Rudrapatna Veena Brothers

 Scions of the famous family of musicians from Rudrapatna, R.P.Prashanth & R.P.Pramod known as Rudrapatna Veena Brothers are the sons of Renowned Vocalist “Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam Asthana Vidwan” “Suvarna Karnataka Chetana Awardee” Vidwan Sri R.K.Prasanna Kumar. 

They are the grandsons of Renowned Veena Maestro Asthana Vidwan iof Mysore Palace, Vainika Praveena Sri. R.S. Keshava Murthy. They come from a lineage of musicians for many generations. They started playing Veena at a tender age of 3 and 7 years.

The two-some gave their Veena Duet debut in the year 2003 and have been blessed with many more. The brothers have given Veena duet Concerts in All India Radio, T.V Channels, Private and Public functions in India. They have performed at the prestigious Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana Festival, US and also other places in the United States and the United Kingdom. 

The brothers have acquired excellent appreciation for their unique style of performance. They have won the “Navodaya Award” from Shubhodaya Trust.

Their father  Laya Vadhya Gambhira Vidwan Sri R K Prasanna Kumar is endowed with rich ralent, amazing fingering techniques. Sri  Prasanna Kumar has by dint of hard work been recognized as one of the versatile musicians. He has been performing at  concerts in All India Radio, many sabhas, T.V Channels, private & public functions all over India, Europe, UK & USA.

Sri Prasanna Kumar has been bestowed with many awards and titles:

❖ “Suvarna Karnataka Chethana” 

❖ “Laya Vaadya Gambhira” at Chicago 

❖ Mrudanga Vaadana Chatura at Boston. 

❖ “Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam Asthana Vidwan” from Kanchi Mutt and many more..