Vocalist

Sri Shankar Ramani

Shankar Ramani is an accomplished Carnatic vocalist with more than 25 years of concert performance experience in USA, India and other countries. After his learning from Vidwan O.S. Thiyagarajan, Shankar also underwent training from other music stalwarts like Shri T.R. Subramanian. Gifted with a melodious voice, sruthi suddham and proficiency in layam along with a spiritually engaging style of music are the highlights of his music.

He is also a teacher to many students across the world, many of whom have won several awards and are concert performers today.

Percussionist

Sri Dhamodharan Srinivasan

Sri Dhamodharan Srinivasan has accompanied several leading vocal and instrumental artists from India and in the US. He has accompanied innumerable dance performances and arangetrams throughout the USA. He underwent training under Grammy award winner and renowned Ghatam artist Padma Sri, Padma Bhushan Shri “Vikku” Vinayakaram and later he pursued advanced techniques under Shri Subhash Chandran and Shri Ramnad Raghavan. In addition to being a performing artist, he is also a teacher of Mridangam. Some of his students are now performing artists on the Mridangam in their own right. Music is his hobby.

Percussionist

Sri Dhamodharan Srinivasan

Sri Dhamodharan Srinivasan has accompanied several leading vocal and instrumental artists from India and in the US. He has accompanied innumerable dance performances and arangetrams throughout the USA. He underwent training under Grammy award winner and renowned Ghatam artist Padma Sri, Padma Bhushan Shri “Vikku” Vinayakaram and later he pursued advanced techniques under Shri Subhash Chandran and Shri Ramnad Raghavan. In addition to being a performing artist, he is also a teacher of Mridangam. Some of his students are now performing artists on the Mridangam in their own right. Music is his hobby.

Violinist

Sri Ravi Srinivasan

Ravi Srinivasan had his initial exposure to Carnatic Music from violinist Sri Anoor S. Ramakrishna of the Ayyanar College of Music. He had further training in violin and vocal from Sri H. V. Srivatsan and Sri Palghat K. V. Narayanaswamy. He is currently receiving guidance from violinist Sri Mullaivasal G. Chandramouli and Smt. Padma Narayanaswamy. He teaches as well, and has trained students for concert performances as well as Cleveland Aradhana programs. He is also proficient in Western classical music, including graduating from the McGill Conservatory of Music and participating in the Stanford Orchestra. He has performed both physically and virtually and received awards at multiple sabhas in India (including Krishna Gana Sabha, Kartik Fine Arts, Hamsadhwani) as well as in North America (including CMANA, Cleveland Aradhana). He is a patron and former trustee of the Carnatic Music Association of North America.

Flutist

Sri N Visveshwar

N Visveshwar is an A-grade Carnatic flutist from Chennai who holds the distinction of being one of the youngest flutists to receive this grading from All India Radio. He currently resides in New Jersey. Since the age of nine, he has performed around 1,200 concerts at reputed venues and weddings in both the US and India over the past 17 years.

Visveshwar is a disciple of his maternal grandfather, Singanallur Ramaraja. At the age of 14, Visveshwar was awarded the “Best Instrumentalist Prize” by The Madras Music Academy. He has also received several other titles and awards, including “Venu Gana Rathna”, “Venu Ilamamani”, “Vamshi Kaladhara”, and “Bala Kala Rathna”, in addition to being a recipient of an Indian government cultural scholarship.

After completing his studies at Cornell University, Visveshwar currently works as a cloud product manager.

Flutist

Sri N Visveshwar

N Visveshwar is an A-grade Carnatic flutist from Chennai who holds the distinction of being one of the youngest flutists to receive this grading from All India Radio. He currently resides in New Jersey. Since the age of nine, he has performed around 1,200 concerts at reputed venues and weddings in both the US and India over the past 17 years.

Visveshwar is a disciple of his maternal grandfather, Singanallur Ramaraja. At the age of 14, Visveshwar was awarded the “Best Instrumentalist Prize” by The Madras Music Academy. He has also received several other titles and awards, including “Venu Gana Rathna”, “Venu Ilamamani”, “Vamshi Kaladhara”, and “Bala Kala Rathna”, in addition to being a recipient of an Indian government cultural scholarship.

After completing his studies at Cornell University, Visveshwar currently works as a cloud product manager.