Mysore Manjunath

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Mysore Manjunath is an Indian violinist. The son and disciple of violinist Prof. Mahadevappa, Manjunath performed his first concert at the age of 8 in Mysore. Trained under his father, Manjunath received special coaching in violin technique and improvisation. He is one of the Mysore brothers duo.

Educaion

Manjunath did his Master of Music at the University of Mysore securing First Rank and 4 gold medals and continued to do research in the Art of Violin Playing and was awarded Ph’D by the University of Mysore.

Career

Manjunath has performed all over the world. He regularly performs along with his elder brother Mysore Nagaraj. He has played at Royal Albert Hall - London, Sydney Opera House - Australia, International Violin Conference, Common Thread Music festival in United States, Federation Square in Melbourne, World Music Festival in Chicago, Esplanade Theatre in Singapore, World Music Series by BBC, Santa-Fe Festival in New Mexico. He has collaborated with musicians and orchestras including Ned McGowan, Mark Wood, Fabrizio Cassol, Jai Uttal, Joe Craven, Fred Hamilton, Todd Haaby, Pandith Vishwamohan Bhat, Ronu Majumdar, N. Rajam, Tejendra Majumdar such as Aka Moon, Spenifex, Ictus.

He has conducted workshops and presented papers and demonstrations at the University of Delaware, Wesleyan University, University of Iowa, Utrecht University in the Netherlands, University of Chicago, University of Iowa, University of North Texas, University of Osaka in Japan, MIT, Texas A&M University, Griffith University - Australia, and the University of North Carolina.

Awards and honours

He is one of the youngest recipients of the Rajyotsava Award by the Government of Karnataka.[citation needed] He has received the Excellence award from American Institute of World Culture, Honors from the American Arts Council, Best Violinist awards from The Music Academy, Best violinist award from the Indian fine arts society, Aryabhata Award, Meritorious Award from University of Oklahoma-USA, Samskruthi Sinchana Award, Y.T.Tatachari National Award, Sangeeth Samrat, Sangeeth Rathna, Sangitha Vidwanmani, Gana varidhi, Tantri Vadya Shiromani - Asthana Vidwan from Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, Chowdiah National Award by Academy of Music, Rotary Excellence Award.


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