Ashvin Bhogendra, Arun Ramamurthy, Akshay Anantapadmanabhan – Ragas Live Festival # 9 (Podcast 32)
Ashvin Bhogendra (vocal), Arun Ramamurthy (violin), Akshay Anantapadmanabhan (mrigdanam). 9-1opm during our 24 hour Ragas Live Festival. Ashvin Bhogendra (D.B. Ashvin) hails from a family of musicians. His maternal grandfather Kalaimamani Late Shri T.K.Rangachary is one of the doyens of Carnatic Music and his paternal great-grandfather Dharmavaram Ramakrishnamacharlu is one of the greatest playwrights of Telugu drama. Ashvin was initiated into carnatic vocal by his mother Smt Mallika Jayanth Kumar at the age of 5. Subsequently he was under the tutelage of B.Seetharama Sharma and KalaimamaniLate Shri Vairamangalam Lakshminarayanan for about 15 years. He is currently undergoing advanced training under Shri D Seshachary (Hyderabad Brothers). Ashvin has given concert performances in leading sabhas and organizations all over India and the USA.