Vidwan Vijay Siva – vocal
Vidwan Vik Vikneswaran – vocal support
Vidwan Trivandrum Sampath – violin
Vidwan Palakkad Harinayaranan – mridangam
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Vijay Siva is one of the foremost vocalists today in Classical Carnatic Music. A child prodigy, at the age of four he exhibited a rare intuitive capacity to identify ragas.
Vijay Siva had his initial tutelage in Carnatic music from his mother, Akhila Siva, a vocal musician from Chennai. Vijay Siva later became the disciple of the legendary vocalist, Sangita Kalanidhi late Shri D. K. Jayaraman. He later received guidance from the legendary Sangita kalanidhi late Smt. D. K. Pattammal. Vijay Siva is also an accomplished percussionist (mridangam), and received his training from Kumbakonam Shri Rajappa Iyer.
Vijay Siva has performed in numerous and famed locations all over India and abroad including USA, Canada and Singapore.
A recipient of numerous awards and titles, Vijay Siva has received recognition for both vocal and percussion (mridangam), including awards for devotional music in 1974 and the coveted Rajaji Tamboora in 1981 from Tamil Isai Sangam, Chennai. He was also awarded first place in Classical and Light Classical Music Competitions (1984) conducted by AIR. He is the recipient of prestigious titles: Isai Peroli (1995) from Karthik Fine Arts, the Youth Award for Exellence by Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer Trust in 1995, and the first recipient of Kalki Krishnamurthy Award (1996) by Kalki Krishnamurthy Memorial Trust, Chennai.
