Dr. Mysore Manjunath, the son and disciple of renowned
violinist Prof.S.Mahadevappa, was a remarkable child prodigy who matured
quickly to emerge as one of the top ranking Violinist in India today.
Dr.Manjunath
did his Bachelor and Master in Music securing First Rank and 4 Gold Medals at
the University of Mysore and later on
University of Mysore awarded him PhD for his scholarly thesis on Violin.
Dr.Manjunath
has performed at prestigious organizations all over world. Some of them are
Royal Albert Hall-London, Sydney Opera house, Oregon, Oxford University, Santa-Fe
festival in New Mexico to World Music Festival in Chicago, International Violin
Conference held in Sandiego, World Music festival in Chicago, Bozar Music
conference in Belgium, Conservatorium Van Amsterdam & National Centre for
early music-UK and many more.
Dr.Manjunath
has the distinction of being invited for special presentations, and workshops
at some of the World’s Top Universities
including, The MIT-USA, Oxford University, University of Chicago, Oxford
University, University of North Texas, The Kansas state University, University
of Osaka Japan, University of Princeton, Griffith University-Australia, Texas A
& M University- USA, University of Central Oklahoma, The University of Utrecht–School
of Arts- Netherland.
Dr.Manjunath is one of the youngest Recipients of
prestigious Sangeet Natak Academy Award by The Government of India. He is the
youngest musician to receive prestigious Rajyothsava Award by the Government of
Karnataka. Other important awards are The Excellence Award from American
Institute of World culture, Honors from the American Arts council, Best
Violinist awards from The Music Academy, Meritorious Award from University of
Oklahoma-USA, Pragya Award by ACWS, Best violinist award from The Indian fine
arts society, Chowdiah National Award by
Academy of Music, Aryabhata Award, Sangeeth Samrat, Sangitha Vidwanmani,
Sangita Vedanta Dhurina amongst many more.
He is accompanied by Sri G Guruprasanna on Kanjira, Sri Arjunan Kumar on Mridangam and his son Sumanth Manjunath on Violin.