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P. Unnikrishnan -  Vocalist
P. Unnikrishnan started learning Carnatic music because of his mother, who often sang Ayyappa, Guruvayurappan bhajans and other devotional songs. In his twelfth year, he started learning Carnatic music from V. L. Seshadri who had been trained by Madurai Srirangam Iyengar, and has since studied with Savithri Satyamurthy, a disciple of Ramanathan and Calcutta Krishnamurthy. 

U. Srinivas - Mandolin 
U. Srinivas, a child prodigy was initiated into music by his father Shri U. Satyanarayana. Later, Shri Rudraraju Subbaraju discovered his talents and taught him Carnatic music. Master Srinivas is the first famous exponent of Carnatic music on mandolin with which he has carved himself a place among musicians of the country. He has been all over the world several times and won many honours and awards including 'Kalaimamani', Sangeetha Natak Academy award from the Government of TamilNadu.

Pandit Nikhil Banerjee - Sitar 
Pandit Nikhil Banerjee was well known for the sweetness of personality as well as for the unrivaled sweetness of playing. His untimely death in 1986 was a blow to the world of classical music. He is sorely missed. Trained initially by his father Jitendranath Banerjee. To broaden his understanding and technique, Nikhil Banerjee studied with Ustad Allaudin Khan of Maihar he spent 15 years at Maihar. He has received the Padmabhushan Award for Excellence from the President of India. 

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