Music
The Mysore brothers, Dr. Mysore Manjunath and Mysore Nagaraj are world-renowned violin maestros from the city of Mysore; Dr. Mysore Manjunath and Mysore Nagaraj are the proud disciples and sons of veteran musician Sangita Vidya Nidhi Vidwan Mahadevappa. The brothers' outstanding musicianship and astounding virtuosity made them one of the best violin players in the contemporary music world. They represent the genre of Carnatic music and have colloborated with innumerable musicians of world class in countless no of countries at major music festivals and conferences. Dr. Mysore Manjunath has the credit of representing India at various prestigious venues, including international violin conference and world music festival held in Chicago. Countless awards and honours have been credited to these wonder musicians.
Mysore has always been fascinating about music. Mysore has to its credit many renowned musicians like Raghu Dixit, Vijay Prakash to name a few. Mysore even witnessed a musical fight against corruption in January 2012 when a song called 'Alarm - wake up guys' was released. the music for the song was composed by a young Mysorean lad 'Phalgunn Maharishi' and Kannada lyrics written by 'Suraj Shankar' who also hails from Mysore. They are the grandsons of a noted novelist from Mysore, Mrs.Mangala Satyan. Their hard work was appreciated by many people when the song was premiered by TV9 Karnataka and many newspapers wrote about the two cousins and their work in ALARM.
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