Artist Information Vittal Ramamurthy has been fortunate to learn Violin from the legend and violin maestro Padmabhushan Lalgudi G. Jayaraman, after initial training from Sri Hosahalli Venkatram and Smt T. Rukmini. Vittal Ramamurthy is a leading and popular Carnatic (South Indian Classical) Violinist who is both a soloist and an accompanist. Sri Ramamurthy is a Grade 'A' artiste of All India Radio and has performed extensively in National Radio and Television, in addition to live concerts.   Mr. Ramamurthy has performed in 1,000+ concerts in 15 countries (all continents except Africa). He has been blessed with the great opportunity of accompanying his guru Padmabhushan Shri Lalgudi G. Jayaraman in his vocal concerts, and violin duet and trio concerts.He has accompanied vocal and instrumental stalwarts like Sudha Ragunathan and Balamuralikrishna (both Vocal), Ramani (Flute), Kadri Gopalnath (Saxophone), and Ravi Kiran (Chitra Veena).He has participated in the World Music Festival in 'Theatre de la Ville', Paris and other International Festivals in Singapore and Dubai. In addition to his solo recordings, he has accompanied all the popular artistes in hundreds of commercial audio recordings.   In his quest to spread the tradition of Carnatic music, Sri Ramamurthy has disciples worldwide and runs music schools in Chennai, India, and Houston, USA.As a Musicologist, he has given Lecture Demonstrations, including the prestigious Shepherd School of Music in Rice University (Houston, TX, USA).   Vittal has been bestowed with the titles including Best Violinist (from prestigious Music Academy and Sri Krishna Gana Sabha of Chennai, India), Yuva Kala Bharathi, Kalaimani and Swara Gyana Bharathi.