2022-06-04 Sat

Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu was one of the most t important Carnatic music violinists of the 20th century and was the first person to bring the violin to the forefront of Carnatic music. His father and grandfather were military men who played the violin as a hobby.

Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu was partially blind; he played at the National Physical Laboratory auditorium, New Delhi, in 1952 to raise funds for the Blind Relief Association. He was appointed a professor of violin in the Maharaja's Music College in Vijayanagaram at the age of 26 and became its principal in 1936.

He received the President’s Award for Carnatic instrumental music in 1953 and was awarded the title of Padma Shri in 1957.

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