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1997 -- present raghav chennai , india solo_singer 19 june 1987 indian classical music vr-raghavakrishna . jpg v.r. raghava krishna
 v. r. raghava krishna professional animator and carnatic vocalist
v.r. raghava krishna

v.r. raghava krishna -lrb- born 1987 -rrb- is a carnatic music vocalist from chennai , india .
hailing from a family with a rich music tradition , he was exposed to the south indian classical music at an early age .
v.r. raghava krishna is the son of veteran violin artist v.v. ravi and visalam ravi .
he started learning music from his mother visalam ravi and akhila seshadri .
he is currently a disciple of padmabhushan p. s. narayanaswamy and his uncle naadayogi v.v. subrahmaniyam .
he has been performing in various sabhas in and outside of chennai .
notably , sri krishna gana sabha , naada inbam , sri parthasarathy swamy sabha , karthik fine arts , bharat kalachar , kapali fine arts , adambakkam isai mandram , shanmukhananda sabha -lrb- young talent -rrb- bombay , guruvaayoorappan samaj bangalore , tamil isai sangam , sathguru samajam -- madurai , pollachi , trichy rasikaranjani sabha , thiruvananthapuram neelakanta sivan festival , thrippunithura - poornathrayisa seva sangam , toronto -- naada laya foundation festival and at kochi , ` yaksha ' , music and dance festival by isha yoga center at the dhyanalinga yogic temple at velliangiri , near coimbatore etc. .
in april 2013 , at his concert for charsur arts foundation in chennai , he rendered ` karpuram narumo ' of nachiyar after a virutham in saveri and khamas .
in sindhu bhairavi , he presented ` samba sadasiva ' -- a lovely piece composed by his uncle v.v.s. .
he concluded his brilliant recital with a brisk and lively madhuvanti tillana of shanmugha raghavan with swarakshara prayogas .
in september 2013 at his concert , featured by nadabrahma gana sabha in vanaprastha , coimbatore , the graphic presentations revealed how he internalised the inner core and fertilised it by intense saadhakam -lrb- the way of learning , practising and mastering carnatic music -rrb- .
