Anoor R. Dattatreya Sharma, a mridangam exponent, hails from a family of musicians, his father being the well known violinist Anoor S. Ramakrishna. His grandfather was the well known Vainika Veena Shamanna. Dattatreya Sharma is a disciple of Sri. Subbu and Sri. Bangalore Venkatram. He started giving concerts from the year 1975 and has accompanied many leading Top Ranking artists in the Carnatic Music field. Sharma is currently the Principal of the leading Music School in Bangalore, Ayyanar College of Music, which is training and has trained innumerable number of students. Many of them are well recognized concert artists of today. Ayyanar College of Music is an age old institution founded by Late Sri. T. Chowdiah, the famous violinist in the year 1952. Sharma has performed extensively all over India and other countries of the world including USA, Malaysia, Sri Lanka. He has been conferred many merits and awards in recognition of his outstanding contribution in the field of Karnatic Classical Music.