Apoorva M Krishna

Apoorva M Krishna is a Bengaluru-born Carnatic violinist trained in the Lalgudi bani, having begun the violin at age six under Lalgudi Srimathi Brahmanandam and her daughter Anuradha Sridhar. She was a first-rank holder in the Senior Grade Carnatic Violin examination of the Karnataka board (2011) and was named Best Violinist at the Madras Music Academy's Spirit of Youth festival. She later earned a Master's in Contemporary Performance at Berklee College of Music (with a Post-Master's Fellowship) and has performed with artists including Zakir Hussain, John McLaughlin, Shankar Mahadevan, Bombay Jayashri and Aruna Sairam; her composition 'Bahudari' was a top-five finalist for the Tarisio Trust Young Artists Grants (2017). She is listed as a B-High grade artist empanelled with Akashvani (All India Radio) Bengaluru.