Chitravina Narasimhan Ravikiran (born 12 February 1967) is an Indian musician, hailed as a prodigy turned musical genius. A slide instrumentalist, vocalist, composer, guru, author and orator, he is also the creator of the concept melharmony in world music. Son and disciple of revolutionary arts educator Chitravina Narasimhan, he is the grandson of musician Gotuvadyam Narayan Iyengar. He is acclaimed as "a musician’s musician and truly a musical polymath – who has taken the chitravina (earlier called the gottuvadyam) to great heights." |