<P> Srinivas was born 28 February 1969 , in Palakollu in Andhra Pradesh . At the age of five , he picked up his father U. Satyanarayana 's mandolin , after he heard it being played at a concert he attended with his father . Upon realizing the talent of his son , his father , who had studied classical music , bought him a new mandolin , and started teaching him . Guitarist Vasu Rao , introduced seven - year - old Srinivas to western music in 1976 . Soon , Satyanarayana 's guru , Rudraraju Subbaraju , ( disciple of Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar ) who had also taught Srinivas ' father and Vasu Rao , recognized the astounding potential in the child Srinivas and started teaching him . Since Rudraraju Subbaraju did not know how to play the mandolin , he would just sing pieces from the Carnatic classical repertoire , and U. Srinivas , all of six , would play them on the mandolin , thus developing a phenomenal style of playing entirely his own , and astonishingly , on an instrument that had never been played in the rigorous and difficult Carnatic style before . Soon , the family moved to Chennai , the mecca of Carnatic music , where most Carnatic musicians live . When Srinivas gave his first performance it led to him being compared to the world 's greatest prodigies : `` Some of you have heard or read about exceptionally gifted children , our own Mandolin Srinivas , Sir Yehudi Menuhin , Beethoven , Sir Isaac Newton , Picasso , Madam Curie , the list is endless . '' </P>
<P> Srinivas was born 28 February 1969 , in Palakollu in Andhra Pradesh . At the age of five , he picked up his father U. Satyanarayana 's mandolin , after he heard it being played at a concert he attended with his father . Upon realizing the talent of his son , his father , who had studied classical music , bought him a new mandolin , and started teaching him . Guitarist Vasu Rao , introduced seven - year - old Srinivas to western music in 1976 . Soon , Satyanarayana 's guru , Rudraraju Subbaraju , ( disciple of Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar ) who had also taught Srinivas ' father and Vasu Rao , recognized the astounding potential in the child Srinivas and started teaching him . Since Rudraraju Subbaraju did not know how to play the mandolin , he would just sing pieces from the Carnatic classical repertoire , and U. Srinivas , all of six , would play them on the mandolin , thus developing a phenomenal style of playing entirely his own , and astonishingly , on an instrument that had never been played in the rigorous and difficult Carnatic style before . Soon , the family moved to Chennai , the mecca of Carnatic music , where most Carnatic musicians live . When Srinivas gave his first performance it led to him being compared to the world 's greatest prodigies : `` Some of you have heard or read about exceptionally gifted children , our own Mandolin Srinivas , Sir Yehudi Menuhin , Beethoven , Sir Isaac Newton , Picasso , Madam Curie , the list is endless . '' </P>
who is the childhood prodigy who mastered the mandolin
who is the childhood prodigy who mastered the mandolin
Srinivas
Srinivas