Dr. Jyothi Shankar, Assistant Professor, Kannada, Karnataka State Open University, Muktha Gangothri Mysuru, renowned orator and linguist is also a visiting Faculty in Many Institutions.Academically well qualified Jyoti has over half a dozen Post graduate  Degrees apart from her proficiency in Carnatic Music,Gamaka,Haridasa Sahitya and Visual arts. She has authored over 20 books and 50 research papers & over 80 Lec dems on Varied subjects of Philosophy,Music,gamaka in & out of Karnataka in most of the prestigious institutions & Occassions.

Dr. Vasundhara Doraswamy is a Danseuse par excellence, versatile choreographer of repute and a venerated guru of Bharatanatyam, hails from the princely city of Mysore and has turned very much a phenomenon in the Indian Classical dance scenario over the past Six decades and more of her career

Vasundhara Doraswamy (born 1949) is the Founder/Director of Vasundhara Performing Arts Centre, Mysore (India). She is also one of the pioneering disciples of late Shri Pattabhi Jois in the discipline of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga and has developed her own sub domain in Vasundhara Style.

Born in Moodabidri, in South Canara (Karnataka) to  P. Nagaraj and Smt.Varada Devi, Vasundhara made her acquaintance with Bharatanatyam at the tender age of 4 under the guidance of Muralidhar Rao and won a gold medal at the age of 5 at the state level competition. which highlighted her potential and prompted her parents to seek out the supervision of Late ShriRajaratnamPillai the student of Pandanallur Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai, who continued in the role of her Guru. 

In 1988 Vasundhara earned a Ph D for her study on the correlation between Yoga and Bharatanatyam.  She holds a post-graduate degree in Folklore and is a . Dr Vasundhara has released a Treatise on the correlation of Yoga and Dance called "Natya Yoga Darshana".

As for her choreographies, have won laurels and nowDr. Jyothi Shankar's "AMMA" depicting Krishna's Compassion towards his mothers who gave birth & helped him Grow. It is based on  Geethacharya's Virtual dialogue with them at the fagend of his Avayara.

Dr Vasundhara was honoured with "Natya Rani Shantala" Award -The highest State Award for Dance by the Karnataka State Government and the Rajyotsava Award [Karnataka State]. She is the youngest recipient of the "Karnataka Kala Tilaka",the prestigious award from the Karnataka Sangeetha Nrithya Academy, to date and also the only recipient of "Aasthaana Nritya Ratna" from Shri Krishna Mutt, Udupi. She has also been honoured with Natya Brahma by Nadabrahma Sabha & Many Others

A globe-trotting dancer, Dr Vasundhara regularly performs and conducts workshops in Bharatanatyam and Yoga in different countries. She has conducted summer camps for Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in the UK. 

Sri. S. Shankar was born as third son to Sri. G V Sastry and Smt. Rajamma G.V Sastry on November 27th 1950 in Jog, the town of world famous waterfall.  He attributes all his success to his mother for the early initiation to music. In 1961, he passed his junior exam in vocal. As a young boy,  at the age of ten, he received the 1st prize from Sri. Ariyakkudi Ramanuja Iyengar at a competition.  obtained B.Sc. degree from Renukacharya College, Bangalore. He completed his M.Sc. in Mathematics from the Central College, Bangalore.

The major breakthrough in his music endeavor was in 1973, when he got the first Prize at All India Radio’s annual music competition and later Best Young Musician Award of Madras Music Academy and Bangalore Gayana Samaja. He is an A-Top artiste of AIR

He had a long 38 years of Government service in the Accountant General Office, Bangalore and retired in November 2010. A music troupe of talented singers was formed in AG’s office and had the distinction of directing music for several dramas directed by his senior colleague, Abburu Sri Jayatheertha. He has also directed music for  D V Gundappa’s “Anthahpura Geete’” .

In the year 1994, he had the opportunity to participate in several Musical recordings directed by S. Krishna Murthy (SKM) for Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan. He accompanied Sri SKM to London center of Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan to conduct Vadya Vrinda etc. and also presented concerts in UK,USA & Australia 

Having illustrious career in music spanning five decades, he has consistently lived upto to high standards of singing in the original Carnatic tradition.  His contributions to the field of music is not just restricted to concert performances but extended to lecture demonstrations, thematic presentations, innumerable recordings and his sincere and painstaking efforts to bring to light several relatively unknown compositions as compiled and edited by him in the book “Sangraha Krithi Mala”.

Many Sabhas have felicitated him for his rich contributions to Carnatic Music. Some of them are Sangeetha Vidyanidhi, Nadanidhi, Chandana Awards etc. He is “Asthana Vidwan” of Kanchi and Aavani Shankar mutts.

An earthy and powerful voice that captures every one immediately…. this is Smt Shubha

Raghavendra from Mysuru.

Armed with a Bachelors degree in Music and an AIR Artist…she is one of those rare breed

who is a Professional Vocal Artist performing in concerts of various Genres such as pure

classical, Devotional songs, Light Music, Folk Music, Kamasaale, Rangageete, Gamaka and

Playback and is especially known for her very distinct and authentic renditions of folk songs,

Devotional, Vachanas and Gamaka.

For her versatality she has won many titles Such as GAANA KOGILE,GAYANA SARASWATI,GAMAKA VACHANA CHATURE etc.She has Made her mark in Zee Saregama as well a play back singer under greats like Hamsalekha & Others.She has participated in Many Prestigious events such as Mysore Dasara,Alva's Nudisiri,Viswa Kannada Sammelana etc. Through her own organisation Swara Sagara Foundation spreads the art as well does charity shows for genuine causes.

