Music events in Chennai

Viji Krishnan Natarajan

(Violin)

Viji Krishnan-Natarajan represents the seventh generation in a family of distinguished musicians who have contributed enormously to Indian music. Her initial training began at the age of three, under the tutelage of their grandfather A. Narayana Iyer and later from her illustrious father, the world renowned Violin maestro Professor T. N. Krishnan.

Viji a child prodigy, gave her first performance at the age of seven when The Hindu reported her to be, "a chip off the old block". Ever since, she has been touring and performing all over the world, including the U.S., Canada, Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Europe. Her concerts at major music festivals moved the New York Times to comment that she was, "a Paganini of the East". Viji has also performed for various radio and television stations in the U.S. and abroad. She has recorded for major recording companies.

Her style combines Western bowing and fingering techniques which lends to her music, a rich tonal quality. Her deep knowledge of Carnatic music has allowed her to, in what the L A. Times described as, "improvise and create moments of great poignancy and beauty".

Besides being an outstanding performer, who The Statesman hailed as, "a maestro in the making," Viji Krishnan-Natarajan also has a strong theoretical and academic background in music. Her passion to understand other music systems led her to doctoral program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This, combined with her early proficiency on the piano, has left her better equipped to express her music to Western audiences.
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Artist	Venue	Date
Viji Krishnan Natarajan... (Violin) Sriram Krishnan-Violin Umayalpuram Mali-Mridangam Vaikom R. Gopalakrishnan-Ghatam	Sasthri Hall (Srinivasa Sastri Hall	24/12/2024
Viji Krishnan Natarajan... (Violin) Sriram Krishnan-Violin Umayalpuram Mali-Mridangam Vaikom R. Gopalakrishnan-Ghatam	Arkay Convention Center	19/12/2024
Viji Krishnan Natarajan... (Violin) Sriram Krishnan-Violin Trichur KMS. Mani-Mridangam Vaikom R. Gopalakrishnan-Ghatam	Ragasudha Hall	18/12/2024
Viji Krishnan Natarajan... (Violin) Sriram Krishnan-Violin Trichur KMS. Mani-Mridangam Vaikom R. Gopalakrishnan-Ghatam	Arkay Convention Center	20/12/2023
Viji Krishnan Natarajan... (Violin) Sriram Krishnan-Violin Sumesh S. Narayanan -Mridangam G. Chandrasekar Sharma-Ghatam	Ragasudha Hall	17/12/2023
Viji Krishnan Natarajan... (Violin) Sherthalai Ananthakrishnan-Mridangam N. Guruprasad-Ghatam K. V. Gopalakrishnan-Kanjira	Music Academy Mini Hall (Kasthuri S	31/10/2023
Viji Krishnan Natarajan... (Violin) Sriram Krishnan-Violin Umayalpuram Mali-Mridangam Vaikom R. Gopalakrishnan-Ghatam	Arkay Convention Center	24/12/2022
Viji Krishnan Natarajan... (Violin) Sriram Krishnan-Violin Trichur KMS. Mani-Mridangam Vaikom R. Gopalakrishnan-Ghatam	Ragasudha Hall	16/12/2022
T. N. Krishnan... (Violin) Viji Krishnan Natarajan-Violin Sherthalai Ananthakrishnan-Mridangam G. Chandrasekar Sharma-Ghatam	Sri Krishna Mandiram	14/02/2020
T. N. Krishnan... (Violin) Viji Krishnan Natarajan-Violin Sriram Krishnan-Violin Trichur KMS. Mani-Mridangam Vaikom R. Gopalakrishnan-Ghatam	Ragasudha Hall	29/12/2019
T. N. Krishnan... (Violin) Viji Krishnan Natarajan-Violin Sriram Krishnan-Violin Umayalpuram Mali-Mridangam Vaikom R. Gopalakrishnan-Ghatam	Sasthri Hall (Srinivasa Sastri Hall	27/12/2019
