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.

 Parur, a small town near Aluva and the headquarters of a taluk with the same name, was the home town of MSG’s father Parur Sundaram Iyer, who himself was an outstanding violinist. Incidentally, it is Parur Sundaram Iyer who introduced the violin to Hindustani music in 1909, while learning under the legendary Hindustani musician Pandit D.V. Paluskar, then Principal of Gandharva Maha Vidyalaya, Mumbai.

Sundaram Iyer served as member of faculty there and returned to Chennai in 1922. He created a new style of violin recital by combining the features of Carnatic and Hindustani styles. This unique style came to known as ‘Parur bani’ and M.S. Gopalakrishnan became the chief proponent of the style. Apart from Dr. Narmada and Suresh, daughter and son of MSG, M.S. Anantharaman, brother of MSG and his two sons M.A. Sundareshan and M.A. Krishnaswamy, are the other torch bearers of the Parur bani now. Members of the next generation of these violinists are also following the tradition of the Parur bani.

H.K.Narasimha Murthy one of the staunch desciples has organised this event as a Guruvandana.

Vivek Moozhikkulam(Carnatic Vocalist) from Kerala,Performing concert all over India. Started learning under Sri A D Reju Narayanan and V R Dileep Kumar. Now studying  from Sri C R Vaidyanathan Chennai, who  is the senior deciple of Padmabhooshan Sri P S Narayanaswami.

He has completed B.A,M.A Music and M.phil in Music from SankaracharyaUniversity of Sanskrit Kalady. He is a regular performer in the main circuit all over the country & has performed in all major Sabhas including Music Academy,Chennai. He has also entered the Movie land by singing a song for the movie  “ThrishivaperoorCliptam” music by Sri Bijibal sir. An “A”Grade artist from AIR Thrissur, He has won laurels like ChembaiPuraskaram from  Kerala Government 2017, Best Vocalist Award from Music Academy Chennai 2018 and M S Subhulakshmi Fellowship from Shanmukhananda Sabha Mumbai  to name afew

Vid.Koviladi Kala Hails from a musical family from Tamilnadu.Father Koviladi Rangarajan was a well known Musician.kala did her Graduation in Music from Madras University. She is presently a resident of Mysore.She is a graded artiste from AIR & Doordarshan and has been succesfully in the concert circuit for over three decades receiving accolades from the Rasikas. She is a good Guru and has given many performing artists to the field of Music. Programme is sponsored by Iyengar Bros.USA. 

Ranjani and Gayatri have been performing as a vocal duo for more than a decade. As children, they were initiated into vocal music by their mother Smt. Meenakshi Balasubramanian, from whom they continue to learn and are blessed to have the guidance of their father Shri. N. Balasubramanian, who has not only been a strong support but, an integral part of their life and career. For the last several years they have been under the tutelage of Sangeetha Kala Acharya and veteran musician Shri. P. S. Narayanaswamy. Their deep roots in classical music, along with the intense training that they continue to do, have established them as artists of international repute. They have been
born with strong, malleable voices which continue to win the hearts of listeners, traditional and lay. Each sister has a striking style of the own, yet blends so beautifully with the other. They have total control over
pronunciation and voice modulation that makes their music "bhavam" laden. Ranjani and Gayatri who were sensitive to delicate nuances of Carnatic music even as toddlers, started off learning Carnatic violin from Sangeetha Bhushanam, Prof. T.S. Krishnaswami. They were found to be gifted with a natural aptitude for the instrument which gave them early success with a debut performance within three years of learning. They became established violin artists and started dedicated and arduous vocal training which gave them enduring success in both areas. Recognition was instant and prestigious awards were showered on them. The All India Radio has awarded them an A-Grade in both
violin and vocal music.

A musician basically,Visaka has created a niche for herself by creating the concert in a thematic way by intertwining the music to give a story with some Katha kalakshepa in between thereby integrating Harikatha & Classical music in its best possible blend