Saturday, October 22, 2011

Athira Krishna

Athira Krishna is an internationally acclaimed prodigy violinist from India. Athira was born in Trivandrum,Kerala. She has an enviable musical lineage as the grand daughter of the illustrious Vidwan Shri. GopalaPillai, fabulous musician of yesteryears who belonged to the renowned Tanjore tradition of Carnatic Music whose master-disciple lineage traced back to the Sri. Muthuswamy Dikshithar Carnatic trinity of the 18th century, and to Baluswamy Dikshithar, who first introduced the violin to Indian classical music.

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