Ustad AlT.V. Gopalakrishnan - Mridangam 
T.V. Gopalakrishnan has a solid musical heritage of over two centuries. He is a unique phenomenon - a harmonious combination of versatility in Carnatic and Hindustani vocal music, an accomplished mridangam (South Indian drum) artiste, and a creative music composer gifted with a mellow, bass voice, capable of a large and panoramic range.

He is especially famous for bringing out the rich tonal colours and the evocative and articulate rhythm patterns on both faces of the Mridangam. 

Madurai Mani Iyer - Carnatic Vocalist 
Madurai Mani Iyer (1912-1968) was born into a family of musicians, deeply interested in classical music. Mani Iyer's first teacher was Rajam Iyer, noted for his singing of swarams. But, it was his second Guru, the renowned Mutthiah Bhagavatar, who shaped Mani Iyer into a full-fledged musician.

Young Mani was a prodigy and commenced giving concerts when he was 12. He soon became a vocalist par excellence and never looked back for four decades. He built up a vast repertoire of compositions of various kinds but his forte was swaram singing. He was noted for flights of imagination and originality in structured note patterns across the body of a ragam.