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Kanyakumari. A
(Violin)
Avasavala Kanyakumari hails from Vijayanagaram, a cultural hub in the South Indian state of Andhrapradesh. Her tryst with the violin began at a very early age during when she came under the tutelage of Vijayaswara Rao and later from M. Chandrasekharan. The watershed in her career came in 1972, when her musical genius was given due recognition by the late Dr. M.L. Vasantha Kumari (MLV). Kanyakumari went on to accompany MLV on her concert tours for the next 19 years. During her 1980 US tour, a Minneapolis violin collector who was amongst the audience, struck by her sterling performance, presented Kanyakumari with a violin from her collection. In 1990 Kanyakumari performed at the Tansen Utsav in NewDelhi. The celebrated Hindustani musician Ustad Amjad Ali Khan after hearing Kanyakumari's concert, in a rare gesture, draped her with the same shawl that he was honored with on the same stage. She has also accompanied besides MLV, flautist Dr. N. Ramani, vocalist Dr. M. Balamurali Krishna, Mandolin Srinivas and mridangist T.V. Gopalakrishnan. For the past 10 years, Kanyakumari has also been organizing concert tours in India under the banner of Vadyalahiri: an instrumental ensemble comprising a rare combination of the nadaswaram, violin and the veena. In 1988, Kanyakumari performed a rare feat at the Padmanabhaswamy temple in Kerala, India. She played the violin for 29 continuous hours, an unofficial world record. Commemorating Kanyakumari's 25 years in concerts, M.S. Subbalakshmi honored her with the title Dhanurveena Praveena. Kanyakumari offers free violin tuition in Madras. Prasanna, a carnatic guitarist and Embar Kannan are two of her students who are already making waves in the Carnatic music circle. Vadyalahiri and 25 Violins are amongst the discs that Kanyakumari has recorded.
| Title | Given by | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Sangita Kalanidhi | The Madras Music Academy | 2016 |
| Dhanurveena Praveena | Bharatha Ratna Dr.M.S. Subbalakshmi. | - |
| Artist | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|
 Kanyakumari. A...(Violin) Embar S. Kannan-Violin Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin K. V. Prasad -Mridangam Bangalore N. Amrit-Kanjira | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 30/12/2024 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) Poornima Krishna Emani-Flute - Ca Sivateja Mallajosyula-Violin Srikanth Rajkumar-Violin Chetana Shekar-Violin Pranav Arcot - Mandolin-Mandolin K. Krishna Sravan-Mridangam Syamkrishna Mallajosyula-Mridangam | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 07/07/2024 |
| Kanyakumari. A (Violin) | IITMAA, Chennai Chapter | 21/05/2024 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) K. V. Prasad -Mridangam V. Anirudh Athreya-Kanjira | PRCC Charities Hall (Behind Holy An | 14/04/2024 |
| Kanyakumari. A (Violin) | Bharata Kalakshetra Auditorium | 27/02/2024 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) B. Vittal Rangan-Violin Bharadwaj. N. C-Mridangam B. S. Purushotham-Kanjira | Sri Vedantha Desikar Devasthanam | 25/02/2024 |
 Mohan Santhanam...(Lec-Dem) Kanyakumari. A-Chief Gues | Music Academy Mini Hall (Kasthuri S | 28/12/2023 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) B. Vittal Rangan-Violin Vishvesh Chandrasekar-Violin Bharadwaj. N. C-Mridangam Bangalore N. Amrit-Kanjira | Vani Mahal - Kanchi Jagadguru Sri C | 26/12/2023 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) Embar S. Kannan-Violin Sayee Rakshith-Violin Patri Satishkumar-Mridangam V. Anirudh Athreya-Kanjira | Asian College of Journalisam | 25/12/2023 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) Embar S. Kannan-Violin K. V. Prasad -Mridangam V. Anirudh Athreya-Kanjira | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 19/12/2023 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) Kamalakiran Vinjumuri-Violin Patri Satishkumar-Mridangam V. Anirudh Athreya-Kanjira | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 15/12/2023 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) Embar S. Kannan-Violin Patri Satishkumar-Mridangam | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Main Audito | 08/12/2023 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) Patri Satishkumar-Mridangam K. V. Gopalakrishnan-Kanjira | Arkay Convention Center | 23/11/2023 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) V. Sanjeev -Violin K. V. Prasad -Mridangam | Youth Hostel Auditorium | 23/09/2023 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Chief Guest - Presiding Personality) V. Sriram-Others | Youth Hostel Auditorium | 05/08/2023 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) Sayee Rakshith-Violin Sivateja Mallajosyula-Violin K. V. Prasad -Mridangam V. Anirudh Athreya-Kanjira | Arulmigu Karpagambal-Kapaleeswarar | 30/07/2023 |
| Kanyakumari. A (Violin) | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 26/07/2023 |
 Dr. Gayathri Girish...(Others) Kanyakumari. A-Others Dr. Sudha Seshayyan-Others Dr. V. Rajkumar Bharathi-Others Marabin Maindan Muthaiah-Others | Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan Chennai Ken | 22/07/2023 |
| Kanyakumari. A (Violin) | Kamatchi Amman Udanurai Velleeswara | 10/06/2023 |
| Kanyakumari. A (Others) | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Main Audito | 19/01/2023 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) Embar S. Kannan-Violin K. V. Prasad -Mridangam V. Anirudh Athreya-Kanjira | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Main Audito | 12/01/2023 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) Embar S. Kannan-Violin B. Vittal Rangan-Violin Patri Satishkumar-Mridangam Udupi Sreedhar-Ghatam | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 31/12/2022 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) Patri Satishkumar-Mridangam V. Anirudh Athreya-Kanjira Sowmi J. Narayanan-Ghatam | V.D. Swami Auditorium - Sankara Net | 26/12/2022 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) K. V. Prasad -Mridangam | Mylapore Fine Arts Club Hall - TAG | 20/12/2022 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) Embar S. Kannan-Violin Sayee Rakshith-Violin K. V. Prasad -Mridangam Bangalore Rajasekar-Moorsing | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 15/12/2022 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) Patri Satishkumar-Mridangam V. Anirudh Athreya-Kanjira | Arkay Convention Center | 25/11/2022 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) L. Ramakrishnan-Violin-Violin Patri Satishkumar-Mridangam K. V. Gopalakrishnan-Kanjira | Gokhale Sastri Institute - K.N. Sha | 10/06/2022 |
| Kanyakumari. A (Violin) | Sadguru Sangeetha Sabha Satsanga Sa | 25/02/2022 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) Sayee Rakshith-Violin K. V. Prasad -Mridangam Triplicane K. Shekar-Thavil | Webcast - www.facebook.com>arkayco | 01/01/2022 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) Mannargudi Easwaran-Mridangam V. Anirudh Athreya-Kanjira | 30/12/2021 | |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) L. Ramakrishnan-Violin-Violin K. V. Prasad -Mridangam B. S. Purushotham-Kanjira | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 27/12/2021 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) Embar S. Kannan-Violin Sayee Rakshith-Violin Triplicane K. Shekar-Thavil Bangalore Rajasekar-Moorsing | kalakendra.com | 15/12/2021 |
