List of Indian violinists

The violin may have been introduced to India by the military bandsmen of the East India Company around 1790. Baluswami Dikshitar, brother of renowned Carnatic Composer Muthuswami Dikshitar, learned the instrument from the military bandmaster in Madras and adapted his playing style to suit Carnatic Music. There are two styles of violin playing in India: the Carnatic and the Hindustani. Carnatic violinists such as Tirukkodikaval Krishna Iyer, Malaikkottai Govindaswamy Pillai and Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu performed concerts as early as the 1900. Indian violinists today such as Balabhaskar, L. Shankar have successfully adapted the Western music style of playing the violin and have been performing concerts outside of India. Violinists such as N. Rajam and Sangeeta Shankar are highly accomplishe

List of Indian violinists

The violin may have been introduced to India by the military bandsmen of the East India Company around 1790. Baluswami Dikshitar, brother of renowned Carnatic Composer Muthuswami Dikshitar, learned the instrument from the military bandmaster in Madras and adapted his playing style to suit Carnatic Music. There are two styles of violin playing in India: the Carnatic and the Hindustani. Carnatic violinists such as Tirukkodikaval Krishna Iyer, Malaikkottai Govindaswamy Pillai and Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu performed concerts as early as the 1900. Indian violinists today such as Balabhaskar, L. Shankar have successfully adapted the Western music style of playing the violin and have been performing concerts outside of India. Violinists such as N. Rajam and Sangeeta Shankar are highly accomplishe