Dr. M Balamurali Krishna
Dr. Mangalampally Balamurali Krishna is one among the very few Carnatic music singers / vocalists to reach great heights in the field of classical music with little formal iniciation. Born in 1930, Balamurali Krishna is said to have had only a brief training under Pasupathi Ramakrishnaiah Pantulu.
He was not only a master of vocal music but was proficient in the viola, violin, mridangam and kanjira. In 1939, he did a concert programme for the All India Radio. It is a tribute to his exceptional skills as a violinist that he has accompanied stalwarts such as Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer, Ariyakudi Ramanuja Ayyangar, Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar and G. N. Balasubramaniam.
He made a great contribution to the classical and semi-classical music programmes of All India Radio and Doordarshan as carnatic music singer and producer. He has also distinguished himself as a playback singer and composer in Telugu and Tamil films. He is said to be exceptional and is known to try out improvisations, having evolved a style of his own. He has to his credit about 300 compositions including several tillanas,. He is also the author of 72 melakartha-raga based songs in Telugu and Sanskrit bearing Murali as his mudra. The list of honours that was poured upon him are immence which includes Sangeetha Kalanidhi (awarded by the Madras Music Academy), the Padma Vibushan and the Sangeet Natak Academy Award.

Lalgudi Jayaraman
In contemporary Carnatic music, Sri Lalgudi Jayaraman is a name that is instantly associated with perfection, melody and rhythm in violin and musical brilliance. Born in an illustrious disciple of the great saint musician Thyagaraja and meticulously trained and brought up in an atmosphere of music by his versatile father late V R Gopala Iyer, Sri Lalgudi Jayaraman inherited the essence of Carnatic music.

Sri Lalgudi Jayaraman started his musical career as a carnatic music artist at the early age of 12 as an accompanying violinist. Being endowed with rich thoughts, quick reflex, and an uncommon ability for adapting to the individual styles of the leading maestros in Carnatic music while accompanying them in their concerts, he reached the forefront. This rich concert experience he thus gained, coupled with the strong urge to give original expression to the musical ideas surging in him, culminated in his emergence as a solo violinist of rare brilliance. He has made his mark also as a unique and extraordinary composer having to his credit several thillanas and varnams which are a scintillating blend of raga, bhava, rhythm and lyrical beauty.

Dr. L. Subramaniam
Sree L. Subramaniam is an Indian violin maestro well versed in south Indian Carnatic music tradition. He is also well aquainted in various other branches and styles of world music. He has collaborated with Stéphane Grappelli, Yehudi Menuhin and others and has to his credit, works for orchestra and film music aswell, and has also written numerous books on Carnatic music. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1988 and Padma Bhushan in 2001.
He has accompanied all-time maestros of Carnatic Music such as Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar, M.D.Ramanathan and many others. He has also performed in many concerts with the mridangam exponent Palghat Mani Iyer.