 J. B. Keerthana...(Vocal - Carnatic) Kanyakumari. A-Others | RR Sabha-Kamakoti Triveni Sri Chand | 04/12/2021 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin K. V. Prasad -Mridangam Bhagyalakshmi M. Krishna-Moorsing | Webcast-Music Academy Chennai | 30/12/2020 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) Haridwaramangalam A. K. Palanivel-Thavil | Webcast streaming link www.paalamtv | 23/12/2020 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) Embar S. Kannan-Violin Mannargudi Easwaran-Mridangam B. S. Purushotham-Kanjira | YT Margazhi- Virtual - For Details | 18/12/2020 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) L. Ramakrishnan-Violin-Violin Triplicane K. Shekar-Thavil B. S. Purushotham-Kanjira | Abirami Chidambaram Hall | 07/03/2020 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) B. Vittal Rangan-Violin K. V. Prasad -Mridangam B. S. Purushotham-Kanjira | P.K.Mahal | 02/01/2020 |
 Dr. Sudha Raghunathan...(Vocal - Carnatic) Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan-Vocal - Ca Dr. S. Sowmya-Vocal - Ca Dr. Nithyashri Mahadevan-Vocal - Ca Priya Sisters-Vocal - Ca Shertallay Dr. K. N. Renganatha Sharma-Vocal - Ca V. K. Manimaran-Vocal - Ca Carnatica Brothers-Vocal - Ca Thiruvarur Girish-Vocal - Ca Sandeep Narayan-Vocal - Ca K. Bharat Sundar-Vocal - Ca K. S. Vishnudev -Vocal - Ca Dr. K. Gayathri-Vocal - Ca Chinmaya Sisters-Vocal - Ca Vidya Kalyanaraman-Vocal - Ca Vasudha Ravi-Vocal - Ca Savita Sreeram-Vocal - Ca Sunil R. Gargyan-Vocal - Ca Kanyakumari. A-Violin Embar S. Kannan-Violin M. A. Krishnaswamy-Violin B. Ananthakrishnan-Violin V. V. S. Murari-Violin Gyandev Pappu-Violin J. A. Jayant-Flute - Ca K. Sathyanarayanan-Keyboard Rajhesh Vaidhya-Veena Nirmala Rajasekar-Veena K. V. Prasad -Mridangam Thanjavur K. Murugaboopathy-Mridangam Patri Satishkumar-Mridangam Trivandrum V. Balaji-Mridangam Rohit Prasad.-Mridangam Adharsh Devarajan-Mridangam Dr. S. Karthick-Ghatam S. V. Ramani-Ghatam N. Guruprasad-Ghatam K. V. Gopalakrishnan-Kanjira Senkottai Harihara Subramanian-Namasankee Mylai M. Karthikeyan-Nadaswaram | Mylapore Fine Arts Club Hall - TAG | 31/12/2019 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) B. Vittal Rangan-Violin Patri Satishkumar-Mridangam Bangalore Rajasekar-Moorsing | Raja Annamalai Mandram | 23/12/2019 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) Mudikondan S. N. Ramesh-Veena Mannargudi M. R. Vasudevan-Thavil Rajendra Nakod-Tabla Bangalore Rajasekar-Moorsing | Sri Krishna Gana Sabha (Dr.Nalli G | 22/12/2019 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) Embar S. Kannan-Violin K. V. Prasad -Mridangam Udupi Sreedhar-Ghatam | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 20/12/2019 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) Embar S. Kannan-Violin Haridwaramangalam A. K. Palanivel-Thavil Patri Satishkumar-Mridangam | Infosys Hall - RKM School | 17/12/2019 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin Patri Satishkumar-Mridangam | Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam | 16/12/2019 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) Haridwaramangalam A. K. Palanivel-Thavil Embar S. Kannan-Violin Rajendra Nakod-Tabla B. S. Purushotham-Kanjira Bangalore Rajasekar-Moorsing | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 13/12/2019 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) Sayee Rakshith-Violin Triplicane K. Shekar-Thavil V. Anirudh Athreya-Kanjira | Arkay Convention Center | 04/12/2019 |
 Kadri Gopalnath...(Saxophone) Kanyakumari. A-Violin B. Harikumar-Mridangam Rajendra Nakod-Tabla Bangalore Rajasekar-Moorsing | Webcast-Music Academy Chennai | 13/10/2019 |
