Mandolin maestro U. Srinivas, an astonishingly talented Indian artist who brought his Western instrument into the heart of traditional South Indian music, died Sept. 19 in Chennai at age 45. According ...

Srinivas’s innovation was to amplify the mandolin and, rather than the usual set of four paired strings, leave only five strings, including one paired set. The most striking aspect of his playing is ...

A child prodigy, Srinivas gave his first public performance at the age of nine and grew into a much-sought after personality among fans in the Carnatic music world. The musician, a recipient of ...