Kadri Gopalnath acquired a taste for music from his father, a nadaswaram vidwan. But nadaswaram didn't sway young Gopalnath. He saw the saxaphone being played in the Mysore palace and set thrilled on hearing the vibrant tone of saxophone , he decided to master it. It took nearly 20 years for Kadri Gopalnath to conquer the complex wind instrument and he was eventually crowned as " Saxophone Chakravathy". 

Gopalnath learnt playing Carnatic music on the saxophone under Gopalkrishna Iyer of Kalaniketana, Mangalore. His dedication and tireless efforts enabled him to imbibe all the nuances of Carnatic music and the sax.   

When he came in contact with the versatile T.V. Gopalkrishnan at Madras, the latter identified the youngster's potenital and chistled  him into an internationally famed artiste. Gopalnath humbly acknowledges the fact that it is the blessings of his guru that is responsible for his success. His maiden performance was for the Chembai Memorial Trust. It was a roaring success. Since then Gopalnath has never looked back, ceaselessly performing in all prestigious sabhas of our country and abroad. 
Titles and honours have come his way, the most cherished being the asthana vidwan of Kanchi Kamakoti peedam and the Shringeri Sharada Peedam.  Gopalnath has the distinction of being the first Carnatic musician to be invited to perform in the BBC Promenade concert in 1994 at London. His recital was sponsored by the Asian Music Circuit, London. Among his other distinctions are: 

Saxophone Chakravathy, Saxophone Samrat, Ganakala Shree, Nadopasana Brahma, Sunaada Prakashika, Sangeetha Vadyaratna  from film director, K. Balachandar), Nada Kalaratna, Nada Kalanithi (from Sringeri Peetam), Sangeetha Ratna, (from Balamurali Krishna), Karnataka Kalashree 96 (Karnataka State Award) and Vocational Excellency Award from the Rotary of Madras. 

Gopalnath has extensively toured abroad on invitation. He has participated in the Jazz Festival  in Prague, Berlin Jazz Festival , International Cervantino Festival in Mexico, Music Halle Festival, Paris, Concerts in Switerland, United Kingdom, USA, Canada, Bahrain, Malaysia and Singapore. 
 

A. Kanyakumari, a native of Vijayanagaram, Andhra Pradesh, has been living in Chennai for more than 25 years. She initially learnt from I. Vijayeswara Rao of the Dwaram school and later from maestro M. Chandrasekaran under the Govt. of India scholarship. She also had a fruitful long association with late Dr. M. L. Vasanthakumari (MLV) as her stock accompanist.   Nowadays, she plays alongside Kadri Gopalnath in concerts.
Other people Kanyakumari has played for include:  Dr. N. Ramani, Dr. M. Balamurali Krishna, Mandolin U. Srinivas, to name a few.  She is also a distinguished soloist and has conducted many innovative recitals featuring 25 violins, 50 violins and recently 100 instruments for the new millennium. In 1988 she set a unique record playing the violin non-stop for 29 hours, at the Padmanabhaswamy temple in Kerala. She has also been given the status of Asthana Vidhushi of Dakshinamnaya Sri. Sarada Peetham of Sringeri Math, the Ahobila Mutt and the Dharma Paripalana Sabha.  She is a seasoned artist and has given performances all over the world including the US, U.A.E, Canada, Australia and many parts of Europe.

B. Harikumar  Born in Changanasery, Kerala, B Harikumar was moulded into the bani of Late Mridangom maestro Shri Palakkad Mani Iyer by his illustrious Guru Shri Mavelikara Velukkutty Nair. After completing the post graduation in Mridangom from Swati Thirunal Music College, he joined All India Radio, Tiruchy in 1989 and is working as Staff Artiste. For more than 25 years, he has been accompanying maestros of Carnatic Music.

AWARDS: Maharajapuram Santhanam Trust Award, 2001 for Mridangam; Tanjavur Vaidyanatha Iyer Award, 2003 by Chennai Music Academy; The Indian Fine Arts Society, Chennai, Senior Mridangist Award for 2006; Nadabhrama Award – 2007

RAJENDRA NAKOD hails from a family of distinguished classical musicians. His father Pandit Arjunsa Nakod is an eminent vocalist of kirana and Gwalior Gharana and has to his credit several awards and acreditions including award of “Gana Gandharva” from the state government of Karnataka. His brothers Pt.Raghunath Nakod, Balachandra Nakod & Vishwanath Nakod are the senior artists at All India Radio. Widely exposed right from childhood to traditional and orthodox music, Rajendra had his early tutelage under his father and later under his brothers. Rajendra formalised his learning in tabla by securing top position in exams conducted by Karnatak Sangeet Nritya Academy, a cultural institution under the auspices of the Government of Karnataka. As proof of his competence, All India Radio has awarded him the “A” grade.

Rajendra has carved a niche for himself among the upcoming talented artists in India by his solo performance and accompanying talented artists like Gana Bhanu Pt.Puttaraja Gawai, Late Dr.Basavaraj Rajguru, Pt.Shiv Kumar Sharma, Grammy award winner Pt.Vishwamohan Bhat,  Begam Parveen Sultana, Padmashri Dr.Kadri Gopalnath, Pt.Ullas Kashalkar, Arati Anklikar, Veena Sahasrabudhe, Pt. Ronu mazumdar, Dr.Prabha Atre, Bhajan Samrat Anup Jalota, Pt.Vinayak Torvi, Pt.Parameshwar Hegde, Ubhaya Gana Vidushi Shyamala G. Bhave, and others. He has also participated in several prestigious classical music festivals including Sawai Gandharv Punyatithi at Pune, Spirit of Unity concerts, Akashavani Sangeet Sammelan, National Programme of music, Delhi International Music Festival, Indo-Arab Music Festival Dubai, Sankat mochan hanuman mahothsav Varanasi, Idea Jalsa – a popular classical program on DD National etc. Rajendra has not only performed at various concerts all over
India, but also toured extensively abroad namely U.S.A., U.K.,  Sweden, Denmark, Canada, Singapore and Gulf Countries on performances. The Kuwait organisation has awarded him with “BHAKTI TALA SUDAN” for his excellent performance at Kuwait. The other awards in his credits are Tala Marthanda & Sangeetha Shree