| Kanyakumari. A (Violin) | Webcast-Music Academy Chennai | 15/08/2019 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) Dr. Sudha Raghunathan-Vocal - Ca U. Rajesh-Mandolin | Museum Theatre | 21/06/2019 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) L. Ramakrishnan-Violin-Violin Patri Satishkumar-Mridangam V. Anirudh Athreya-Kanjira | Sri Sankara School | 26/05/2019 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) Embar S. Kannan-Violin Haridwaramangalam A. K. Palanivel-Thavil B. Shree Sundarkumar-Kanjira | Webcast-Music Academy Chennai | 28/04/2019 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) Embar S. Kannan-Violin Papanasam R. Kumar (Laya Priyan)-Mridangam Adambakkam K. Shankar-Ghatam | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Main Audito | 04/03/2019 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) Embar S. Kannan-Violin K. V. Prasad -Mridangam V. Anirudh Athreya-Kanjira | Narada Gana Sabha - Mini Hall | 28/02/2019 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) L. Ramakrishnan-Violin-Violin Patri Satishkumar-Mridangam B. S. Purushotham-Kanjira | P.K.Mahal | 04/01/2019 |
| Kadri Gopalnath... (Saxophone) Kanyakumari. A-Violin Triplicane K. Shekar-Thavil Bangalore Rajasekar-Moorsing Rajendra Nakod-Tabla B. S. Purushotham-Kanjira | P.K.Mahal | 04/01/2019 |
| Kadri Gopalnath... (Saxophone) Kanyakumari. A-Violin Patri Satishkumar-Mridangam Rajendra Nakod-Tabla Bangalore Rajasekar-Moorsing | Sri Krishna Gana Sabha (Dr.Nalli G | 01/01/2019 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) Embar S. Kannan-Violin | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 26/12/2018 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) Embar S. Kannan-Violin D. S. R. Murthy-Mridangam Tripoonithura Radhakrishnan-Ghatam | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 24/12/2018 |
| Kadri Gopalnath... (Saxophone) Kanyakumari. A-Violin B. Harikumar-Mridangam Rajendra Nakod-Tabla Bangalore Rajasekar-Moorsing | RamaRao Kala Mantap (Near Vidhyoday | 23/12/2018 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) Mudikondan S. N. Ramesh-Veena Triplicane K. Shekar-Thavil V. Anirudh Athreya-Kanjira | Raja Annamalai Mandram | 22/12/2018 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) L. Ramakrishnan-Violin-Violin Bangalore V. Praveen-Mridangam B. S. Purushotham-Kanjira | Arkay Convention Center | 17/12/2018 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) Embar S. Kannan-Violin Nanjil A. R. Arul-Mridangam T. R. Govindarajan-Thavil | Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam | 16/12/2018 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) L. Ramakrishnan-Violin-Violin Triplicane K. Shekar-Thavil Rajendra Nakod-Tabla Bangalore Rajasekar-Moorsing | Vani Mahal - Sri P.Obul Reddy Hall | 13/12/2018 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) Embar S. Kannan-Violin Mannargudi Easwaran-Mridangam B. S. Purushotham-Kanjira | Narada Gana Sabha - Mini Hall | 01/09/2018 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) Embar S. Kannan-Violin Mannargudi Easwaran-Mridangam V. Anirudh Athreya-Kanjira | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 03/07/2018 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) L. Ramakrishnan-Violin-Violin Mannargudi Easwaran-Mridangam B. S. Purushotham-Kanjira | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Main Audito | 05/06/2018 |
 Anayampatti S. Ganesan...(Jalatharangam) Anayampatti G. Venkatasubramanian-Violin Srimushnam V. Raja Rao-Mridangam Trichy Dr. Murali-Ghatam O. S. Thiagarajan-Vocal - Ca Kanyakumari. A-Violin | Vani Mahal - Sri P.Obul Reddy Hall | 23/05/2018 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) Embar S. Kannan-Violin Haridwaramangalam A. K. Palanivel-Thavil | Ayodhya Aswamedha Maha Mandapam | 29/03/2018 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) L. Ramakrishnan-Violin-Violin Patri Satishkumar-Mridangam Krishna Kishore - Percussion -Others N. Sundar-Moorsing | Vani Mahal - Sri P.Obul Reddy Hall | 02/01/2018 |
