Veena Recital by Vidhushi Vani Yadunandan
Sunday, 5th October 2025|3:00 pm EDT - 5:00 pm EDT
| $20.00Teacher Initiative Series
Vidhushi Vani Yadunandan – veena
Harsha Mandayam Bharathi– mridangam
Concert followed by tea and reception with the artists.
As a Grade A artist of Carnatic music on the Veena for three decades, Vidhushi Smt. Vani Yadunandan has given recitals on AIR and Dooradarshan. She has performed at Mysore Dasara and Hampi festivals, and in various sabhas in the USA and in India. She was featured in a Pancha-Veena ensemble with her guru Vidwan. Sri. D. Balakrishna for a documentary “NINADA” produced by AIR, Bengaluru. She is a practitioner and proponent of the Mysuru Baani style of Veena playing.
Harsha is a carnatic percussionist who plays the mridangam primarily and he has been learning since the age of 4. He was under the tutelage of Vidwan Poongulam Subramanian and Vidwan S.J. Arjun Ganesh for 14 years and has been receiving advanced lessons from Dr. Patri Satish Kumar for the past 5 years. He has been performing in concerts, ensembles and arangetrams across India and the US for the past 9 years. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at the University of Chicago.