Mahavadi Vasu Viswanadha Sastry

Mahavadi Vasu Viswanadha Sastry Was Born On December 8th 2003 To Late Brahmasri Mahavadi Viswanadham And Vidushi Smt. Mahavadi Sitamahalakshmi. He Was Born To A Musical Family Where His GrandFathers Were Late Vidwan Sri. Mahavadi Venkatappaiah Sastry Garu And Padma Vibhushan, Sangeeta Kalanidhi, Chevelier, Dr. Mangalampalli Balamurali Krishna Garu.

Vasu Naturally Had Inclination Towards Carnatic Music. He Started Learning Vocal From The Age 2 years. He Started Learning Music Vocal And Violin Under Vidushi Smt. Mahavadi Sitamahalakshmi And Then He Continued His Training Violin And Vocal Under " Sunaada Vaayuleena Vidwanmani " Vidwan Sri Nallan Chakravarthula Ramanujaacharyulu And Presently He Is Persuing Advance Training Under Vidwan Sri Akella Mallikarjuna Sharma.

Vasu Had An Oppurtunity Many Times To Play Programmes Along With His Guru Sriman Nallan Chakravarthula Ramanujacharyulu Garu. He Started Learning Violin At The Age Of 8 With Full Passion On The Violin. He Made His Violin Arangetram At The Age Of 7years At Sri Chandrasekharendra Educational Soceity.

Vasu So Far Played And Performed His Violin Concerts For 700 to 800 Concerts In Various Sabhas Of The States I.E., Uttar Pradesh , Andhra Pradesh , Telangana , Tamilnadu And Other States And He Is Still Playing Many Concerts At Various Sabhas.

His Achievements Are :-
1. *Bharata Yuva Vaayidya Ratna*
2. *Sangeeta Vaayidya Shiromani*
3. *Sangeeta Vaayidya Kalanidhi*
4. *Bharata Kala Ratna from university of India - bangalore*
5. *Best young violinist in twin Cities of AP and Telangana*
6. *Various first prizes and 2 gold medals in violin competitions.*

Vasu Is now teaching violin since 6years. He is also a founder of Mahavadi School of violin.