Legendary violin vidwan Sriman Kommanduri Krishnamachari passed away in Hyderabad on Saturday. He is survived by his only son and two daughters.
Born at I. Bhimavaram in West Godavari district on July, 7, 1936, Krishnamachari moved to Vizianagaram, when he was 11 years old, and started learning music tutelage of Dwaram Narasinga Rao Naidu, according to his son K. Srinivas. He served as a casual artiste of AIR in Vijayawada till 1974 and later. shifted to AIR, Visakhapatnam. He had accompanied several stalwart musicians like Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna, D.K. Pattamal, Vasundhara Devi and Arundati Sarkar, on the violin during his long and illustrious career.
He retired as staff artiste in AIR, Visakhapatnam, in 1994 and settled in the city. “My father was deeply attached to Visakhapatnam but came to live with me in Hyderabad in 2011 as I am employed in a private company in Hyderabad. One of my sisters lives in Hyderabad, while the other is in Tirupathi,” says Mr. Srinivas.
