Ganakalanidhi Dr. Vinjamuri Varadaraja Iyengar

  

Those were the days when one had to be really good and talented to be featured in major concerts. In 1939, Vinjamuri was only 23  but he already was featured in Prime-time concerts in Music Festivals along with stalwarts like Chittoor, Semmangudi, Dwaram and TR Mali. Vinjamuri rose to the level of top class artists of the time, at a very young age, and, he consistantly maintained the same level all through his career life; till mid to late 60's:

                                                                                        Below is the Program from 1939 Music season at Saraswati Gana Sabha, Cocanada:

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Program From Nov 13 1939 - Nov 22, 1939 (Transliteration)

10/13/1939

Friday, 5.30 P.M

Dwaram Narasinga Rao

Violin

P. Veeresalingam

Mridangam

10/14/1939

Saturday, 5.30 P.M

M. Venkata Rao

Vocal

D. Narasinga Rao

Violin

A. Venkateswara Rao

Mridangam

10/15/1939

Sunday, 5.30 P.M

Srimati Banni Bai

Harikatha

10/16/1939

Monday, 5.30 P.M

Sundari - R. N. Thampi

Vocal/ Veena

M. Gopalaswami

Mridangam

N. Subbarao

Moharsing

10/17/1939

Tuesday, 5.30 P.M

Semmangudi Sreenivasa Iyer

Vocal

Dwaram Venkataswami Naidu Violin
M. Subrahmanyam Pillai Mridangam

10/18/1939

Wednesday, 5.30 P.M

Dwaram Venkataswami Naidu

Violin

K. Venkataraju

Mridangam

10/19/1939

Thursday, 5.30 P.M

Chittoor Subrahmanya Pillai

Vocal

B. K. Viswanatha Sarma

Violin

M. Subrahmanyam Pillai Mridangam
P. Veeraraghavaih Choudari Kanjira

10/20/1939

Friday, 5.30 P.M

Master Mahalingam

Flute

Dwaram Narasinga Rao

Violin

P. Veeraraghavaih Choudari

Mridangam

10/21/1939

Saturday, 5.30 P.M

V.Varadaraja Iyengar, B.A

Vocal

B. K. Viswanatha Sarma

Violin

K. Venkataraju

Mridangam

10/22/1939

Sunday, 5.30 P.M

Smt. Pushpavanam

Harikatha

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