| Kadri Gopalnath... (Saxophone) Kanyakumari. A-Violin Triplicane K. Shekar-Thavil Rajendra Nakod-Tabla Bangalore Rajasekar-Moorsing | Vani Mahal - Sri P.Obul Reddy Hall | 31/12/2017 |
| Dr. Sudha Raghunathan... (Vocal - Carnatic) N. Ravikiran-Chitra vee T. H. Vikku Vinayakram-Ghatam Dr. Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman-Mridangam Kanyakumari. A-Violin | Vani Mahal - Sri P.Obul Reddy Hall | 31/12/2017 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) Embar S. Kannan-Violin Mannargudi Easwaran-Mridangam G. Guruprasanna-Kanjira | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 28/12/2017 |
| Kanyakumari. A (Violin) | Raja Annamalai Mandram | 23/12/2017 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) Embar S. Kannan-Violin Mannargudi Easwaran-Mridangam K. V. Prasad -Mridangam | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 22/12/2017 |
| Kadri Gopalnath... (Saxophone) Kanyakumari. A-Violin B. Harikumar-Mridangam Rajendra Nakod-Tabla Bangalore Rajasekar-Moorsing | Sri Krishna Gana Sabha (Dr.Nalli G | 18/12/2017 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) V. Sanjeev -Violin Triplicane K. Shekar-Thavil Sherthalai Ananthakrishnan-Mridangam | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 06/12/2017 |
| Kadri Gopalnath... (Saxophone) Kanyakumari. A-Violin B. Harikumar-Mridangam Rajendra Nakod-Tabla Bangalore Rajasekar-Moorsing | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Main Audito | 21/11/2017 |
| Kanyakumari. A (Violin) | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 20/11/2017 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) Embar S. Kannan-Violin Triplicane K. Shekar-Thavil | Sringeri Bharati Vidyashram | 25/09/2017 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin | Narada Gana Sabha - Mini Hall | 03/09/2017 |
 O. S. Thiagarajan...(Vocal - Carnatic) Kanyakumari. A-Violin Thiruvarur Dr. Bakthavathsalam-Mridangam | Webcast-Music Academy Chennai | 20/08/2017 |
| Kadri Gopalnath... (Saxophone) Kanyakumari. A-Violin B. Harikumar-Mridangam Rajendra Nakod-Tabla Bangalore Rajasekar-Moorsing | Webcast-Music Academy Chennai | 28/05/2017 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) Embar S. Kannan-Violin Mannargudi Easwaran-Mridangam K. V. Prasad -Mridangam | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 14/02/2017 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) Embar S. Kannan-Violin K. V. Prasad -Mridangam | Ragasudha Hall | 10/02/2017 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) V. Sanjeev -Violin Triplicane K. Shekar-Thavil | Sringeri Jagadguru Pravachana Mandi | 21/01/2017 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) Embar S. Kannan-Violin L. Ramakrishnan-Violin-Violin Patri Satishkumar-Mridangam B. S. Purushotham-Kanjira | Sri Krishna Gana Sabha (Dr.Nalli G | 31/12/2016 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) Embar S. Kannan-Violin Patri Satishkumar-Mridangam | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 28/12/2016 |
| Kanyakumari. A... (Violin) Mannargudi Easwaran-Mridangam C. P. Vyasavittala -Kanjira | Raja Annamalai Mandram | 24/12/2016 |
| Kanyakumari. A (Violin) | Music Academy Mini Hall (Kasthuri S | 24/12/2016 |
| Kadri Gopalnath... (Saxophone) Kanyakumari. A-Violin B. Harikumar-Mridangam Rajendra Nakod-Tabla Bangalore Rajasekar-Moorsing | Infosys Hall - RKM School | 22/12/2016 |
| Kadri Gopalnath... (Saxophone) Kanyakumari. A-Violin B. Harikumar-Mridangam Bangalore Rajasekar-Moorsing | Kumara Rajah Muthiah Hall (Auditori | 13/12/2016 |
| Kanyakumari. A (Violin) | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Main Audito | 12/12/2016 |