Carnatica brothers - N. Shashikiran and P. Ganesh: The Carnatica brothers started as raga-identifying child prodigies before they were three and have since emerged as front-ranking musicians in the Carnatic circuit. They have performed over 2000 concerts in India and abroad, having garnered both critical acclaim and public popularity. Some of their recent awards include Best Concert and Best Ragam Tanam Pallavi awards at the Music Academy festival (2003-04), Yuva Kala Bharati (2002), and the Maharajapuram Vishwanatha Iyer award for the most talented young artistes (Nov 2004). K. N. Shashikiran, the founder of Carnatica, is the only musician who has also been awarded the Bharat Nirman Excellence Award by the Global Economic Council and the Outstanding Young Indian for the Millenium by Jaycees  International. Ganesh recently created a world record for a 33-hours non-stop marathon performance on the  Chitravina.

Nirmala Rajasekar debuted as a soloist at age 13. As a vocalist, Veena player and composer, she has received many awards and laurels for her work. Empanelled by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, she has performed in Festivals of India around the world to great acclaim in many cities including London, Berne, Zurich, Bombay, New Delhi, Madras, New York, Cleveland and Minneapolis-St.Paul. In Minnesota, Nirmala has composed and performed with the Minnesota Orchestra, Walker Art Center, Schubert Club, Cedar Cultural Center, Minnesota Public Radio, PANGEA World Theatre, IMSOM, Women in Motion, and Katha Dance Theater, and several Ragamala Music and Dance Theater productions. Nirmala Rajasekar was primarily responsible for conceiving, planning and executing the very first Aradhana concert in 1995. Since then she has coordinated the planning and execution of all subsequent Aradhana community music festivals for IMSOM over the years. Nirmala is the winner of a Best Concert Award from KFAI Radio in Minneapolis and has won grants for composing and performing from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Playwrights' Center. She has just received a Cultural Collaboration Grant for the year 2004-2005 from the Minnesota State Arts board to explore Carnatic music and its relationship with Jazz with bassist Anthony Cox. The prestigious 'A Grade ranking artist' honor was awarded to Nirmala by Indian Radio and Television in 1991.
Her astounding creativity has been showcased in many recordings of her work by the BBC, England (Library of world artists album)', Audio Lit. Inc- California, USA (Poems of Mirabai), Shruthilaya Records Chennai, India (Melodic Expressions), Speak Easy Records- Minnesota, USA (Words will heal the wound). The music of the documentary film 'The Story of Vishnu - the Temple Elephant' released in January 2003 on DVD has been co-composed by Nirmala. Her next recorded work 'Veena Dhwani - Sounds of the Veena' has been recorded in Minnesota and is awaiting release. Her collaborative work 'Bhakti' (March 2003)- based on the spirituality of 8^th Century Indian Saint Andal and 11^th Century German Saint Hildegaard Von Bingen  (with composer Ruth Mackenzie and Dancer Aparna Ramaswamy) had a grand 8-show opening. Most recently, Nirmala composed and led the musical ensemble for the Walker Art Center commissioned production of 'Sethu', produced and performed by Ragamala Music and Dance Theater and staged in a spectacular outdoor setting at the Minneapolis sculpture garden in September 2004. She has been invited to perform in the world- renowned International Winter Music Festival in 2004 in Chennai, India.