P.V.Anandpadmanabhan

Legendary Carnatic musician Uppalapu Srinivas – better known as Mandolin Srinivas for his instrument – breathed his last at around 9.30 am in Chennai on Friday. He was 45. Srinivas was hospitalised due to liver problems.

Child prodigy-turned-master musician Mandolin U. Shrinivas was born on February 28, 1969, in Palakol in Andhra Pradesh, showed an uncanny interest in his father Sathyanarayana's mandolin at a very young age.

He stormed the Carnatic music scene with his first public performance in 1978 and since then there was no looking back.

Srinivas adapted a difficult electric western instrument to the Carnatic stage with awe-inspiring success, Shrinivas impressed pundits and lay listeners alike. He was the recipient of prestigious Padma Shri award in1998 and the Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 2010. A pride of Andhra and Tamil nadu …..