Dr Dwaram’s birth anniversary celebrated grandly

Visakhapatnam: The 125th birth anniversary of world-renowned violin maestro Dr Dwaram Venkata Swamy Naidu was celebrated at a grand manner in the city. Grand children of Dwaram Anantha Venkata Swamy and other relatives across the globe arrived in the city to participate in the celebrations. Along with the senior citizens, masters of music and relatives of Swamy Naidu paid tributes at his statue located on the beach road.

Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu was one of the most important Carnatic music violinists of the 20th century. Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu was born on November 8, 1893 on Diwali festival. Highly impressed with the talent of Prof Swamy Naidu, the Maharaja of Vizianagaram appointed him as professor of violin in the Maharaja's Music College in Vizianagaram district at the age of 26, as its principal in 1936.

Yehudi Menuhin, a world-renowned violinist, was greatly impressed when he heard Dwaram play at Justice P V Rajamannar's house. Noted playback singer Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao learned Carnatic music under Naidu. Kalaimamani Radhanarayanan was also a disciple of Venkata Swamy Naidu.

The phenomenal musical expertise of Prof Dwaram was lauded by several eminent luminaries including Dr Babu Rajendra Prasad, Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Sarojini Naidu, Tirupati Venkata Kavulu and others.