Today's young violinists who rock

Rsachi · Post by **Rsachi** » 03 May 2016, 09:07

Hi all,
How about a few words (only positives please) about the young violinists of today! I can't say I have heard them a lot, especially in solos, but here is my list in no particular order:
1. Vittal Rangan - incredibly sweet, can accompany almost anybody
2. HM Smitha - from Mysore/MSG school, confident accompanist, bows with great strength.
3. KJ Dileep - MSG style, Dhoni locks, plays well, speed a strength.
4. Rajeev M - accompanies "the musician", sweet and versatile.
5. Murari VVS - inheritor of the VVS bani.
6. Charumathi Raghuraman - asset on the stage, versatile, TNK plus of late some MSG touches?
7. B K Raghu - a very savvy accompanist

Please add your constructive comments, and build the list (I am not very active or up to date)
This is in a way our acknowledgement of the role these young stars play in giving us so many delightful moments

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 03 May 2016, 12:56

What is the age band for "young?"

Can we include Hemalatha, Usha Rajagopal, Padma Shankar...

Rsachi · Post by **Rsachi** » 03 May 2016, 13:18

Sir, excellent question. I don't know. I was applying a nebulous criterion of a performing career less than 10 years or so. Hemalatha and Padma Shankar have been around longer. But maybe you can add a listing under "Senior Young" category, hope they won't be offended.

kvchellappa · Post by **kvchellappa** » 03 May 2016, 14:36

Apoorva Krihanan?

Rsachi · Post by **Rsachi** » 03 May 2016, 14:44

Yes KVC, go ahead and say
.. Apoorva Krishna..........

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 03 May 2016, 20:11

Add Akkarai to the list?

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 03 May 2016, 20:19

As Varsha said, sakkaraiyAna Akkarai!

Rsachi · Post by **Rsachi** » 03 May 2016, 20:43

Akkarai is the top violinist today. She doesnt belong to this "young" category in my reckoning. I think adding her to the list is a no-brainer but it is like adding Virat Kohli to the list of young batting talent debuting in IPL2016.

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 03 May 2016, 20:50

Is Varadarajan too old or too top to be on the list?

(Oh, yes... I just found an interview. He is a lot older than I thought. Everybody looks young to me these days

)

sivakami · Post by **sivakami** » 03 May 2016, 21:09

Komanduri Krishna aka K. V. Krishna ( son and disciple of Komanduri Seshadri) from Tirupathi is another one. He was also seen accompanying Dr. Balamuralikrishna garu on last Saturday morning at 9 AM on podhigai TV.
Sri. Mallela Tejaswi, disciple of Kanyakumari garu from Hyd is another promising youngster..

VijayR · Post by **VijayR** » 03 May 2016, 21:13

Rsachi wrote:Sir, excellent question. I don't know. I was applying a nebulous criterion of a performing career less than 10 years or so. Hemalatha and Padma Shankar have been around longer. But maybe you can add a listing under "Senior Young" category, hope they won't be offended.

Sri. V.V.S. Murari has been performing for more than 20 years. So, he is definitely ruled out if you apply that criteria.

Few other names to add to the list: Sri. M. Vijay, who is the disciple of Sri. S. Varadarajan. He has imbibed his guru's qualities admirably. Kum. Shreya Devnath (Lalgudi bani) would be another. I am sure there are several others...

Rsachi · Post by **Rsachi** » 03 May 2016, 23:02

Ok folks, you're welcome to list everyone you think fits the category. No exceptions. We will figure out the seniority bit later.

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 03 May 2016, 23:15

L.Ramakrishnan is a rising star. Shraddha Ravindran is another notable young violinist. Have not heard from Nishant Chandran lately.

uday_shankar · Post by **uday_shankar** » 03 May 2016, 23:18

Trivandrum Sampath is one of the best young violin accompanists I have heard. Lovely attitude too.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 03 May 2016, 23:18

The amazingly talented Kamalakiran Vinjamuri

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 04 May 2016, 00:07

Uday,
He was a surprise find for me. Heard him in last year's Cleveland festival first. In India too, earlier this year.

Ravi,
How could I possibly leave out Kamalakiran, the darling of all! Another youngster who comes from a musical family (his great grandfather was Vinjamuri Varadaraja Iyengar, if I'm not mistaken).

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 04 May 2016, 01:19

Arasi - you are spot on

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 04 May 2016, 06:04

R Rahul (violinlover), discipline of MC, has got to be up there with the best of them.

kvchellappa · Post by **kvchellappa** » 04 May 2016, 06:54

Aishu Venkataraman (not heard of for some time).

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 04 May 2016, 07:53

KVC,
At present, she's steeped in her studies--soon will be a doctor...

Oh, yes! She very much belongs in the list

hnbhagavan · Post by **hnbhagavan** » 04 May 2016, 12:17

I suppose ranjini ramakrishnan is good too or may be she is already senior!

hnbhagavan · Post by **hnbhagavan** » 04 May 2016, 12:35

Sri R Sachi,
There are many violinists who are 50 years and above.Which list do they get into?
GJR Krishnan
Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi
Ms Narmada
Ms bharathi
Nagai Muralidharan
Ma Sundareswaran
Ma Krishna Swamy
Vittal ramamurthy
I omitted some names like Mys nagaraj,manjunath, S Vardarajan etc.