T. N. Krishnan... (Violin) Viji Krishnan Natarajan-Violin Sriram Krishnan-Violin Umayalpuram Mali-Mridangam Dr. S. Karthick-Ghatam	P.K.Mahal	26/12/2019
T. N. Krishnan... (Violin) Viji Krishnan Natarajan-Violin Sriram Krishnan-Violin Thiruvarur Dr. Bakthavathsalam-Mridangam Vaikom R. Gopalakrishnan-Ghatam	Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud	25/12/2019
T. N. Krishnan... (Violin) Viji Krishnan Natarajan-Violin Bombay Balaji-Mridangam Vaikom R. Gopalakrishnan-Ghatam	Youth Hostel Auditorium	24/12/2019
T. N. Krishnan... (Violin) Viji Krishnan Natarajan-Violin Sriram Krishnan-Violin	Smt. Sivagami Pethachi Auditorium	21/12/2019
T. N. Krishnan... (Violin) Viji Krishnan Natarajan-Violin Ramesh Srinivasan-Mridangam Tripoonithura Radhakrishnan-Ghatam	Tattvaloka Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha	04/01/2019
T. N. Krishnan... (Violin) Viji Krishnan Natarajan-Violin Sriram Krishnan-Violin Umayalpuram Mali-Mridangam G. Chandrasekar Sharma-Ghatam	P.K.Mahal	01/01/2019
T. N. Krishnan... (Violin) Viji Krishnan Natarajan-Violin Sriram Krishnan-Violin Thiruvarur Dr. Bakthavathsalam-Mridangam Vaikom R. Gopalakrishnan-Ghatam	Sasthri Hall (Srinivasa Sastri Hall	27/12/2018
T. N. Krishnan... (Violin) Viji Krishnan Natarajan-Violin Sriram Krishnan-Violin Thiruvarur Dr. Bakthavathsalam-Mridangam Vaikom R. Gopalakrishnan-Ghatam	Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud	25/12/2018
T. N. Krishnan... (Violin) Viji Krishnan Natarajan-Violin Sriram Krishnan-Violin Trichur KMS. Mani-Mridangam Dr. S. Karthick-Ghatam	Ragasudha Hall	23/12/2018
T. N. Krishnan... (Violin) Viji Krishnan Natarajan-Violin Thiruvarur Dr. Bakthavathsalam-Mridangam Vaikom R. Gopalakrishnan-Ghatam	Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Main Audito	18/11/2018
T. N. Krishnan... (Violin) Viji Krishnan Natarajan-Violin Vijay B. Natesan-Mridangam Vaikom R. Gopalakrishnan-Ghatam	Smt. Sivagami Pethachi Auditorium	28/10/2018
T. N. Krishnan... (Violin) Viji Krishnan Natarajan-Violin Bombay Balaji-Mridangam G. Chandrasekar Sharma-Ghatam	Ragasudha Hall	24/07/2018
T. N. Krishnan... (Violin) Viji Krishnan Natarajan-Violin Umayalpuram Mali-Mridangam G. Chandrasekar Sharma-Ghatam	Youth Hostel Auditorium	14/01/2018
T. N. Krishnan... (Violin) Viji Krishnan Natarajan-Violin Sriram Krishnan-Violin Thiruvarur Dr. Bakthavathsalam-Mridangam Vaikom R. Gopalakrishnan-Ghatam	Sasthri Hall (Srinivasa Sastri Hall	27/12/2017
T. N. Krishnan... (Violin) Viji Krishnan Natarajan-Violin Sriram Krishnan-Violin Thiruvarur Dr. Bakthavathsalam-Mridangam Vaikom R. Gopalakrishnan-Ghatam	Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud	25/12/2017
T. N. Krishnan... (Violin) Viji Krishnan Natarajan-Violin Sriram Krishnan-Violin Trichur KMS. Mani-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam	Ragasudha Hall	23/12/2017
T. N. Krishnan... (Violin) Viji Krishnan Natarajan-Violin Umayalpuram Mali-Mridangam G. Chandrasekar Sharma-Ghatam	P.K.Mahal	17/12/2017
T. N. Krishnan... (Violin) Viji Krishnan Natarajan-Violin Thiruvarur Dr. Bakthavathsalam-Mridangam Vaikom R. Gopalakrishnan-Ghatam	Kanchi Mahaswamy Anantha Mandapam	02/03/2017
T. N. Krishnan... (Violin) Viji Krishnan Natarajan-Violin Sriram Krishnan-Violin Umayalpuram Mali-Mridangam Dr. S. Karthick-Ghatam	P.K.Mahal	29/12/2016
T. N. Krishnan... (Violin) Viji Krishnan Natarajan-Violin Sriram Krishnan-Violin Thiruvarur Dr. Bakthavathsalam-Mridangam Vaikom R. Gopalakrishnan-Ghatam	Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud	25/12/2016

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