A Prince among Musicians and a Musician among Princes…Prince Rama Varma of the Travancore Royal Family is giving a vocal recital on Saturday, the 28th at 6 pm at Navajyothi Sabhangana, JSS Women’s College, Saraswathipuram, under the auspices of JSS Sangeetha Sabha, Mysuru.
A direct descendant of Maharaja Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma and Raja Ravi Varma, he started learning music from Prof. Vechoor Hariharasubramania Iyer, a senior disciple of Dr. Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer. Later he trained under Sangita Kalanidhis Prof. K.S. Narayanaswamy and Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna. He has had the great fortune of having the legendary Balamuralikrishna accompany him on the violin in one of the concerts with his Guru.
