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Mysore Brothers - Nagaraj and Manjunath

Nagaraj and Manjunath popularly known as the "Mysore brothers" returned from their hectic US tour where they gave duet violin performances and lecture-demonstrations. Both the brothers learnt under their father Mysore Mahadevappa, the retired head of the department of violin, Mysore. At 14 Nagaraj received "best violinist Award" from the prestigious Madras Music academy and was given a gold medal. Today Nagaraj and Manjunath are among a handful of "A Top" All India Radio artistes.

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Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan - Carnatic Vocalist

Neyveli Santhanagopalan is one of the younger musicians who comes across as being not so young! By way of his traditional approach to music and of course his looks - with his panchagacham and namam!

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Radhika Shurajit - Bharatanatyam Dancer

Radhika Shurajit of the Trio Sisters writes on dance today, caught as it is between the obligation to preserve the old and the need to continue to appeal to today's audience and with today's mass media exposure.

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Sarada Hoffman - Bharatanatyam dancer

Long associated with the doyen of Bharatanatyam, Rukmini Devi, and privileged to be the second student to graduate from Kalakshetra (the first being Radha Burnier), Sarada Hoffman, now at 73, is the first recipient of the Rukmini Devi Medal for Excellence in the Arts from the The Centre for Contemporary Culture, New Delhi.

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