S/o Late N.R. Srinivasa Iyengar
Born on 15th March 1960
Age 60 years
Education Academics: B.Sc – Mysore University
GURUS:
1. Veena :
Guru – Vidwan V.Desikachar
2. Mandolin :
Guru – Satyanarayana (Ratan)
3. Sarod:
Guru – Pt. Rajeev Taranath
Gained Mastery over Mandolin and popularly known as “Mandolin Prasad”.
Being a well-known Mandolin Player, is a “Graded Music Composer” of AIR
Participated in National Sugam Sangeeth Festival held in Town Hall in Bangalore Accompanied renowed Marathi sugam sangeeth singer Pt. Yashwanth Dev
Has played recordings for many cassettes and cd’s for basic programmes like bhavageeth, bakthi sangeeth, folk music, several documentaries, dance ballets and feature films
Has played recordings for Renowed music directors like G.K. Venkatesh, Vijay Bhaskar, Sangeeta Raja, C Ashwath, Mysore Ananthswamy, Manoranjan Prabhakar, Deva(Tamil Music Director), Guru Kiran, R P Patnaik & Others
Played under the direction of Music Director Pt. Vijaya Raghava Rao for a dance ballet “Sri Rama Pratheeksha” produced by Prabhat Kalavidaru
Worked as a music arranger for around 36 years with C. Aswath for several Albums & some of his feature films like Chinnari Mutha, Kotreshi Kanasu. Collaborated with Praveen Dutt Stephen & Bali which has won awards & also worked as first assistant for Mysore Mallige, Nagamandala, Shishunala Sharief, Singaravva mattu Aramane and so on……. Also previlaged to do arrangement with Sri.Mysore Ananthswamy, Sri.Padmacharan, Sri.H.K.Narayan, Sri.Puttur Narasimha Nayak and so on…