Vid. Sri B U Ganesh Prasad
Vid. Sri. B.U.Ganesh Prasad is a leading exponent of Carnatic Violin and Vocal music over the past three decades
Initial training from Basavanagudi Nataraj (violin) and Bangalore S Shankar (vocal) Advanced training under Violin Maestro V V Subramaniam and vocal from Sangeetha Kalacharya P.S. Narayanaswamy of the Semmangudi school A violinist par excellence & "A" graded artist of All India Radio & Doordarshan Has accompanied legendary musicians in the field of Carnatic music including, D.K. Pattammal, Nedunuri Krishnamurthy, T.V. Sankaranarayanan Madurai T.N. Seshagopalan, R.K. Srikantan etc. and the present-day top artists like Bombay Jayashree, Sudha Raghunathan, Sanjay Subramanian, Abhishek Raghuram etc. Performed both as a soloist as well accompanist world over. Performed in prestigious international venues like Paul Getty Art Museum and Esplanade Theatre, Singapore, Theatre De La Vie, Paris to name a few. Featured in many commercial CDs & DVDs with various leading artists & also has produced a violin solo album called as Blissful Strings He has been training many students both in Vocal and Violin across the globe
Awards The best violinist award (four times) from the prestigious Madras Music Academy The best violinist award from Sri Krishna Ghana Sabha Madras ananya yuva puraskAra award from Ananya GML Cultural Academy Bengaluru Title of nAda oli from Nada Inbam Chennai Title of nAda kalA vipanchee from Vipanchee Trust Chennai mahArAjapuram santhAnam Endowment Award for the year 2023
Vidu. Smt. Deepa Sastry
Vid. Smt. Deepa Sastry is a popular Carnatic violinist and vocalist for over three decades Initial vocal training from her mother Vidushi Smt. Rama Krishnamurthy and violin training from her aunt Vidushi Smt. Savithri Srinivas at a very early age. Disciple of Vid. Sri H.K. Narasimhamurthy, Mysore and Vid. Sri. H.S. Sudhindra, Bangalore. She is a graded artiste of All India Radio, Bangalore. Deepa has been a regular performer at the Chennai music season for over 2 decades. She has won the “Yuva Pratibhe” award from Annya Sangeetha Sabha, Bangalore, “Best Junior Violinist” award from Indian Fine Arts Society, Chennai to name a few. She has been accompanying for many Dance Arangetrams and Rangapraveshams across USA. She runs a music school called “Deepa School of Indian Music and Arts”. In Frisco, TX and teaches violin and vocal students.
Vid. Sri Ramakrishna Neti
Vid. Sri. Ramakrishna Neti is a popular Mridanga vidwan and teacher in the Dallas area Initial training from late Vid. M.A. Krishnamurthy of Mysore He is a disciple of Mridangam maestro, Padmashri Dr. Yella Venkateswara Rao Ramakrishna hails from a family of musicians His grandfather, Harikathakesari Sri Neti Lakshminarayana Bhagavathar, was a renowned Harikatha exponent and a disciple of Harikatha Pitamaha Sri Adibhatla Narayana Dasu. His uncle late Sri Neti Srirama Sarma was a top-grade Voco-Violonist at All India Radio, Hyderabad. His eldest sister Smt. Indira Kameswara Rao is a top-grade vocalist at All India Radio, 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 learnt Hindustani vocal. He is a Data Analytics professional and holds MBA and Electronics Engineering Degrees.
