Vignesh S. had always wanted to become a violin teacher. On Saturday, the dream of this differently abled violinist came true when he began giving violin lessons to five children who attend the autism centre at the Samagra Shiksha Kerala’s (SSK) Thiruvananthapuram South urban resource centre (URC) in Fort here.
Vignesh, who is intellectually disabled, completed his Bachelor of Performing Arts (Violin) from the Sree Swathi Thirunal Government College of Music here in 2021-22.
A resident of Thaliyil, Karamana, young Vignesh was sent to learn drawing at an institution where violin classes were also offered. Soon, he was mimicking the sounds of the instrument. As he was not keen on vocal music, his teachers urged his mother Jyothi to send him for violin lessons. Simultaneously, he completed his schooling from Government Boys Higher Secondary School, Karamana, and went on to take admission to Sree Swathi Thirunal Government College of Music here.