Kru.Pa.Manjunath Being the son of Smt.Jayalakshmi & Pandurang das an erudite scholar, a gamaki & Harikatha Vidwan the Literary art has just in his DNA. He ha won innumerable prizes in School & College in Debate,Mono Acting Music,Drama etc. He is known in the cultural circle as a good Anchor. He is continuously active in the field throgh his Drama Directions,Writing  Guide to Debators etc. He is also the Chief editor of Gamaka Dundubi  a quarterly magazine by Karnataka Gamaka Kala Parishath to Promote Gamaka.He has won many laurells including the title Gamaka Kala Chatura.

Saitejas Chandrashekar,A post graduate in Commerce,  has been training in Carnatic Classical Vocal Music under Vidushi Smt Rupa Sridhar andalso been learning Sugama Sangeeta from Pandit Sri Vishwanath Nakod. is a graded artiste of the All India Radio, Bengaluru. He is a recipient of several awards and prizes like the Nadakishora Award (Nadabrahma Sangeeta Sabha, Mysuru), Ananya Yuva Pratibha Award, Pratibhakankshi Award (Sri Rama Seva Mandali, Bengaluru). He has performed at prestigious platforms across Karnataka and also at Hyderabad, Chennai, Patna, Rajamundry and so on. 

 Saitejas has also learnt Hindustani Classical Tabla as well receiving guidance in Harmonium  from Pandit Sri Vishwanath Nakod. He has performed on the Tabla at renowned platforms like Hampi Utsav 2000,  and has played for numerous Jugalbandi and percussion ensemble concerts. 

Saitejas also has the credit of introducing the Harmonica (Mouth Organ) into Carnatic classical music. He is the first and only person in the world to perform full fledged Carnatic classical concerts on the harmonica and is an empanelled artist of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) in the Carnatic Instrumental Category. . 

Saitejas has shared platforms with  internationally acclaimed Harmonica maestro Brendan Power, and  is a recipient of the prestigious ‘Milon Gupta Award for Excellence in Harmonica Playing 2018’ instituted by Surabhi Music Academy, Pune, and has also been honoured by the Kolkata Harmonica Association. 

Saitejas is the director of ‘Hamsanada’ – India’s only Youth Harmonica Ensemble and has been instrumental in promoting the Harmonica through programmes like ‘Harmonica Vaibhava’ and ‘Reeds n Ragas’,  He has also co-authored “Joy of playing harmonica” a handbook for harmonica beginners, along with Sri Avinash Kulkarni. Saitejas also plays the Melodica, Cajon and other percussion instruments. 

 2ndPrize-C.S.Keshavachandra,3rd Prize to Raam Manikandan & Aishwarya Manikarnika.Best Violinist to C.V.Shruti, Best Mridangist-Malladi Arvind (Cash prizes By Dr.K.V.LakshmiDevi,Smt Sarala in Memory of Sri K.V.Anantharamaiah) Bellary M.Venkateshachar Memorial Best Male Vocalist-Yoga Advaith Veturi.

@6PM  TALA TARANGINI by Vid.T.A.S.mani & group.Vid.Bellary.M.Rraghavendra-Vocal,Vid.M.Keshava-Violin,Vid.T.A.S.Mani-Mridanga,Vid.G.Omkar Rao-Ghata, Vid.Sunad Anoor-Khanjira,Vid.Bhaskar-Tavil,Vid.S.Sudarshan-Dholak,Vid.M.Gururraj-Morsing,Vid.T.N.Ramesh-Kunnakkol

Vidwan T A S Mani,Founder & Principal - Karnataka College of Percussion, Bangalore is a multi-dimensional personality with proficiency, specialization, experience and a glorious track record in different aspects of music. Mani is a proficient teacher of South Indian Percussion music with an unparalleled list of performing artists trained under his tutelage.

As a composer and conductor Mani has brought in the intricate percussion beats to produce pleasing music through fusion of Indian and western forms of music. He also has the distinction of being the first in the country to start a percussion ensemble which brought in different percussion instruments on a single platform.

 Mani as an author has written books which are prescribed texts for South Indian Percussion Music from starters to professionals. Mani as a researcher has innovated many new techniques in playing and innovative permutations of micro beat phrases (sholkhat) to create pleasing and clear percussion music.

As a performer he started his career at a tender age of 10. He has been performing for over 7 decades across the country and abroad. Rated as an "A-Top" artist by the All India Radio he has given many performances in AIR and Doordarshan apart from performing in many other private TV Channels. He has performed in AIR and Doordarshan in all the important time slots and programs like National Program of Music, Sangeet Sammelan, Outside Broadcast concerts etc.

Mr. Mani has toured all across India and abroad for performances in all the leading music gatherings,Institutions (Sabhas) and music festivals.

Madras Music Academy and during the year 1970 he was awarded the “Henry Wilson Award” as the best accompanist.

He has accompanied a wide galaxy of artists of the South Indian Music .He has given lecture demonstrations across India and in Swtizerland, Germany, Australia, Austria etc.,

Gauging the interest amongst the audiences across India and the world Mr Mani started the “TalaTarangini” a new concept of creating a 90 minute concert with percussion instruments from across different parts of India. This was a novel and unique concept during 1975, and he thus has the distinction in India for being the first to a start percussion ensemble. 

Mr Mani has the distinction of blending the south Indian traditional music with western and Jazz music to produce modern and experimental music. Through this bold approach he has taken Indian Music right into the core of Jazz festivals and musicians.

Pranav kikkeri is a young talent from US.He has been nurtured by Sangita samrat Chitraveena.N.Ravikiran. Has a good voice & has imbibed music beyond his age