Chitravina N Narasimhan, a trendsetter in Carnatic music, chose to create a new path in music education and child education, rather than pursue the customary route of performances and routine music tuitions. He had his training under his father Gotuvadyam Narayana Iyengar, and was an accomplished vocalist before he was 10. He then took to the chitravina and performed brilliantly all over the country, popularising Carnatic music in the process. Narasimhan enriched his musical experience by learning from greats such as T Brinda, G N Balasubramaniam, Budalur Krishnamoorthy Shastrigal and Musiri Subramaniam Iyer.

His lectures-demonstrations and workshops in San Diego, Houston, San Jose, Philadelphia and other cities in the USA, enabled numerous students, parents and music lovers to get a glimpse of his immense musicianship and revolutionary methods of teaching and nurturing precocious children.