Indian Express, India
"...If the vocalist had been a veteran musician, the reviewer may have raved about his virtuosity and complete mastery. But when the singer happens to be a frail but precocious child, only five years of age, the reviewer is at his wits end. It needs a philosopher, a metaphysicist and spiritualist to adequately describe or explain this rare phenomenon... a manifestation of divine grace"

The New York Times, USA
'…Infinite capacity for micro-tonal shadings reminiscent of the human voice… ...teasing precision... dazzling effects…'

Wisconsin State Journal, USA
'…The Mozart of Indian Music... creator of Melharmony…'

Sony Music.com
'…The fact that Ravikirans tone seems to float in space, unencumbered by any kind of indiscretion by the agents that produce it, is indicative of the artists perfection in the playing technique.…'

The BBC Music Magazine, UK
'...wonderfully resonant chitravina...infectiously lively in some intricate up-tempo material…'

Radio National, Australia
"...one of the world's greatest slide players in anybody's language. "

The Hindu, India
'… An icon of perfection... music is literally child's play…'

The Sunday Star, Malaysia
'…Combines breadth of vision and expansive imagination… accuracy and spellbinding speed… ...a singing quality that is divine…'

Los Angeles Times, USA
"…The program was distinguished by Ravikiran's ravishing playing… an arresting virtuoso…"

Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
"…The delicate sounds of Ravikiran (in collaboration with Blues legend Taj Mahal) give a gorgeous, exotic, ambient feel…"

India Today Magazine
"…Magical 24 hours recital (by) wonder-kid Ravikiran (in 1985)…"

Toronto Sun, Canada
A real terror... a wizard on the Chitravina magical collaboration with Chinese, Brazilian, and Indian musicians stunning level of virtuosity and improvisation '

Dallas Morning News, USA
One of Indias most celebrated musicians... his concert (in Nov 2014) benefits Doctors Without Borders '

Pulse Magazine, UK
'…Entrancing... the type of musical voices that people hear in dreams…'

The Melbourne Age, Australia
'…Ravikiran's strong rhythmic structures, and free form interaction with instruments is the first reason for the dancer's expansion of the language (in Savitri dance production)…'

FolkRoots, UK
'Lightning speed and laser precision'

Slovenia Times, Ljubljana
'…Unique talent... virtuoso…'

The Plain Dealer, USA
'…(In Lakshmi Prabhavam in Cleveland,) Ravikiran stuck to a classical idiom coloured by inventive instrumentation…'

Gulf Times, Qatar
'…Ravikiran cast a spell over the audience…'

The Beat, USA
"Heart-stopping mastery"

Asian Eye, UK
'A musical genius... stunned the world at the age of two... enjoys a global appeal'

Tampa Tribune, USA
'…The King of Music... playing one of the most challenging instruments to master... (also) a renowned vocalist... raising funds for Hurricane Katrina…'

Wellington Post, New Zealand
' An unprecedented phenomenon'

The Musicmagazine.com
'Ravikiran's holistic sense of music makes the complex ideas here almost accessible to non-specialists... a great expedition into deep waters...'

Oregon Voice, USA
'A performance of epic proportions ...'

Mixdown, Australia
'The Crown Prince of Carnatic Music... In protest of current global events (in 1998), Ravikiran recently conducted a 'Gandhian' styled twelve-hour marathon in Melbourne, Australia... was also marked by the staging of 'Savithri' at the National Theatre (Melbourne), where enchanted audiences were exposed to his composing talents...'