi Palghat .R. Raghu. He has accompanied various
leading stars in the Carnatic Music Industry like, Sangeetha Kalanidhi Dr.N.Ramani, Sangeetha
Kalanidhi Sri. T.V.Sakaranarayanan, Sri.O.S.Thiagarajan and others. He is presently an ‘A’ Grade artist
in The All India Radio, Chennai and has won numerous awards from various organizations. The Kanchi
Kamakoti matam conferred THE ASTHANA VIDWAN TITLE on Balaji
ADMISSION: Free
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