The Academy of Music, Chowdiah Memorial Hall, Bengaluru, a well-known organisation in the cause of promoting performing arts, has conferred its maiden “Academy of Music Yuva Puraskar-2018 Award” on Vid. Mysuru V. Vamshidhar, city’s well-known flautist, at a glittering function held in Bengaluru recently. This is in recognition of his contribution to the field of Karnatak Classical Music.
Graded A, at the AIR and DD, Vamshidhar is the grandson and disiciple of Venu Vidwan Ganakalabhushana V. Desikachar and great grandson of Mysore Asthana Vidwan M. Venkatesha Iyengar. Presently, he is under the able tutelage of his uncle Vid. D. Balakrishna, a reputed and respected Veena Vidwan.
