Sri Gurubhyo Namaha

Sri B. Anantha Krishnan is blessed to hail from a reputed musician family. He is the grandson of renowned Violin Vidhwan, the Late V.K. Venkata Ramanujam Iyengar (Exprofessor Performing Arts Banaras Hindu University), and son of equally reputed violinist Dr. V. Balaji, Head of the Department, Faculty of Performing Arts, Banaras Hindu University (Varanasi).


He has had the honor of accompanying many legends of Carnatic music and continues to share the stage with all senior artists to name a few, Sangeetha Kalanidhi Balamurali Krishna, Sri. Nedunuri Krishnamurthy, Sri. T. N. Seshagopalan, Sri. T.V. Sankaranarayanan, Sri. N. Ramani, Smt. Aruna Sairam, Priya Sisters, Smt. Vishaka Hari, Sri. Abhishek Raguram, Sri. Gurucharan, Sri. Sandeep Narayan.


He holds a B-High grade from All India Radio, Chennai and has won many awards and accolades such as:
* Yuva Kala Bharathi - Bharath Kalachar, Chennai 2008
*Youth Excellence Award - Maharajapuram Vishwanatha Iyer Trust, Chennai 2009
*Best Concert Award - The Music Academy Madras, 2010
*Best Sub-Senior Violinist Award - The Music Academy Madras, 2011 -  2016
*Aasthana Vidwan of Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Mutt, 2012
*Yuva Puraskar Bismillah Khan Award, 2022-2023

He will accompany Sunantha on the violin during her arangetram, adding his musical expertise to her debut performance.