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Mysore Sri M. Nagaraj &
Mysore Dr. M. Manjunath (Violinists) are the sons
and disciples of well-known violinist Sri. S. Mahadevappa of Mysore. Both
Nagaraj and Manjunath were childhood prodigies who matured quickly to become
superb violinists. Nagaraj and Manjunath gave their first concerts at the
ages of eleven and nine, respectively. At fourteen, Nagaraj won the coveted
Best Violinist award from Madras Academy, later in quick succession won
five times and became the youngest "A" grade artist of AIR. In 1981,
he was acclaimed one of the Best Senior Violinists in Madras Academy and
in 1986 declared to be one of the "Top 22 Musicians" in Carnatic Music
During the same year, Nagaraj was given a Gold Medal and conferred the
title of "Sangeetha Ratna." Just as his brother, Manjunath won the Best
Violinist awards, "A" grade status, three gold medals and first rank in
Master of Music Degree. Recently, he received his Doctorate degree from
Mysore University for his work on "Styles of Violin Playing." Last year,
Manjunath was recognized as the best Violinist during Madras Music Festival.
Nagaraj and Manjunath have given numerous, highly successful performance
in the USA, Canada and Europe separately and together.
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For Concert Information, Check this page and the
Usenet group rec.music.indian.classical
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Music and Dance Society.
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