Kalyanpuram S Aravind is one of the most sought after carnatic vocalists of his generation of musicians. Aravind belongs to a family of rich cultural and vedic heritage which includes senior Harikatha Exponent ‘Kalaimamani’ Kalyanapuram Sri R Aravamudachariar and Kalyanapuram Sri R Veeraraghavachariar who are his paternal uncles.

He began his formal training in Carnatic at the age of 4 from Smt. Sudha Seshagopalan (Wife of Sri TNS). He continued his training under Sri S Kasthuri Rangan, a senior disciple of Sri TN Seshagopalan. Aravind now is being shaped and chiselled by none other than the Living Legend Padmabhushan Sangeetha Kalanidhi Madurai Sri TN Seshagopalan for the past 25 plus years.

Aravind has created his own stamp by rendering uniquely styled raga alapanas and neravals along with bhava laden renditions of viruthams as a part of his concerts. He has been bestowed with many awards and recognitions by premiere institutions in India. He has travelled to different parts of the globe representing theIndian Carnatic music fraternity and has been instrumental in spreading the art of Carnatic music amongst the overseas rasikas.

Shri H.N. Bhaskar was born on 4 September 1976 in Mysore, Karnataka. He inherited his love for music from his family, and was initiated into the art of violin-playing by his parents Shri H.N. Narasimha Murthy and Shrimati H.N. Rajalakshmi. Further, he learnt from Shri M.S. Gopalakrishnan and Shri R.N. Thyagarajan. He received a scholarship to study Carnatic music from the Centre for Cultural Resources and Training, Ministry of Culture, Government of India.

An A grade artist of All India Radio and Doordarshan, Shri Bhaskar has performed in many prestigious music festivals in India and abroad. He has conducted seminars and workshops on techniques of violin in India and abroad. He is the co-founder of the band ‘The DUO’ with Shri Patri Satish Kumar. He has composed numerous albums in the genre of Carnatic, semi-classical and world music.

Shri H.N. Bhaskar has been bestowed the Ananya Yuva Puraskar by Ananya, Bangalore; and the Best Violinist Award by the Music Academy, Chennai.

Shri H.N. Bhaskar is awarded the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar of Sangeet Natak Akademi for the year 2011 for his notable talent in the field of Carnatic instrumental music.

Delhi Sri Sairam is a disciple of Mridangam Maestro Sangitha Kalanidhi Dr. Thiruvarur Sri Bakthavatsalam. He is apost graduate First Rank holder in Rhythmology from the University of Madras. He has also won several awardslike the ‘Kalaimamani’ by the government of TamilNadu, ‘Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar’ from the Sangeet NatakAkademi, ‘Yuva Kala Bharathi’ from Bharat Kalachar, ‘Best senior mridangist’ award from The Music Academy,Chennai, ‘Laya Lavanya Trust Award’ from Padmabhushan Umayalapuram Sri Sivaraman to name a few.

His energetic yet sensitive style of accompanying vocalists and instrumentalist alike has won him critical acclaim allover India and abroad. During the past 20 years he has given thousands of performances accompanying eminent seniorartists and promising and upcoming musicians. He has accompanied veterans like Flute Ramani, T.V.Sankaranarayanan, Bombay Jayashri Ramnath, Ranjani Gayathri, Sudha Raghunathan and many senior artists. He has toured the US, Canada, Europe, Australia, Abhudhabi with several artists and performed at prestigiousinternational festivals and venues.

He has had the good fortune of sharing stage alongside his guru on a few occasions, one such being the GuruShishya Parampara series under the auspices of the Delhi international arts festival, India international centre. He has been part of various jugalbandhis and rhythmic ensemble concerts. He has been a teacher par excellence imparting students the art of mridangam accompaniment for the past 2 decades. He is also a visiting faculty of the Kalaikovil Academy of Fine Arts in Toronto, Canada for the past 14 years. He has the credit of training over 40 students for their arangetram (maiden performance) in Canada and India.