Chitravina Ganesh, world-record setting slide instrumentalist, is the grandson of the legendary Gotuvadyam Narayana Iyengar. He stormed into the world of carnatic music even at the tender age of two and a half, just like his illustrious cousin Chitravina N Ravikiran. Trained by Chitravina maestro Narasimhan, Ganesh was able to identify and render around 225 Ragas and 175 Talas and answer numerous other technical questions with ease.

Ganesh also had the rare privilege of learning from Sangeeta Kalanidhi T Brinda for a few years and is among the best chitravina performers in the country today as well as a competent vocalist. He has performed in major venues all over India, USA, Canada and Bahrain. An A-grade artiste of All India Radio and Doordarshan, Ganesh has performed in tandem with Ravikiran and also provided accompaniment for top notch artistes like Smt T Mukta, Dr Balamuralikrishna and Smt Sowmya in several concerts and recordings.