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Vishaal R Sapuram
(Chitra veena)
Vishaal R Sapuram is a talented Carnatic (South Indian classical) vocalist and chitravina artiste. A child prodigy, he showed an innate aptitude towards music even as an infant, and was initiated into Carnatic music under Smt Karpagam Narayanan of Houston, U.S.A. at the age of three. At age six, he came under the tutelage of the internationally renowned Chitravina Shri N Ravikiran, under whose expert guidance Vishaal has rapidly emerged as a capable performing artiste. He has also had the good fortune of learning from Shri Ravikiran's renowned father and guru, Chitravina Shri N Narasimhan. At the age of nine, with the blessings of musical legends Semmangudi Shri Srinivasa Iyer and Smt D K Pattammal, Vishaal gave his first full concert as a vocalist at the Music Academy Madras. By age thirteen, Vishaal had begun to perform on the exquisite chitravina, the rare fretless lute popularized by his guru. He has since performed at many prestigious venues within India, in Chennai at Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, Music Academy, Naada Inbam, and many more; and in Hyderabad, Bangalore, Mysore, Udupi, and so on. Abroad, he has performed at the Temple of Fine Arts and Indian High Commission in Malaysia; at the World Sacred Music Festival in Strasbourg, France; and around the USA, including at the Cleveland Tyagaraja Aradhana, as well as Houston, Dallas, the Bay Area, and so on. Vishaal has also been featured on Doordarshan Podhigai and Malaysia's Astro Vanavil television channels. He has played alongside his guru Shri Ravikiran on many occasions, and has performed before and received the blessings of the world spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Vishaal has been honoured with awards and titles such as the Best Instrumentalist Award from the Music Academy Madras (2015), the Gottuvadyam Narayana Iyengar Award from Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, 'Isai Chemmal' from Trinity Fine Arts, and 'Pannisai Ilam Paridi' from the Dr Kannappan-Vasuki Trust. He has taught music under his guru's 'International Foundation for Carnatic Music' from the age of ten, and he has also put together a system of computer notation for Carnatic Music, now being used for publications. Vishaal holds dual BA degrees in Economics and Sanskrit and certificates in Tamil and Business from the University of Texas (Austin, U.S.A.), and he has also studied at the London School of Economics. Vishaal is now settled in Chennai, India, devoting himself to music.
| Artist | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|
 Sruti Sarathy...(Violin) Vishaal R Sapuram-Chitra vee Akshay Anantapadmanabhan-Mridangam K. V. Gopalakrishnan-Kanjira | Arkay Convention Center | 23/02/2024 |
 Vishaal R Sapuram...(Chitra veena) Sruti Sarathy-Violin Akshay Anantapadmanabhan-Mridangam | Indira Ranganathan Trust | 09/01/2024 |
| Vishaal R Sapuram... (Chitra veena) V.V. Srinivasarao-Violin Poongulam S. Subramanian-Mridangam Papanasam S. Sethuraman-Kanjira | Kamatchi Amman Udanurai Velleeswara | 30/12/2023 |
