Vittal Ramamurthy (Kannada : ವಿಟ್ಟಲ್ ರಾಮಮೂರ್ತಿ) is a violinist in the
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 ...
tradition of
South India
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.
Early life
Ramamurthy began learning Carnatic music from his mother, Krishnaveni.
He was introduced to violin by his grandfather, Sangeethabhushanam B.V. Subba Rao. He is a disciple of Vidwan Lalgudi Jayaraman
Soloist and accompanist
He has performed over 6,000 concerts 25 countries worldwide.
He has accompanied
Lalgudi Jayaraman
Lalgudi Gopala Iyer Jayaraman (17 September 1930 – 22 April 2013) was an Indian Carnatic violinist, vocalist and composer. He is commonly grouped with M.S. Gopalakrishnan and T.N.Krishnan as part of the violin trinity of Carnatic mu ...
in his vocal, violin duet and trio concerts, and has also accompanied veteran vocalists including
D. K. Jayaraman,
Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna,
R. K. Srikanthan,
Nedunuri Krishnamurthy
Nedunuri Krishnamurthy ( Telugu: నేదునూరి కృష్ణమూర్తి;10 October 1927 – 8 December 2014) was an Indian Carnatic vocalist. ,
Madurai T. N. Seshagopalan,
O. S. Thyagarajan,
T. K. Govinda Rao,
T. V. Sankaranarayanan,
K. J. Yesudas,
Bombay Sisters and
Sudha Raghunathan. He has also accompanied the current generation of vocalists, including
Vijay Siva,
Neyveli Santhanagopalan,
Sanjay Subramanian,
T. M. Krishna,
P. Unni Krishnan,
Bombay Jayashri
"Bombay" Jayashri Ramnath is an Indian Carnatic vocalist, singer, and musician. She has sung songs in multiple languages, including for Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi and English movies. Born into a family of musicians, Jayashri ...
, and
S. Sowmya.
He has also accompanied high-profile instrumentalists including
N. Ramani (flute),
Kadri Gopalnath (saxophone),
N. Ravikiran (
Chitravina), and
Shashank Subramanyam (flute). He participated in the World Music Festival at the
Théâtre de la Ville, Paris, and other international festivals in Singapore and Dubai.
Teacher and musicologist
Ramamurthy has students in India, USA, Canada, Australia, and France. As a musicologist, he has delivered demonstration lectures and workshops at
Rice University
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Rice University comp ...
(Houston),
Concordia University
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(Montreal,) and
Harvard
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University (Boston)
Ramamurthy and his family organize summer camps each year in his hometown of
Karunbithil, Nidle
Dharmasthala in
Karnataka
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. About 250 children from surrounding villages attend the camp, which is fully funded by Rammamurthy's family
References
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Carnatic violinists
Living people
People from Dakshina Kannada district
20th-century Indian male classical singers
Musicians from Karnataka
21st-century Indian violinists
21st-century Indian male classical singers
Year of birth missing (living people)