Mysore/Mysuru: RAAGA Music Academy will present a grand veena recital by the multi-talented Vid. Balu Masti this Saturday (Sept. 16) at Bidaram Krishnappanavara Prasanna Seetharama Mandira, Narayana Shastry Road at 6 pm.

Vid. Balu Masti started learning veena and the nuances of Karnatak music under the tutelage of Mysore’s revered veena exponent, late Vid. A.V. Prakash from a very young age.

He further moulded his panditya under the guidance of Vidushi Dr. Jayanthi Kumaresh, India’s torch-bearer of Saraswathi Veena.

Starting out as a youth artiste of the AIR, Vid. Balu, over the years has performed in prestigious sabhas in India and abroad.

As a testimony to his prowess in music, he was awarded the ‘Sri Mysore Doraiswamy lyengar Endowment Prize’ by Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, Chennai.

On Saturday, Vid. Balu Masti will be accompanied by Vid. H. L. Shivashankaraswamy on mridanga and Vid. Raghunandan Vyasa Rao on ghata.

For more details contact Ph: 0821-2542069 or Mob:82777-33410.