Emani Shankara Shastry (1922-1987)

Dates 23-Sept-1922 to 23-Dec-1987 Genre Carnatic Instrument Veena   Profile   Discography   Related Artists

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Emani Shankara Sastry was one of the most famous carnatic Veena players of the later part of 20th century. He was also a composer, musicologist and an experimentalist.

Emani Shankara Sastry was born on 23rd September, 1922, at Draksha Ramam in Andhra Pradesh. His father, Emani Atchuta Ramasastry, was also a great player of Veena. Shankara Sastry completed his formal education from Pittahpuram Maha Raja College in Kakinada and learnt Veena from his father.

He was also a great student of music and understood it well from theoretical perspective. He was a composer as well, composing for several Telugu, Tamil and Hindi films. His experimentations led to a jugalbandhi with Pt Ravi Shankar and Ustad Halim Jaffar Khan.

He was awarded Kala Prapoorna by Andhra University and Padma Sree by Govt on India. His principle disciple is the famous Veena player Chitti Babu.

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Teachers & Influences	Emani Atchuta Ramasastry (father)
Disciples & Followers	Chitti Babu
Similar Artists	V Doreswamy Iyengar, S Balachander
Worked With	Pt. Ravi Shankar