Child prodigy-turned master musician Mandolin U. Shrinivas (45) passed away at 9 a.m. at a private hospital in the city on Friday following a lung infection. He had been ailing for some time and had recently undergone a liver transplant.
Mandolin Shrinivas, as he came to be known, was reportedly being treated for liver failure at the Apollo Hospital. Although a man of clean habits, friends told The Hindu that he and had ignored an infection for a long while.
1969-2014
Achievements
- › He was a Child Prodigy.
- › Started playing music at the age of 6.
- › Made his first public performance at the age of 8 in 1978
- › Became the first South India Carnatic music artist to perform at the Cenvantino Festival in Mexico in 1987
- › He was the recipient of Padma Shri (1998), Mysore T. Chowdiah Memorial National Award (1992), Sangeet Natak Akademi award (2010) and Kalaimamani Award (1991)
- › Was titled the Asthana Vidwan of Govt. of Tamil Nadu in 1984.
- › The master musician had performed with various western artists as well as with Hindustani music artists.
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