Mysore: Nagaraj and Dr. Manjunath, the two musicially gifted brothers of Mysore — are scheduled to perform violin concerts over a period of one and half month starting from the 20th of this month in different parts of the United States of America. They will be giving about 22 concerts.
Veteran Srimushnam Raja Rao on mridanga and young Giridhar Udupa on ghata will accompany them.
The brothers, perform across the world and generally visit the US twice a year. They are known to have performed at Royal Albert Hall, Sydney Opera House, at the Common Thread Music Festival in USA, The Federation Square in Melbourne, at the Music Festival in Chicago, Esplanade Theatre in Singapore and Santa festival in New Mexico.
Nagaraj and Dr. Manjunath, who are the pride of Mysore, will be performing at the Prestigious South Asia Program at Cornell University in US on Sept. 20 followed by a series of concerts including the ones at the University of North Texas, Charlotte Arts Council, prestigious MIT – Boston, Arizona State University, Santa Clara Convention Center Theater, IFAA in Texas, and Power theatre.
Dr. Manjunath will also present a paper at the International Seminar on ‘World Music’ in New York during this visit.