| Vishaal R Sapuram... (Chitra veena) Sudha R. S. Iyer-Violin | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 29/12/2023 |
 Aishwarya Shankar...(Vocal - Carnatic) Vishaal R Sapuram-Chitra vee | Vedanta Desikar Bhavanam | 27/12/2023 |
| Sruti Sarathy... (Violin) Vishaal R Sapuram-Chitra vee Akshay Anantapadmanabhan-Mridangam S. SunilKumar-Kanjira | Asian College of Journalisam | 22/12/2023 |
| Vishaal R Sapuram... (Chitra veena) Sruti Sarathy-Violin Tanjore Praveen Kumar (Praveen Sparsh)-Mridangam K. R. Sivaramakrishna-Kanjira | Indira Ranganathan Trust | 10/01/2023 |
| Vishaal R Sapuram... (Chitra veena) Aparna Thyagarajan-Violin Karun Salvady-Mridangam | Raghavendra Swami Sannidhanam - Sri | 05/01/2023 |
| Vishaal R Sapuram... (Chitra veena) K. V. Krishna-Violin Mandapaka Nagalakshmi-Mridangam | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 30/12/2022 |
| Vishaal R Sapuram... (Chitra veena) Sruti Sarathy-Violin Akshay Anand-Mridangam | Sri Krishna Gana Sabha (Dr.Nalli G | 16/12/2022 |
| Vishaal R Sapuram... (Chitra veena) Raghul Ravichandran-Violin Umayalpuram Mali-Mridangam S. Venkataramanan -Kanjira | Sri Thiagaraja Sangeetha Vidwath Sa | 26/03/2022 |
| Vishaal R Sapuram... (Chitra veena) L. Ramakrishnan-Violin-Violin Tanjore Praveen Kumar (Praveen Sparsh)-Mridangam S. SunilKumar-Kanjira | kalakendra.com | 01/01/2022 |
| Vishaal R Sapuram... (Chitra veena) Raghul Ravichandran-Violin B. Guru Raghavendra-Mridangam S. SunilKumar-Kanjira | Sasthri Hall (Srinivasa Sastri Hall | 26/12/2021 |
| Vishaal R Sapuram... (Chitra veena) Gyandev Pappu-Violin Akshay Anantapadmanabhan-Mridangam G. Chandrasekar Sharma-Ghatam | Webcast - www.facebook.com>arkayco | 11/12/2021 |
| Vishaal R Sapuram (Chitra veena) | Facebook - Swathi Thirunal Sangeeth | 28/08/2021 |
| Vishaal R Sapuram... (Chitra veena) Raghul Ravichandran-Violin Akshay Anantapadmanabhan-Mridangam | Sri Ganapathi Sachchidananda Ashram | 07/01/2020 |
| Vishaal R Sapuram... (Chitra veena) Raghul Ravichandran-Violin Tanjore Praveen Kumar (Praveen Sparsh)-Mridangam G. Chandrasekar Sharma-Ghatam | Indira Ranganathan Trust | 02/01/2020 |
| Vishaal R Sapuram... (Chitra veena) C. N. Thyagarajan-Violin Mumbai Rajesh Srinivasan-Mridangam Nerkunram S. Manikandan-Moorsing | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 31/12/2019 |
 J. B. Sruthi Sagar...(Flute - Carnatic) Vishaal R Sapuram-Chitra vee | YGP Auditorium | 28/12/2019 |
| Vishaal R Sapuram... (Chitra veena) Delhi R. Sridhar-Violin Akshay Ram. R-Mridangam | Kamakoti Hall - (Krishna Gana Sab | 25/12/2019 |
| Vishaal R Sapuram... (Chitra veena) Sruti Sarathy-Violin Nikshith T-Mridangam S. SunilKumar-Kanjira | Arkay Convention Center | 13/12/2019 |
 Shantala Subramanyam...(Flute - Carnatic) Vishaal R Sapuram-Chitra vee | RR Sabha Hall:2 | 11/12/2019 |
| Vishaal R Sapuram... (Chitra veena) Sruti Sarathy-Violin Umayalpuram Mali-Mridangam Alathur T. Rajaganesh-Kanjira | The Kalyan Nagar Association Hall | 10/12/2019 |
| Vishaal R Sapuram (Chitra veena) | Webcast-Music Academy Chennai | 05/09/2019 |
