Mysore :

City’s amazingly gifted brothers — Nagaraj and Dr. Manjunath — are scheduled to perform violin concerts starting from the 20th of this month in different parts of the United States of America. They will be accompanied by veteran Srimushnam Raja Rao on mridanga and young Giridhar Udupa on ghata. They will be giving about 22 concerts. Dr. Manjunath, who is now acclaimed as the cultural ambassador by The Mysore University, will be representing India in many reputed venues across USA and Canada during the one-and-a-half month’s tour.

The brothers, who have created an unrivalled record as star violinists in prestigious organisations across the country and abroad, visit the United States on concert tours usually twice a year. They have toured extensively across the concert halls of United States .They are known to have performed at Royal Albert Hall, Sydney Opera House, at the Common Thread Music Festival in USA, The Federation Square in Melbourne, at the Music Festival in Chicago, Esplanade Theatre in Singapore and Santa festival in New Mexico. Talking about Manjunath, The Los Angeles Times wrote, ‘he has crossed over many boundaries to create ‘Music wonder.’

Nagaraj and Dr. Manjunath, who are the pride of Mysore, will be performing at the Prestigious South Asia Program at Cornell University in US on Sept. 20 followed by a series of concerts including the ones at the University of North Texas, Charlotte Arts Council, prestigious MIT – Boston, Arizona State University, Santa Clara Convention Center Theater, IFAA in Texas, and Power theatre.

Dr. Manjunath, who performed recently at Raye Freedman Arts Center in New Zealand, will present a paper at the International Seminar on ‘World Music’ in New York during this visit.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News  / September 10th,  2014