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Prashanth Iyengar (born 12 January 1973) is a classical musician and veena exponent from India, in the Carnatic Music genre. He is a performer, composer and teacher.He is the first composer from Karnataka to have composed Varnams in all the '72 Melakarta Ragas. [1]
Ancient musical instruments evolved into many variations, such as lutes, zithers and arched harps. [1] The many regional designs have different names such as the Rudra veena, the Saraswati veena, the Vichitra veena and others. [4] [5] The North Indian rudra veena, used in Hindustani classical music, is a stick zither. [1]
His "Veena Doreswamy Iyengar Memorial Trust" [11] has organized various concerts in Bengaluru. [12] He has an M.Sc. in statistics [2] and has worked in the Reserve Bank of India. [3] In 1997, Karnataka Ganakala Parishat gave him Ganakalashree award. [13] In 2015, Karnataka Sangeeta Nritya Academy awarded him Karnataka Kalashri - Award of Honour.
The veena has a recorded history that dates back to approximately 1700 BCE. In ancient times, the tone vibrating from the hunter's bow string when he shot an arrow was known as the Vil Yazh. The Jya ghosha (musical sound of the bow string) is referred to in the ancient Atharvaveda. Eventually, the archer's bow paved the way for the musical bow.
Suma Sudhindra is a classical musician and veena exponent from India, in the Carnatic Music genre. She was awarded Karnataka 's second highest civilian award, the Rajyotsava Award , in the year 2001.
This category includes musicians of Veena-genre of instruments, commonly used of Indian classical music, including Saraswati veena, Rudra veena, Vichitra veena and Chitra veena. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
Jyoti Hegde was born and brought up in Sirsi – the largest town in North Kanara district of Karnataka. She started learning music when she was 12. She started learning music when she was 12. At the age of 16 years, she began to learn Rudra veena under the guidance of her first teacher Pandit Late Bindu Madhav Pathak .
Rudrapatna is a small village on the banks of the Kaveri river in Arkalgud taluk of Hassan district in the Indian State of Karnataka. The village is known for its rich musical heritage. The village was an abode of Veda, Nada, and Taranga, according to the renowned Carnatic vocalist, R K Padmanabha.