He was also the Guest of Honour for the Carnatic Violin Duet by Sandeep Ramachandran and Srikanth Radhakrishnan and posed for photographs with young children.

We were privileged to have Vidwan Shri R K Shriramkumar in the audience for a few concerts during the Day of the Rising Stars.

Thakshayanee Bhuvanakrishna – Carnatic Vocal

Review

Thakshyanee was confident and delivered the concert well. She seemed nervous in the beginning but soon overcame the initial inhibition and delivered a good concert. Korvaiin ‘Vathapi’ and ‘Vasutheva’ was good. The thillana in ‘Kembiravani’ was well sung too - Rajesh

Sandeep Ramachandran and Srikanth Radhakrishnan – Carnatic Violin Duet

Review

Lovely co-ordination and good confidence. They have definitely put in a lot of hard work and
dedication and listened carefully to their teachers
- R K Shriramkumar

Ganesh Balasubramanian and Sriram Balasubramanian – Carnatic Vocal Duo

Review

Ganesh and Sriram gave an outstanding performance. The rendering of the krithis, especially
Mohanam and Kunthalavarali, deserves special mention.
- Lalitha, Bangalore

Nanditha Gurunath Hari – Carnatic Vocal

Review

Her performance was very charming with much expression and highly developed techniques, assisted by beautiful violin and ‘professional drum’ (mridangam). I really enjoyed the
performance! - Jatano Kishi

Sriram Sami – Carnatic Violin Recital

Review

Sriram started with a brisk varnam in Abhogi. ‘Nidhichala’ and ‘Nanupalimpa’ are tough pieces and not everyone plays them consecutively. But Sriram did well in handling both. The Khamas tillana was well handled too.
- Radhakrishnan