N. Ravikiran
Chitravina N. Ravikiran, born Narasimhan Ravikiran on February 12, 1967, in
Mysore, Karnataka, India, is an Indian slide instrumentalist, vocalist,
composer, and orator. The son of gottuvadhyam player Chitravina Narasimhan, he
made his first public appearance as a child prodigy at age 2 in 1969, receiving
a scholarship from the Madras Music Academy. He debuted as a vocalist in 1972 at
age 5, later specializing in the 21-stringed slide instrument chitravina
(gottuvadhyam). In 2000, during a collaboration with the BBC Philharmonic at the
Millennium Festival in the United Kingdom, h...
