Birth Centenary Celebrations

Sangita Kalarathna

Prof. H. V. Krishnamurthy

1926 – 2009
Strings Across Traditions

Celebrating the violin’s remarkable journey in Indian classical music.

DateSunday, 25 October 2026
Time10:00 am onwards
VenueChowdiah Memorial HallMalleswaram, Bangalore
EntryFree for allAll are welcome
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A cordial invitation

A century of a violin maestro

It gives us immense pleasure to invite you to the Birth Centenary Celebrations of

Sangita KalarathnaProf. H. V. Krishnamurthy (1926 – 2009)

One of Karnataka’s distinguished violin maestros, whose life was dedicated to the preservation, performance, and propagation of Indian classical music.

“Strings Across Traditions” The theme of this commemorative year celebrates the violin’s remarkable journey in Indian classical music.
100Years since his birth1926 – 2026
64Violinists felicitatedVidwans & Vidushis
18Veena artistes felicitatedVidwans & Vidushis
45Artistes in Srimad RamayanaGrand audio-visual presentation
The day at a glance

One day, four highlights

10:30 am Honouring the Past

Launch of violinparampara.com

A new home online for the violin tradition.

Programme → 10:45 am Celebrating the Present

Felicitation to 64 Violinists

Honouring the Vidwans and Vidushis who carry the tradition forward.

See the names → 4:00 pm Padma Vibhushan Awardee

Felicitation to Dr L Subramaniam

A special felicitation in the afternoon programme.

Programme → 6:00 pm Inspiring the Future

Srimad Ramayana of Sage Valmiki

A grand audio-visual presentation rendered by 45 talented and young artistes.

Know more →
Sunday, 25 October 2026

The Programme

10:00am
Inspiring the Future

Invocation by students of Vijaya College of Music

10:30am
Honouring the Past · Celebrating the Present

Launch of website: www.violinparampara.com

10:45am
Celebrating the Present

Felicitation to Violinists

64 Vidwans and Vidushis. See all names

Guests of Honour
Sri RaghavendraAnanya
Sri SN VaradarajSree Ramaseva Mandali
Sri Sharada PrasadSri Vani Kala Kendra
Sri KSS RaghavanNadasurabhi Cultural Association
Sri Ramesh SwamyUnnati
Sri M A SrikishanMA Narasimhachar Foundation
Sri Anoor Dattatreya SharmaSri Krishna Sangeetha Sabha
3:30pm
Inspiring the Future

Violin Ensemble by students of Vijaya College of Music

Guests of Honour
Sri Rajmohan KrishnanEkatvam Foundation
Dr Nagamani SrinathCentral Sangeet Natak Akademi Executive Member
Dr Yogananda MRSri Rama Lalitha Kala Mandira
4:00pm
Felicitation to Padma Vibhushan Awardee
Dr L Subramaniam
Padma Vibhushan
4:15pm
Celebrating the Present

Felicitation to Veena Artistes (Vidwans & Vidushis)

View all 18 names
L LeelaSuma SudhindraGeetha RamanandRevathi MurthyShanthi RaoGeetha ShyamaprakashNagarathna ShashidharRevathi SadasivamAnuradha MadhusudhanYoga VandanaPushpa KashinathShashikanth MRRA DakshinamurthySrikanth NitturMN Prashanth IyengarAshwin AnandRamana BalachandhranBalu Masti
5:00pm

Performance by students of Sangita Kalarathna Prof. H. V. Krishnamurthy

5:30pm

Performance by students of Vijaya College of Music

6:00pm
Inspiring the Future
Srimad Ramayana of Sage Valmiki

Grand Audio-Visual Presentation. Know more

6:00 pm · Grand Audio-Visual Presentation

Srimad Ramayana of Sage Valmiki

Rendered by 45 talented and young artistes.

Painted scene from the Ramayana
Sunday, 25 October 20266:00 pm
Compositions tuned by Vid LS Narayanaswamy Bhagavathar Violin Maestro and Founder of Vijaya College of Music
Tuning of compositions assisted by his illustrious students
Sangita Kalarathna Prof. H. V. Krishnamurthy
Ganakala Bhushana A Veerabhadraiah
Direction HK Venkatram Rendered by 45 talented and young artistes
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Video and visuals by Vṛtam Studios Narahari Rao Creative & Visual Direction · Founder, Vṛtam Studios

