Chitravina N. Ravikiran (born February 12, 1967 in Mysore, Karnataka, India) is a composer of Indian Carnatic music. He has been called the "Indian Mozart".[citation needed] Ravi Shankar, the famous sitar player noted as saying: "If you don’t believe in God, just look at Ravikiran."[citation needed]
Ravikiran is the author of several widely read books, Appreciating Carnatic Music and Perfecting Carnatic Music Level I and II. He is also the founder of the International Foundation for Carnatic Music.[1]
At the age of two, Ravikiran impressed scholars with his knowledge in Carnatic music. In 1969, he made his first appearance in the Malleshwaram Sangeeta Sabha, Bangalore.Soon after that he was presented in The Madras Music Academy, Krishna Ghana Sabha he was able to identify and render about 325 ragas (melodic scales) and 175 talas (rhythmic cycles) . He was quizzed by famous musicians such as Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, Pandit Ravi Shankar, M S Subbulakshmi and others. The Music Academy, Madras, awarded the two-year-old, a monthly scholarship for the next few years. Ravikiran trained in Carnatic music under the guidance of his father, Narasimhan. Ravikiran debuted as a vocalist in 1972, at Coimbatore at the age of five years.[2] At the age of 10, at which time,he switched over to the 21-stringed chitravina.[2] However, he resumed his vocal recitals in 1999 and now presents both vocal and instrumental concerts.
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