Avaneeswaram S R Vinu
Avaneeswaram S R Vinu (Malayalam: ആവണീശ്വരം എസ് ആര് വിനു) (born 10 June 1973) is an Indian Violin player (Carnatic style).
Early life and background
Avaneeswaram S R Vinu was born to Avaneeswaram.N Ramachandran(Rtd.Principal of R.L.V music college Thripunithura) and Sahithi Devi in Trivandrum, Kerala. He started learning violin at the age of six. His initial training in music was from his his father who himself was a musician. Later he undergone higher studies in violin from Maestro Mysore M Nagaraj (from the 1992 till 1997).
Musical career
Vinu is one of the sought after accompanying violinist. He has performed with musicians including Padmavibhushan Dr. M Balamuralikrishna, Padmabhushan Dr. K. J. Yesudas, Madurai T. N. Seshagopalan, Sanjay Subrahmanyan, Aswathi Thirunal Rama Varma, Padmabhushan T. V. Sankaranarayanan, Dr. N. Ramani, Shashank, T K Govindarao, Neyyattinkara Vasudevan, T. V. Gopalakrishnan, P. Unni Krishnan, S. Sowmya, Bombay Jayashri, Vijayalekshmi Subrahmanian, Prof. Parassala B Ponnammal, Dr. K Omanakutty etc.Vinu has toured,and has performed in the United States,Canada,Australia, Europe,UAE, Qutar and Singapore.
Awards and recognitions
Vinu was the winner in Violin at Kerala State school Youth Festival in 1988.
He has received the Senior Scholarship from Department of Culture, Government of India in 1998.
He is an 'A' grade artiste of All India Radio and Doordarsan.
Lalgudy Gopalayyar award from Madras Music Academy 2004.
Lalgudy Jayaraman award from Madras Music Academy 2004.
Lalgudy Jayaraman award from Madras Music Academy 2005.
Has been conferred with the honour of Sri Kanchi Kama Koti Peetam Asthana Vidwan in 2010.
Has been conferred with the honour of 'Sangeetha Rathna' from Sri Sathyasai seva Organaisation, Palakkad 2010.
He has been conferred with the honour of 'Youth Exellence Award' from Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyyer Trust, Chennai in 2012.
He has played on various cassettes and CDs including Charsur, Manorama audios, Intreco etc.
Personal life
Vinu is married to Dr.S.Aswathy Vinu, who is an A grade vocalist in All India Radio. The couple has one daughter, Gayathri Nandana.