Guru Sri. Surya Sundararajan is a highly accomplshed violinist and music teacher in the New England Area. Surya is highly committed to teaching and contributing to the community. Surya's initial training was under Sri. P. Dhanapathy in Chennai over 12 years, followed by a year with N.V. Subramaniam. Over the last 10 years, Surya has been pursuing advanced training from Vidwan Sri Vittal Ramamurthy, a disciple of the legendary Sri Lalgudi Jayaraman. Surya has recieved many accolades from several music organizations in Chennai, won the best violinist awards in several cultural festivals conducted in major institutions and organizations in India including JIPMER, IISc, IIT, MCC to name a few.
Guru Sri. Surya Sundararajan
Guru Sri. Vittal Ramamurthy, an internationally acclaimed violinist, a top ranking artist of All India Radio is the torchbearer and leading disciple of the Lalgudi bani. An exceptionally dedicated and gifted performer, he is one of the most sought after violinists in Carnatic usic today. His resume of accomplishments include being a solo artist, accompanist, teacher par excellence, and last but not the least, a humble student of the art. He has accompanied stalwarts such as his Guru Lalgudi Jayaraman, M. Balamuralikrishna, Nedunuri Krishnamurthy, and others. He has students worldwide, many of whom are leading performers today. To give back to his community, he conducts summer camps in his native house Karunbithil where he was born to groom more than 250 students in the style of Gurukulam.
Guru Sri. Vittal Ramamurthy
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Guru Smt. Harini Darbha is an accomplished Carnatic vocalist and music teacher in the Boston-area. She hails from Vijayawada and has been performing for about 18 years. She is a student of Gurus Kum. Kowtha Priyamvada, Sri. Modumi Sudhakar and Late Sri. Ampolu Murali Krishna. She has received extensive training at Advanced School of Carnatic Music of Music Academy, Chennai and is now under the training of Kum. Savita Narasimhan (Chennai). Harini has many awards to her credit from State Govt of AP, TTD and Saraswati Gana Sabha. She has performed in many sabhas in India and the USA and has given her voice for around 85 dance arangetrams in the USA. She also has performed live programs in Radio and TV.