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Hemmige V. Srivatsan was introduced to music at an early age by his parents, Shantha and Hemmige D. Varadarajan. He began training to be a violinist under Prof. Anoor S. Ramakrishna, Principal of the Ayyanar Music College in Bangalore and performed on numerous occasions with him as well. Since 1984, Srivatsan had the unique opportunity of accompanying Sangeeta Kalanidhi Professor Palghat K.V. Narayanaswamy in a series of concerts in the U.S. and Canada. Following this, Srivatsan became a disciple of KVN, and was inspired to learn the art of singing from him as well.
Srivatsan has toured the U.S., India, Canada, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and other regions with his Guru and has also provided vocal support for him. Srivatsan has performed both as a violinist and as a vocalist at prestigious venues in Chennai and all over India & the U.S. As violinist, he has accompanied numerous other leading musicians such as Sri Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, Smt. M.S. Subbulakshmi, Sri T. Viswanathan, Sri T.K. Govindarao, Sri N. Ramani, Sri T.V. Sankaranarayanan, Sri T.N. Seshagopalan, Sri R.K. Srikantan, Trichur Sri V. Ramachandran, Sri D.K. Jayaraman, Sri Neyveli Santhanagopalan and many others. Srivatsan has been featured in a number of albums with his guru and other musicians and is an ‘A’ grade artiste of All India Radio. Srivatsan resides with his family in the San Francisco Bay Area.