Sri Ayyagari Syamasundaram is an exponent and highly reputed Veena vidwan. He was born in 1948 at Vizianagaram in the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and learnt music from his father late 'Vainika Ratna' Sri Ayyagari Someswara Rao, who is a famous and legend of veena. Syamasundaram gave his first stage performance when he was only 8 years old.
Sri Ayyagari Syamasundaram's veena playing style belongs to the Vizianagaram tradition and hence well known for its Manodharma Sangeetham. His music is regarded as aesthetically rich and belongs to the Gayaki style.
Sri Ayyagari Syamasundaram is a top graded Veena Player performing nation wide concerts in AIR, Doordarshan and other TV media. Sri Ayyagari Syamasundaram's live performances were enjoyed by audiences are all over India and also in United States.
Sri Ayyagari Syamasundaram has been teaching Veena for almost over 40 years and he was a Principal and Veena Lecturer for several Government Music Colleges run in Andhra Pradesh. Many students have accomplished into good artists of Veena under his guidance.
Sri Ayyagari Syamasundaram is married to Smt Jayalakshmi Syamasundaram who is a veena vidwan trained under him. They were known as Ayyagari Veena Couple performing together. Both of them enjoy teaching basic to advanced level music for Carnatic Music Lovers from age 6 to 60. They currently live in Hyderabad. Some of the students in away from Hyderabad has chosen to learn remotely via Video Conference Calls to learn Music.