Meet the artistes

Vocal · Female

  • Akshtha Rudrapatna
  • Anagha Yoganand
  • Anjali Sriram
  • Bhargavi K
  • Bhargavi Venkatram
  • Divya Purandare
  • Lavnya Krishnamurthy
  • Madhuri Kaushik
  • Pavani Kashinath
  • Tejaswini MK
  • Varsha Shenoy
  • Vijaya Narayan
  • Vijaya Nidamarty
  • Yoga Kirtana

Vocal · Male

  • Abhiram Bode
  • Bangalore Nishanth
  • Dattaprasad Avadhooth
  • Niranjan Dindodi
  • Phanindra Anoor
  • Raghav Lokkur
  • C Ramakrishna
  • Ramesh Kottakota
  • RV Abhishek
  • RV Akshay
  • Vedanth Srigovind

Violin

  • Adithi Hebbar
  • Akarsh Rudrapatna
  • Arko Guha
  • Arundathi Hebbar
  • Bharath Rajagopalan
  • Madwesh
  • Malavi Guruprasanna
  • Pranavi Guruprasanna
  • Prashanth Vasishta
  • Prema Vivek
  • Shravanth Vasisht
  • Srinath G

Mandolin

  • Basanth Chandrashekar

Flute

  • Apoorva Arun Hemmige

Veena

  • Srikanth Nittur
  • Rakshita Ramesh

Percussion Director & Mridanga

  • Anoor Ananthakrishna Sharma

Mridanga

  • Nagendra Prasad Subbu

Mridanga & Drum Pad

  • Sai Vamshi

Morching

  • Gopi Shravan

Khanjira

  • Sumukh Karanth

Ghata

  • Phanindra N
Celebrating the Present

Artistes to be felicitated

Celebrating the Vidwans and Vidushis who carry the tradition forward.

Achyutha Rao
Aditi Krishnaprakash
Akshay Kaushik
Anand Viswanathan
Aniruddha Bharadwaj
Aniruddha Nadig R
Apoorva Krishna
B Raghuram
BK Raghu
BS Madhusudhan
Charulatha Ramanujam
CN Chandrashekhar
CV Shruthi
D Suryaprabha
Deepak Murthy
Dr R Raghuram
HK Subba Rao
Hosahalli K Venkataram
HV Raghuram
JK Sridhar
Jyotsna Manjunath
Jyotsna Srikanth
Kalpana Kishore
Karthikeya R
Keshav Mohankumar
KJ Dilip
KS Vasuki
Lalgudi Rajalakshmi
Mathur R Srinidhi
MS Govindaswamy
MS Rajeevalochana
Mysore Dayakar
Mysore Sanjeev Kumar
N Nagaraj
N Venkatesh
Nagaraja Mandya
Nalina Mohan
Nishanth Chandran
NN Ganesh Kumar
Pradesh Achar
Prema Vivek
Pushpa Iyengar
Radhika Venkatramana
S Janardhan
S Shashidhar
Sandeep Ramachandran
Sangeetha Dilip
Sateesh Seetharamiah
Savitri Srinivas
Shankar Rajan
Sindhu Suchethan
Smitha HM
Soumya Ramachandran
Sumathi Balakrishna
Sunitha Ramabhadran
TS Krishnamurthy
TS Rajagopalan
TT Srinivasan
Udaykiran KT
Vaibhav Ramani
Venkatesha Josiyer
Vimala Mani
Vishwajith Mattur
Yashasvi Subbarao

No matching name in this list.

Names are listed alphabetically for clarity; felicitation will be in order of seniority.

The venue

Chowdiah Memorial Hall

16th Cross Road, Vyalikaval, Malleswaram,
Bengaluru, Karnataka 560003
  • Sunday, 25 October 2026
  • 10:00 am onwardsSrimad Ramayana at 6:00 pm
  • Free entryAll are welcome
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Good to know

Questions, answered

Is there an entry fee?
No. Entry is free for everyone, and all are welcome.
What time does the programme begin?
The programme begins at 10:00 am on Sunday, 25 October 2026. The Srimad Ramayana grand audio-visual presentation begins at 6:00 pm. See the full programme.
Where is the venue?
Chowdiah Memorial Hall, 16th Cross Road, Vyalikaval, Malleswaram, Bengaluru 560003. Get directions.
Whom do I contact for queries?
Email violinparampara@gmail.com or call HK Venkatram on +91 98451 54405.
Presented by Vijaya College of Music
In association with Kalaarpana Foundation
Video and visuals by Vṛtam Studios

Be part of the centenary

Sunday, 25 October 2026 · 10:00 am onwards · Chowdiah Memorial Hall, Bangalore. Free entry, and all are welcome.

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