Vidhwan G. Gurumurthy hails from a family of muscians. He started training under his uncle G Krishna Shastry and later from Vidwaan M Vasudevarao and SV Giridhar. Over the past 10 years he had the honor of accompanying Karraikudi R Mani sir (whom he considers as his Manasika Guru since childhood) and performed under his direction for his compositions. He has been in the field for past 44 years.
In July 1986, he created a record by accompanying dancer KRS Prasanna on the Mridangam for 24 hours not stop!
He has travelled extensively in India and abroad and accompanied many notable dancers and musicians.
As a composer, Gurumurthy G, has to his credit many dance ballets and dance Margams, a few of which have also been audio recorded and released by Ananya. He has received numerous honors and awards like Arayabhatta, Karnataka Vadyarathna, Layakala Choodamani, Gokulam Puraskar, Ananya Puraskara, Kala Yogi and Karnataka Kalashree
award and many others .
Nithish Kankal an extremely talented flautist was initiated into this divine art form of Carnatic music at the tender age of 10 years. He acquired basic lessons and flute technique from Vishwanath and Vidhwan K U Raghavendra Rao.
Nithish began to bloom as an artiste and rendered his first performance in the year 2005.
Nithish has been exceptionally gifted with powerful lungs, clarity of individuals notes, high-paced fingering techniques, wonderful blowing, bhava and produces different tonal quality in flute using different lengths of flutes to produce base and shrill sounds and he also has an delightfully appealing personality both on and off the stage which has been commended by music lovers, connoisseurs and critics.
Nithish is not only a solo performer, he is an established flautist for dance music. He has been performing in almost all the major festivals, organizations and Sabhas all over India and he has also travelled to US , UK, Singapore, Malaysia, Canada, Bangladesh for Dance productions and Lecture demonstrations.
Bharghava Halambi - Percussionist
Bharghava Halambi is an eminent and highly talented percussionist from Bengaluru, India. He is a Khanjira artist who trained in Mridangam under Vidwan Sri Ullooru Nagendra Udupa and underwent advance training from Vidwan Sri K.U.Jayachandra Rao Kulur. He is currently under the tutelage of Vidwan Sri C.P.Vyasa Vittala who is a disciple of Legend G.Harishankar, for the excellency in the instrument Khanjira.
He has accompanied many established artists in the music circle like R.K.Sreekantan, R.K.Suryanarayan,T.V.Shankaranarayan, O.S.Thyagarajan, Rudrapatnam Brothers, M.Chandrashekaran, Sudha Raghunathan, Rudhrapatnam Brothers, Ravichandra Kulur, Kanchana Sisters,M.S.Sheela, Nityashri Mahadevan, Akkarai Sisters, Amith Harry, Raghunandan and many more...
He is a active team member of a renowned professional world music team SAAGARA - a Indo Polish musician group.
He has recieved awards like the Naada Jyoti award in 2007 and Ananya Puraskara in 2008.
From 2009, He is having musical journey through out the World like France, USA, Poland, Denmark, Norway, Germany, Holland, Ukraine and many more.
Karnataka Kalashree Vidhwan. Balasubramanya Sharma is a gifted and passionate Carnatic Vocalist who is most sought after for Carnatic Music concerts as well as for Dance Music. He has to his credit performing at esteemed Music Sabhas in India and Abroad. Sharma is an accomplished graded artist of AIR. He has also presented ‘Fusion’ and 'Jugalbandhi' concerts. He has worked with renowned Dance Gurus for music productions, rendering vocal support for Arengetrams, Annual Day celebrations and also for composing music for Dance. He has extensively travelled all over the world for performances, Lec Demonstrations and music workshops. He has been closely associated with ANANYA and has been an integral part of the music projects and recordings which is a great treasure for the dance fraternity.
His dedication, extensive training and passion towards music has paved way to success. Sharma dedicates his success to his Gurus who played a vital role in his music formative years. Hailing from a rich musical family, he was initiated into the world of music by his father
Vidhwan 'Kaipu' Lakshminarasimha Sastry. He continued his formal training under Vid S. Shesha Giri Rao. For his advanced training, he seeked the guidance of Karnataka Kalashree Late. Vidhwan Salem P. Sundareshan.
Academic Achievements:
Masters in Music from Karnataka State Open University.
Proficiency (Vidhwat) from Karnataka Educational Board.
Senior Grade in Mridangam from Karnataka Educational Board Gamaka Prouda from Gamaka Kala Parishat.
Sharma founded ' Nadaroopini Foundation for Art and Culture' for promoting Music and Dance. He has been conducting music and dance festivals regularly. Renowned artists/scholars across the globe have been part of this prestigious festival. He has been training students in Classical Music keeping the Guru-Shishya Parampara alive. He also mentors many performing artists.
Awards and Accolades:
Kala Shreshta Award (2022) – Sangeeth Nritya Bharathi Academy for his contributions to the field of Dance and Music
Karnataka Kalashree Award (2021) recognising his contribution to the field of Music from Government of Karnataka.
Mayura Award (2020) – Mayura Nrutya Academy – Hubli.
Award (2018) – Gokulam School of Music – Bangalore
Sangeetaarnava (2016) – Bharatanunada – From Legendary Bharatanatyam exponent Sri. Dhananjayan.
Kalayogi Award (2015) – Yavanika - Bangalore
Saadhana Nritya Kovida (2014) – Saadana Sangama – Bangalore.
Sri Ravi Datar Arts Award (2012) – Natyanjali Center for Arts - Sirsi Award (2012) –Dr. Gangu Bai Hanagal Music Foundation – Hubli.