Aditi's Rangapravesha
Sri D.S. Srivathsa
Sri. Srivathsa is a talented musician who has carved a niche for himself as a Singer, Nattuvanar and Composer of music and lyrics, with a focus on accompaniment to Dance. Along with his wife Dr. Soundarya Srivathsa, an accomplished Bharatanatyam dancer, Srivathsa heads the dance-music school Nartana Keertana in Bengaluru, India. As a music exponent, he has given solo concerts extensively at all prestigious music sabhas of India, Australia and Singapore. He has toured widely all over the world to perform for various accomplished dance companies. Srivathsa has been an invited performer at Shakti Dance Company, Los Angeles, CA, Kalabharathi School of Dance, Portland, OR, and Natyabhoomi School of Dance, Potomac, MD, every year since 1995. He was awarded the Karnataka Kalashree Award by Karnataka State Sangeetha Nātak Academy. Srivathsa has also won the Aryabhata International Award, Ananya Puraskāra, Drishti Dance Award, Kalayogi and Naada Brahma award.
The Orchestra
Vidwan Srihari Rangaswamy
Vidwan Srihari Rangaswamy is born to a family of music connoisseurs. He started learning Mridangam (South Indian Drum) under Gānakala Bhushana Vidwan Sosale Seshagiridas when he was just 8 years old. He has expanded his knowledge and range by playing other percussion instruments such as Khanjira, Ghatam, Morching, Chande, Tavil and many other hand percussion instruments. He started to perform at the tender age of 12. Since then he has played at numerous classical Carnatic Music concerts, dance concerts, fusion programs and light music programs. His prowess and command over different varieties of music has made him more versatile as an artist. He has been regularly featured as one of the primary percussion players accompanying Classical Dance (Bharathanatyam) performances. He has traveled to the USA, UK, Canada and the Netherlands since 1996, participating in shows with many leading dancers. He has many awards and scholarships to his credit. He won the First prize in an All IndiaRadio Music Competition in 1992, along with awards from many other organizations. He is a graded artiste at Radio and Television Studios in India. He was also a part of Bhedam - a contemporary Jazz group from Holland, which has released a CD, to his credit. In India he has performed with several great artistes in dance and music at prestigious venues.
Sri Narasimha Murthy
Sri Narasimha Murthy is an accomplished flutist in Carnatic Music. Starting at a very young age, he underwent training under Guru Vidwan M S Srinivasa Murthy, and later with Guru Vidwan M R Doraswamy. He has also undergone training under vocalist Guru Vidwan S Shankar. With his dedication to music ably nurtured by his mentors, he was soon enthralling audiences with his melody, nuances and creativity. He is A-graded artist for All India Radio and Doordarshan, India. In 1994 he was invited by the Government of Wales for their first ASIAN FESTIVAL. In 1996 he performed at the Lincoln Center in New York. He has taken part in the 2010 India Council for Cultural Relations tour to Sri Lanka. He was invited to China for ‘CULTURAL HARMONY’ in October 2010, a program organized by UNESCO during the Commonwealth Games Festival.
Sri Srinidhi Mattur
Sri Srinidhi is a disciple of Vidwan Sangeetha Vidya Sagara R R Keshavamurthy and Vidwan R N Thyagarajan. He holds a Rank in both Vocal and Violin Vidwat examinations, with M.Sc Biotechnology and Masters in Music from Madras University. He has accompanied stalwart Vidwans such as the Rudrapatnam Brothers, Balamurali Krishna, Nedanuri Krishnamurthy, Sudha Raghunathan, T V Gopalakrishnan, T N Seshagopalan, T V Shankaranarayanan, the Sikkil sisters, N Ramani, Mandolin U Srinivas, Shashank, Malladi Brothers,Trichur Ramachandran, O S Thyagarajan, Unnikrishnan, Ranjani Gayatri and others. He has been awarded Ananya Yuva Puraskar in 2013 from Ananya, Bengaluru and 'Lalitha Kala Suma' from Sri Rama Lalitha Kala Mandira, Bengaluru. He is an 'A' grade artist of All India Radio and Doordarshan studios. He has traveled to the USA, Denmark, Switzerland, Norway, France and Qatar on concert tours.
Sri Akshara Raghu
Akshara Raghu is a Drummer and a Percussionist from Bengaluru and has recently moved to the Bay Area. He started learning Mridangam under the tutelage of Vid. Dr. HS Venkatesh and Drums under Sri Babu Sukumar. He is currently getting advanced training from Vid. Sri Anoor Ananthakrishna Sharma and Vid. Arun Kumar. He has completed 8 Grades in Drum Kit from Trinity college of music, London and has performed over 500 live concerts across India in various genres of music such as Carnatic Classical, Fusion, Folk and Film music. He is currently working as a Solutions Consultant and continues to perform for live concerts, dance rangapraveshas and recordings in the US.
