Carnatic Violin
Dr. V.L.V.Sudharsan
All the above
The journey
Biography
Dr.V.L.V.Sudharsan, Had training from my Father Revered Guru and Violin Maestro V.L.Vedagiri and My elder Brother renowned Violinist Vid.Sri.V.L.Kumar. And finally being guided by Spiritual guru Swami Sri Raghavendra. Had Institutional guidance to earn Sangeetha Vidwan Title from Tamil Nadu Government College, Adyar in the year 1986, Completed my T.T.C Course in The Music Academy in the Year 1987, Had the UG and PG Degrees from the Madras University during 1996 and had my Ph.D. Doctoral Degree from the renowned Annamalai University in the Year 2014 while working in the same University as an Assistant Professor, in the Department of Music for Violin. Also had the practice of playing Viola received "Top Ranking" by AIR Chennai in the Year 2023. Accompanied many stalwarts in the field of Carnatic Music like Mangalam Pally Balamurali Krishna, T.V.Shankaranarayanan, Dr.N.Ramani, K.V.Krishnan to name a few. But love to play Viola solo and singing, Violin Carnatic Fusion and Toured Vietnam and Malaysia through ICCR Sponsorship. Joined the Annamalai University to serve as Teacher in the Department of Music in the Year 1999. Having completed 27 years of service Set Tunes for the Padas of Sri Purandara Daasa's on those lines of Sri Tyagaraja's Pancharathanas. and ragas Nata, Gowlai, Arabhi, Varali and Sri. And released a Book titled "Ninna Daasa Naadhe Naanu" Set tunes to the compositions of Yogi sri Suddhananda Bharathi's Chidambara Geetham and released a Book titled "Chidambara Geethangal" Vol-I contains 25 Krithis. Also composed different Musical forms like 5 Varnams, 19 Kirthanas 1 Thillana. Still continuing. Recently released a Book titled "In Tamizhisaip paadalgal" Has interest in composing songs in different ragas (Rare).
Key moments
Performance Highlights
- Also Plays Viola and Lalitha Veena.
- Plays classical Carnatic style with western tuning on Violin.
- Blending of the different styles Carnatic with Hundusthani, western and founded a team named "Pranavanaadham".