Vid. Sri Vadali PhaniNarayana
Vid. Vadali Phani Narayana is a renowned veena player from south India. He is a traditional 7th generation Vynika who looked up to his father Venkata Ramana garu as his Guru. He started to teach music at the young age of 16 years and he got formal credentials from Andra University and became a coveted All India Radio Grade Artiste at the young age of 22. He is a favorite child of Goddess Saraswathi as indicated by his ability to show equal command in Vocal, Mridangam, and Guitar in addition to his favorite instrument, Veena. He has also provided Veena music for well over 250 movies in South Indian movie Industry, working for great music directors such as Keeravani, and Mani Sharma. One of his notable contributions is from a very recent movie Mahanati. While his success in the film industry is obvious, his commitment to classical music and spirituality is demonstrated by the various projects he did for Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam. He got the divine opportunity to organize and orchestrate the unique musical feat of Nadosthavam with 2000 Veena Players at Art Of Living in 2016. He has directed music for over 125 devotional albums and played Veena for more than 2000 albums. Phani Narayana has created and evolved a distinctive style and identity, entirely of his own. The exquisite tonal quality and versatility have been his hallmarks of playing the veena. He is known to reproduce the songs and compositions in an almost vocal-like tonal quality on his veena, and is also known to evoke deep emotional responses from his audiences. Phani Narayana recently released his own masterpiece "Vynikam" consisting of popular Annamaya Kirthanas under his fusion band String Wings.
Sri. Ramakrishna Neti
Sri Ramakrishna Neti, a Data Analytics professional, hails from a family of musicians and is a well- known mridangam vidwan and a teacher in the Dallas area. He is a disciple of Mridangam maestro, Padmashri Dr. Yella Venkateswara Rao is mentored by Vidwan Sri Bombay CN Balaji. His uncle late Sri Neti Srirama Sarma was a top grade Voco-Violonist at AIR Hyderabad. His elder sister Smt. Indira Kameswara Rao is a top-grade vocalist at AIR Visakhapatnam. Ramakrishna has performed in various Sangeetha Sabha concerts in India and North America as well as the Prasara Bharati network in India. He has also learned Hindustani vocal
Sri Srinivas Eyyunni
Sri Srinivas Eyyunni is a seasoned artist singing in AIR, and Doordarshan for the last 20 years. He has participated in various reality and live shows such as Paduta Teeyaga and Tantex. He has been teaching tabla and has been part of Tollywood film industry playing for movie orchestras and has accompanied many notable artists for the last 20 years.
