Sri. Kodukula Suryanarayana
Mr. Suryanarayana is from Andhra Pradesh, India and is a Music teacher by profession and has vast experience in mentoring students in Carnatic Music He gave various musical performances, performed 27 hours nonstop on Annamacharya Keerthanas, and secured a place in Telugu book of records.
Sri Tejas Majunath
Sri. Tejas Manjunath, a US-born started learning violin from Smt. Tara Anand at the young age of 8 in Boston, USA. In 2009, after relocating to Bangalore, he began learning from Vid. Smt. Lalgudi Rajalakshmi followed by Vd. Sri Yashasvi and currently under the tutelage of Padmasri A. Kanyakumari. He and his brother Pranav Manjunath, known as Boston Brothers, have performed over 500 violin duet concerts in India, the USA, and Singapore. They have won several accolades such as 1st place Violin Duet at Sangeeth Samraat (Chennai) on Sankara TV, 1st prize Prathibakankshi award, Nada Chintamani, and many more. They have performed at the prestigious Rama Seva Mandali, Bangalore Ganesh Utsava, Alvas Nudisiri, Karavalli Utsava, Puttaparthi- Prashanti Nilayam, Chowdiah Memorial Hall, Gayana Samaja, Shanmukhananda Hall- Bombay and many more. They have been featured in numerous regional newspapers such as The Hindu, The Indian Express, etc., and on television channels such as DD Chandana and Zee Kannada. Tejas has obtained Second Rank in the Vidwat Music Examination conducted by the Karnataka State Music Board. Tejas has been performing extensively in the US in solo, accompaniment, and dance arangetarams. He has an MS degree in Music Technology from Georgia Tech, Atlanta USA and is currently working at Harman International in Dallas, TX as a Senior Audio SP Software Engineer.
Sri. Balurajendra Kurup
Balu Kurup is a renowned Mridangist & percussionist who experiments with multiple genres like Indian Classical, Jazz, African and world music percussions. He is fortunate to be a small leaf of huge Banyan tree, The Thanjavur Bani Mridangam lineage of Palghat Mani Iyer, under renowned gurus Sri. Nagoor Ambi Iyer, Sri Mavelikara Velukutty Nair and Sri. Erickavu Sunil. Balu has been performing for notable maestros in south Indian film music fraternity and carnatic music exponents for the last 25 years. He is part of Valle Venia, a symphony group based in Germany and performs for world music concerts across European countries, US and the middle east. Balu believes music is a universal medium to communicate the most innate expressions with nature and is open to experimenting with any form of music and artists.