| Vishaal R Sapuram... (Chitra veena) Akkarai Swarnalatha-Violin K. Sai Giridhar-Mridangam | Asthika Samajam - (Naimisaranya Man | 19/01/2019 |
 G. Ravikiran...(Vocal - Carnatic) Prasanna Venkataraman-Vocal - Ca Bharathi Ramasubban-Vocal - Ca K. S. Vishnudev -Vocal - Ca Archana Aarthi-Vocal - Ca Vidhya Raghavan-Vocal - Ca Sunil R. Gargyan-Vocal - Ca Sandeep Ramachandran-Violin Sayee Rakshith-Violin Vishaal R Sapuram-Chitra vee Aniruddha Bharadwaj-Flute - Ca Mylai M. Karthikeyan-Nadaswaram K. Arun Prakash-Mridangam N. Guruprasad-Ghatam Harihara Sharma-Kanjira | Ragasudha Hall | 25/12/2018 |
| Vishaal R Sapuram... (Chitra veena) Thirumarugal Dinesh Kumar-Violin B. C. Manjunath-Mridangam | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 20/12/2018 |
 Shreya Devnath...(Violin) Vishaal R Sapuram-Chitra vee Arjun Ganesh S. J-Mridangam G. Chandrasekar Sharma-Ghatam | Mylapore Fine Arts Club Hall - TAG | 14/12/2018 |
| Vishaal R Sapuram... (Chitra veena) Sruti Sarathy-Violin Umayalpuram Mali-Mridangam S. Hariharasubramaniam -Ghatam | Arkay Convention Center | 10/12/2018 |
| Vishaal R Sapuram... (Chitra veena) Raghul Ravichandran-Violin Akshay Anantapadmanabhan-Mridangam | Ragasudha Hall | 03/12/2018 |
| Vishaal R Sapuram... (Chitra veena) Shreya Devnath-Violin Tanjore Praveen Kumar (Praveen Sparsh)-Mridangam N. Rajaraman -Ghatam | Arkay Convention Center | 28/11/2018 |
 Akkarai sisters...(Vocal - Carnatic) Vishaal R Sapuram-Chitra vee Tanjore Praveen Kumar (Praveen Sparsh)-Mridangam Trichy S. Krishna-Ghatam | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 14/10/2018 |
| Vishaal R Sapuram... (Chitra veena) Shreya Devnath-Violin Tanjore. R. Kumar-Mridangam N. Guruprasad-Ghatam | Sri Krishna Gana Sabha (Dr.Nalli G | 30/09/2018 |
| Shantala Subramanyam... (Flute - Carnatic) Vishaal R Sapuram-Chitra vee Bharadwaj. N. C-Mridangam S. SunilKumar-Kanjira | Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam | 04/01/2018 |
| Vishaal R Sapuram... (Chitra veena) Sriram Sridhar Iyer-Violin Nellai V. Sreekrishnan-Mridangam Perukavu PL. Sudeer-Ghatam | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 27/12/2017 |
| Vishaal R Sapuram... (Chitra veena) Thirumarugal Dinesh Kumar-Violin K. Sai Giridhar-Mridangam | Sasthri Hall (Srinivasa Sastri Hall | 22/12/2017 |
| Vishaal R Sapuram... (Chitra veena) M. Shrikanth-Violin L. Subramanian-Mridangam | Ragasudha Hall | 21/11/2017 |
| Vishaal R Sapuram... (Chitra veena) Raghul Ravichandran-Violin Bangalore V. Praveen-Mridangam | Sri Thiagaraja Sangeetha Vidwath Sa | 22/10/2017 |
| Vishaal R Sapuram... (Chitra veena) Thirumarugal Dinesh Kumar-Violin L. Subramanian-Mridangam | Sundari Silks | 26/09/2017 |
| Vishaal R Sapuram... (Chitra veena) Thirumarugal Dinesh Kumar-Violin Tanjore Praveen Kumar (Praveen Sparsh)-Mridangam S. SunilKumar-Kanjira | Asthika Samajam - (Naimisaranya Man | 05/01/2017 |
| Vishaal R Sapuram... (Chitra veena) Trivandrum Hariharan-Mridangam K. R. Sivaramakrishna-Kanjira | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 31/12/2016 |
| Shreya Devnath... (Violin) Vishaal R Sapuram-Chitra vee | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 02/12/2016 |