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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]
Veene Sheshanna (1852-1926). Veene Sheshanna (1852—1926) was an exponent of the veena, an Indian string instrument, which he played in the classical Carnatic music style. [1] [2] He was a concert musician at the court of the princely state of Mysore in southern India, but his performances were admired throughout Eurasia, including by King George V of England, who held a portrait of him at ...
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.
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.
That is the first time, a percussion instrument comes as the main part of a Carnatic concert. [6] She leads an all-female instrumental group, the Sthree Thaal Tarang, which includes ghatam, violin, veena, morsing and mridangam. [4] The group constantly showcases new and veteran women percussionists of the country. [10]
Jyoti Hegde (Sanskrit: ज्योती हेग्डे, IPA: [dʑjoːtɪ ɦeːɡɖeː]) is a Rudra veena and sitar artist from the Khandarbani gharana. She has pursued music since age 12 and completed her master's in music from Karnatak University of Dharwad. Vidhushi Jyoti Hegde is the first woman player of Rudra veena in the world. [1]