Ravikiran

Chitravina N. Ravikiran (born 12th February 1967 in Mysore, Karnataka, India) is a composer of Indian Carnatic music. He is probably most famous for his concept of "melharmony", which is harmony which stays within the melodic rules of an Indian raga (musical mode). A virtuoso chitravina player, he has also played the slide Hawaiian guitar, and is an accomplished vocalist. He invented a variant of the chitravina called the navachitravina, which is smaller and has a clearer tone in the higher frequencies.