Budaloor Krishnamurti Shastri (1894–1978) was an Indian

gottuvadhyam The chitravina ( sa, चित्रवीणा) (also known as chitra veena, chitraveena, chitra vina, hanumad vina, or mahanataka vina) is a 20 or 21-string fretless lute-style veena in Carnatic music. Around the late 19th and early 20th ce ...

player.

Early life

Shastri was born in Andanallur in

South India South India, also known as Dakshina Bharata or Peninsular India, consists of the peninsular southern part of India. It encompasses the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana, as well as the union territo ...

, He first training in music came from his father Seturama Shastri. He continued his training under the musicians Konerirajapuram Vaidyanatha Iyer and Harikesanallur Muthaiah Bhagavatar.

Career

Shastri's turning point for the Gottuvadhyam came from Gottuvadhyam Narayana Iyengar, a legendary Gottuvadhyam player of that time. After that, he studied under Narayana Iyengar who was 10 years his junior. Shastri contributed to the popularity of his instrument and is considered an inspiration for

Chitravina Narasimhan Chitravina Narasimhan (born 1941) is a gottuvadhyam player from India. He is the father of renowned chitravina player N. Ravikiran. Early life He was born in 1941 in Mysore, Karnataka in a family of musicians. His father Gottuvadhyam Narayan Iyen ...

, Gayatri kassebaum and

N. Ravikiran Narasimhan Ravikiran (born 12 February 1967) is an Indian slide instrumentalist, vocalist, composer, and orator, who created the concept of melharmony. He is the son of gottuvadhyam player Chitravina Narasimhan and the grandson of Narayan Iye ...

Death

Shastri died in 1978 at the age of 84.

References

{{reflist 1894 births 1978 deaths Chitravina players Carnatic musicians Carnatic instrumentalists Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award