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	Prashanth is a prolific composer who has composed 90 varnas that include the 72 of them in each of the melakarta ragas.<ref name="food-for-life" /> He is the first composer from Karnataka to have composed Varnams in all the 72 [[Melakarta]] Ragas and second youngest after Dr M. Balamuralikrishna to compose.<ref name="website" /> He has also composed 20 [[~~kriti~~]]s, 10 devaranamas and five [[thillana]]s.<ref name="food-for-life" />		Prashanth is a prolific composer who has composed 90 varnas that include the 72 of them in each of the melakarta ragas.<ref name="food-for-life" /> He is the first composer from Karnataka to have composed Varnams in all the 72 [[Melakarta]] Ragas and second youngest after Dr M. Balamuralikrishna to compose.<ref name="website" /> He has also composed 20 [[Kriti (music)\|kritis]], 10 devaranamas and five [[thillana]]s.<ref name="food-for-life" />

	===Other contributions===		===Other contributions===

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'''Prashanth Iyengar''' (born 12 January 1973) is a classical musician and [[Saraswati veena|veena]] exponent from [[India]], in the [[Carnatic Music]] genre. He is a performer, composer and teacher. He is the first composer from [[Karnataka]] to have composed [[Varnam]]s in all the '72 [[Melakarta]] Ragas.<ref name="food-for-life">{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/the-food-of-life/article5922492.ece | title=The food of life | date=17 April 2014 | newspaper=The Hindu | accessdate=23 March 2015 | author=Govind, Ranjani | location=Bangalore}}</ref> He holds the [[Limca Book of Records|Limca national record]] for his marathon veena concert spanning 24 hours at [[Srirangapatna]] Temple in the year 2011.<ref name="dna-limca">{{cite news | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report-24-hour-veena-marathon-to-enter-limca-records-1373461 | title=24-hour veena marathon to enter Limca Records | date=20 April 2010 | agency=DNA | accessdate=23 March 2015 | author=R, Anusha | location=Bangalore}}</ref>

==Early days and personal life==

Prashanth's mother Vid. Padmasini Narasimhachar was his first veena guru who followed the [[Mysore]] [[Veena Subbanna]] tradition.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/Thyagaraja-Festival-from-Today/2014/02/18/article2062554.ece | title=Thyagaraja Festival from Today | date=18 February 2014 | agency=The New Indian Express | accessdate=23 March 2015 | location=Kochi}}</ref> At the age of seven, he could play keertanas like ''Endaro Mahanubahulu''.<ref name="food-for-life" /> He later studied under Vid. [[R. K. Suryanarayana]]. He has a bachelor's degree in Pharmacy and a Diploma in Computer Engineering.<ref name="food-for-life" />

==Career==

He was working as the in-charge of the music department in the Directorate of Textbooks, [[Government of Karnataka]]. He later went on to become a full-time musician.<ref name="website">{{cite web | url=http://www.theveena.com/guru.html | title=Madokaram Prashanth Iyengar | accessdate=23 March 2015}}</ref>

His style is known for its rich gamakas along with a rendition that brings out the purity and clarity of notes.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/article3920082.ece | title=Deft evocativeness | date=21 September 2012 | newspaper=The Hindu | accessdate=23 March 2015 | author=Ramkumar, Madhavi}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/paeans-to-tyagaraja/article5732184.ece | title=Paens to Thyagaraja | date=27 February 2014 | newspaper=The Hindu | accessdate=23 March 2015 | author=Bal, Harish | location=Thiruvananthapuram}}</ref>

He holds the Limca national record for the rendition of a marathon veena concert spanning 24 hours at the [[Srirangapatna]] Temple in the year 2011.<ref name="dna-limca" /> He was accompanied by Vid. Ravishankar Sharma ([[Mridangam]]), Vid. K S Krishnaprasad ([[Ghatam]]) and Vid. D V Prasanna Kumar ([[Kanjira]], [[Morsing]] and rhythm pad).<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/63715/content/217419/F | title=Marathon veena concert on April 21 | date=13 April 2010 | newspaper=Deccan Herald | accessdate=23 March 2015 | location=Bangalore}}</ref>

===Compositions===

Prashanth is a prolific composer who has composed 90 varnas that include the 72 of them in each of the melakarta ragas.<ref name="food-for-life" /> He is the first composer from Karnataka to have composed Varnams in all the 72 [[Melakarta]] Ragas and second youngest after Dr M. Balamuralikrishna to compose.<ref name="website" /> He has also composed 20 [[kriti]]s, 10 devaranamas and five [[thillana]]s.<ref name="food-for-life" />

===Other contributions===

Prashanth has authored a book "''Varna Lakshana Ranjani''" which has the 72-mela varnas and 72 Geethes. The book is published in Kannada, English and Hindi and is hand written by his first guru and mother Vid. Padmasini Narasimhachar.<ref name="food-for-life" />

He started the Sree Rama Centre of Performing Arts for teaching students music appreciation, the art of the veena and vocal renditions.<ref name="dna-limca" />

==Awards & felicitations==

* Limca national record marathon veena concert spanning 24 hours at Srirangapatna Temple (2011).

==References==
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[[Category:Saraswati veena players]]
[[Category:Musicians from Bangalore]]
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[[Category:1973 births]]

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