R. K. Shriramkumar is born 4 October 1966. He is a virtuoso violinist. He hails from the Rudrapatna family of musicians from Karnataka. He is the grandson of legendary violinist R. K. Venkatarama Shastri and grand-nephew of Sangita Kalanidhi R. K. Srikanthan. Besides solo concerts, R. K. Shriramkumar has also accompanied various artistes including D. K. Jayaraman, D. K. Pattammal, M. S. Subbulakshmi, K. V. Narayanaswamy, Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, T. Brinda, T. Viswanathan and S. Balachander. In a performing career spanning more than two decades, he has performed for all the prestigious organizations & festivals in India. He has also performed at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi accompanying Geeta Rajashekhar in 1988 and Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer in 1995 in the presence of the then Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and the then Presidents of India, R. Venkataraman and Shankar Dayal Sharma. He has toured many countries abroad on concert tours. He has accompanied Geetha Rajashekar, Vijay Siva, Sanjay Subrahmanyan, K. V. Narayanaswamy, S. Balachander, T. N. Seshagopalan, N. Ravikiran, P. Unnikrishnan and T. M. Krishna. He has performed for the prestigious Theatre De la Ville at Paris accompanying Sanjay Subrahmanyan. He is considered as one of the most knowledgeable musician amongst the current generation. He has given/conducted many lecture-demonstrations in India and USA.