Carnatic Vocal By V V S Bhargava

The Hyderabad Music Circle is presenting a Carnatic vocal recital by V V S Bhargava on 14th June at Kala Subbarao Kala Vedika, Thyagaraja Gana Sabha, Chikkadpally. Providing him with instrumental support are Burra Sriram on the mridangam and Peri Thyagaraju on the violin.

Valloori Vijay Sai Bhargava was born into a family of musicians, with his father Venugopala Krishna Murthy being a veena artiste. He learnt music initially from his grand father Tadepally Srikantha Sastry and thereafter from Nanda Kumar and Malladi Suribabu (father of the Malladi Brothers). He is a B-Grade artiste in the All-India Radio, Hyderabad, for classic and light music. He passed M A in music from the Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University with a gold medal in the year 2005-2007. Currently he is pursuing his M Phil in Indian Music from the Telugu University.

Bhargava has performed at Guntur, Tenali and Vijayawada, and at many venues in Hyderabad. He won the first prize in music for three consecutive years at the state-level music competitions conducted by the Kakatiya Cultural Academy. He also won the 3rd prize at the South Zone Inter-University Youth Festival held in Madurai during 2006, and the best concert award from Sri Rama Samajam, Kakinada, in 2005. Currently, he coaches various children and students in music at his residence in Gayathri Hills.

Please contact V V S Bhargava at 98852-36366 for further details.