Vadakkanchery Veeraraghava Bhagavathar Ravi is an

Indian classical music Indian classical music is the art music, classical music of the Indian subcontinent. It is generally described using terms like ''Shastriya Sangeet'' and ''Marg Sangeet''. It has two major traditions: the North Indian classical music known as ...

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ist.‘Every stage is a classroom’
The Hindu. 30 July 2010 As an enterprising instrumentalist and violinist he has conducted concerts along with his brother V. V. Subrahmaniam and toured several nations including Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, U.S.A., Canada and England.

Early life

V. V. Ravi was born to Vadakkanchery Veeraraghava Iyer, a vocalist and violin vidwan. He hails from a music family whose ancestry goes back to

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. His grandfather was a court musician of the Swathi Thirunal Sangeetha Sabha. V. V. Ravi was trained under his father at the age of 9 and later he got special training from renowned artistes like

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and P. S. Narayanaswamy. As an instrumentalist, he performed with bygone legends like Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar, Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer,

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, D. K. Pattammal,

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, Voleti Venkatesvarulu, S. Kalyanaraman, Sandhyavandanam Srinivasa Rao and M. L. Vasanthakumari.

Career and honors

V. V. Ravi joined All India Radio in 1982 as a member of the Vadya Vrinda group. He has been presented with several honours and awards including: * The Best Violin Artiste by

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in 1973. * The best young violin artiste by Chennai Sangeetha Vidhvadh Sabha in 1976 and 1990. * On the occasion of the 82nd birthday celebration of

Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna (né Muralikrishna; 6 July 1930 – 22 November 2016) was an Indian Carnatic vocalist, musician, multi-instrumentalist, playback singer, composer, and character actor. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sang ...

on 29 July 2012, some 82 eminent artists and gurus of the Carnatic music world were honoured with Madhura Murali Puraskar award. V. V. Ravi received the award from Dr. Balamuralikrishna. * He was conferred with "Nada Vallabha" honour by Nadasuda on 12 January 2014. * He was conferred with

Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award is an award given by the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi, an autonomous organisation for the encouragement, preservation, and documentation of the performing arts of Kerala, set up by the Department of Cultu ...

award 2016 (Violin)

Personal life

V. V. Ravi is married and has a son and a daughter. His wife Visalam Ravi is a singer, and a leading multilingual dubbing artiste. His son V.R. Raghava Krishna is also a

Carnatic music Carnatic music (known as or in the Dravidian languages) is a system of music commonly associated with South India, including the modern Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and southern Odisha. It is o ...

vocalist.

References

External links

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ravi, V. V. Living people Carnatic violinists 21st-century Indian violinists Year of birth missing (living people) Recipients of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award