Rsachi · Post by **Rsachi** » 04 May 2016, 15:26

All the names belong for sure to one list:
Violinists who rock.
Today's young was added by me to start identifying youngsters who have been around for a short time. But I can see we are unable to set a seniority point for cut-off.
So please do mention the person's seniority, but go ahead and list everyone.
Aishu Venkataraman - US based, TNK student
Apoorva Krishna - Bangalore based, Anuradha and Lalgudi Brahmanandam student
...

hnbhagavan · Post by **hnbhagavan** » 04 May 2016, 15:45

Add to the list Sriram parasuram.These have been in the concert circuit during the last decade.In the first list of R sachi- HM Smitha,Rajeev,Raghu belong to up coming list.charumati Raghuraman is a different kettle of fish and will belong to extra ordinary talent.Similarly Akkarai subbulakshmi looks a very well settled violinist.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 05 May 2016, 05:19

Arasi - I think many of us equate 'young' with people we're hearing newly. By that token we forget the likes of Kamalakiran, Aishu, Sahana etc.

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 05 May 2016, 13:35

"young," in carnatic music means under 60... right?

Rsachi · Post by **Rsachi** » 05 May 2016, 14:58

Not really. The combined age of violin and the player should be below 333 years.

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 05 May 2016, 15:58

point-3333-recurring?

hnbhagavan · Post by **hnbhagavan** » 09 May 2016, 09:45

In the senior most group of accompanying artists :

M A Sundareswaran
Nagai Muralidharan

In the next level there are :
S Vardarajan
Embar Kannan
Vittal Ramamurthy
Padma Shankar
M A KrishnaSwamy
Ranjani Ramakrishnan
Charulata Ramanujam
Charumati raghuraman
Akkarai Sisters
Nagai Sriram
Mysore Srikkanth
Nalina Mohan
Ananta Krishnan
Hema Latha
TKV Ramanujachrulu
R Sachi has listed some of the very young Violinists like Vitta Rangan,Vijay,Rahul etc.
However it may be a couple of years for them to get established.
I have omitted those who give only Solo recitals as they are already established and do not fall in line.

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 09 May 2016, 10:47

hnbhagavan wrote: In the next level there are :
S Varadarajan
Embar Kannan
Vittal Ramamurthy

Surely these are in the senior level now!

Also, you have missed artistes like Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi, Mysore Nagaraj & Manjunath

hnbhagavan · Post by **hnbhagavan** » 09 May 2016, 11:16

They are mostly Solo artists and definitely are already established.A separate list:
Lalgudi GJR Krishnan
Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi
Mysore Nagaraj
Manjunath
Ganesh and Kumaresh
Mrs Narmada
Ms Bharati
Lalitha and Nandini
Rasikas may add to the list:

Rsachi · Post by **Rsachi** » 09 May 2016, 12:07

Thanks Sri HNB, this list is building up rather well.

hnbhagavan · Post by **hnbhagavan** » 09 May 2016, 12:39

To make the list complete:
Very Senior and above any evaluation:
T N Krishnan
M Chandrasekharan
V V subramanyam
A Kanya Kumari
MS Anantharaman
This is only to include even seniors who are still performing,but not classified under YOUNG.They are revered Gurus producing many young Violinists
To the semi senior list:
H N Bhaskar
B U Ganesh Prasad
M Chandramouli can be added
VV Srinivasa Rao
C N ChandraSekhar
VV S Murari
In the semi senior list Some
Some names may still be missing.
In the Semi senior list S Vardarajan,HN Bhaskar,B U Ganesh Prasad,Embar Kannan,Vittal rama Murthy,padma Shankar will be on top of the list.

srikant1987 · Post by **srikant1987** » 10 May 2016, 10:53

Amritha Murali
L Ramakrishnan

hnbhagavan ji, in the 50-whereabouts, RK Shriram Kumar must surely also be among the top few.

hnbhagavan · Post by **hnbhagavan** » 10 May 2016, 15:12

YOU ARE RIGHT.
He will be right above on par say with M A Sundareswaran.he is a complete musician.Thank u
There is another omission Delhi sunder rajan.
Those who r in abroad and not in concert circuit in India are excluded.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 11 May 2016, 08:43

I see older violinists in the list (even a cousin), and where is Dr.Narmada?

I'm afraid there are too many senior names listed under young violinists. A whole list of them!

Rsachi · Post by **Rsachi** » 11 May 2016, 08:59

Arasi,
See here:
http://www.rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic ... 09#p300852

hnbhagavan · Post by **hnbhagavan** » 11 May 2016, 10:16

Madam arasi,

Post#1 R Sachi listed all young violinists
Post#22 madam Narmada is included
In between several like Hemalatha and others included.
Just for completeness without considering age list is drawn up.
Our experts can now list only YOUNG VIOLINISTS

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 11 May 2016, 18:18

I stand corrected. I thought I went through the posts carefully. I did not ;( Then again, senior minds can retain only so many names in a go, I guess. However, it's good that we have gone through a gamut of them--it makes us remember their names if we haven't heard their playing in a while!

So, it's after all a good thing. If we take the word 'young' out of it, it's just perfect!

hnbhagavan · Post by **hnbhagavan** » 13 May 2016, 17:53

There is one major omission
V sanjeev disciple of A Kanyakumari

hnbhagavan · Post by **hnbhagavan** » 14 Dec 2019, 21:16

The list is chosen from recent Concerts:Here only accompanying Violinists possibly young are considered.
L Ramakrishnan
Akkarai Subbulakshmi
Charumathi Raghuraman
M Rajeev
M Vijay
Vittala Rangan
Vybhav Ramani
Nagai Sriram
BK Raghu
Mathur srinidhi
HM Smitha
Sindhu Suchetan
Shreya Devnath
Very well settled S Varadarajan,BU Ganesh Prasad,HN Bhaskar etc are considered senior.