Vidu. Dr. Smt. K Seshu Latha Vishwanath
Dr Seshu Latha Viswanath is a reputed senior Vocal artiste of Hyderabad, India having more than 35 years of teaching experience along with great performing talents. Dr Seshu Latha, who did her Ph.D under the guidance of great Mastro Padmabhushan Dr Sripada Pinakapani, performed more than 1000 concerts in USA, UK, Singapore, Malaysia along with many places in India, including Delhi, Bombay, Madras, Bangalore, Calicut, Hyderabad, Tirupathi, Vijayawada etc. Being a versatile artiste, Dr Seshu Latha is A grade artiste in Classical, Light and Devotional Music of AIR and Doordarshan; composed Music for 2 Dance Ballets for Padmasri, Dr Sobha Naidu, a great Kuchipudi Dance exponent. Dr Seshu Latha, is blessed to take advanced training under the great Master like Sri Voleti Venkateswarlu and Sangitakalanidhi Dr Nedunuri Krishna Murty, worked as Music faculty in the Potti Sriramulu Telugu University, Hyderabad for more than 21 years, worked as a Registrar for SIFAS, Singapore for 3 years and presently working as PROFESSOR OF MUSIC IN THE UNIVERSITY OF SILICON ANDHRA, USA. Dr Seshu Latha, who got popularity through telecast of various programs made for TV channels like Doordarshan, SVBC, Bhakthi TV, Jaya Jaya Shankara channel, Bharat Today etc. Dr Seshu Latha has been propagating Bhadrachala Ramadasu Kirtanas widely, under the instructions of her Guru Sri Nedunuri Krishna Murty, in the sponsorship and patronage the Sri Nendraganti Krishna Mohan, Chairman and CEO of Sri Chakra Cements, Hyderabad. Also she has been propagating the NAVAVARANA KIRTANAS OF SRI MUTTU SWAMY DIKSHITAR IN INDIA AND ABROAD. She has received many titles and awards to her credit from various organizations, including ASTHANA VIDUSHI OF MYSORE AVADHOOTHA DATTA PEETHAM,2022. She also has received the prestigious Award “KALA SAARATHI” from Pujya Sri Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji, Art Of Living, Bangalore on 26th Jan, 2023. She also has received the prestigious “Keerthi Puraskaram” from Potti Sriramulu Telugu University, Hyderabad on 29th, March, 2023. She has many number of students learning music in India and abroad.
Vid. Dr. Sri. Venkatraman Subramanian
Sri Venkatraman or Sri violin Venkat as he is known, learnt carnatic music both vocal and violin from Smt Savithri Satyamurthy, a well-known performer and teacher of yesteryears who was from the lineage of Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar and Dr. S. Ramanathan. Sri Venkat also learnt Hindustani music and several Marathi abhangs due to his upbringing in Bombay. Sri Venkat has given vocal Carnatic performances in India during the December Music Festival in Chennai. He has also sung for several dance arangetrams for students of reputed dance teachers in the US and for his daughter Chinmayee's dance programs. He scored the music for a theatre production in Marathi on the life history of Saint Jnaneshwar staged in Dallas. He acted as Saint Thyagaraja along with his wife Smt Vijayashree and Chinmayee in a operatic production called Sands of Tiruvayaru. As a violinist, Venkat Ji has accompanied several artistes in the US and those visiting from India and has also played for dance arangetrams. He has given vocal Carnatic performances in India during the December Music Festival in Chennai that were reviewed in the newspaper "The Hindu". He has composed several bhajans and set to tune many abhangs in the traditional Marathi style of singing. Sri Venkat has conducted bhajan workshops at retreats. In conjunction with Karya Siddhi Hanuman Temple, Venkat coordinated a program, with several local music teachers and music students locally and around the country, in the rendering of Sri Sri Ganapathi Sachidananda Swamiji's unique Swaradevata and Swarakshara kritis in HIS holy presence. Sri Venkat lives with his family in Dallas and teaches vocal music and classical violin to children and adults.
Vid. Sri. Shankar Rajagopalan
Shankar started learning mridangam at the age of 9 under the tutelage of Kalaimamani Shri Kutthalam Viswanatha Iyer, and had his arangetram at the age of 12. He has won various competitions conducted by The Music Academy, Mylapore Fine Arts, YACM and has accompanied leading artistes in various concerts for the past 35 years. He is also an AIR graded artiste and recipient of central government scholarship awarded by the Government of India. Shankar moved to Dallas in 2014 and has been actively involved in the community teaching mridangam to children and also accompanying various local and visiting artistes.
