Artist Information As the daughter of Vidushi Ratna Srikantiah, Dr. Jyotsna Srikantiah started in vocal music at the age of 6. From childhood, her fascination for violin, influenced her to get training in violin playing under Smt. Padma Gopalan and later on from the famous Sri R.R.Kesavamurthy. She gave her first solo performance at the age of 10. She is a graded artiste with AIR. Jyotsna had training in Western Classical Music under Sri V.S.Narasimhan. She has given jugalbandhi concerts and also has accompanied many renowned artistes.   She is a recipient of music scholarship from Govt. of Karnataka and has been awarded the ‘best violinist' award from Krishna Ghana Sabha, Madras in 1994. She has been conferred the title ‘vadya vichakshana' by Swami Chinmayananda. She has passed the grade examination conducted by the Royal School of Music, London with distinction. She has performed in East-West music encounters and has played for piano, bassoon and clarinet concertos. Jyotsna is a medical graduate, currently pursuing a post graduate degree in Pathology at Bangalore Medical College.