Those were the days when one had to be really good and talented to be featured in major concerts. In 1939, Vinjamuri was only 23 but he already was featured in Prime-time concerts in Music Festivals along with stalwarts like Chittoor, Semmangudi, Dwaram and TR Mali. Vinjamuri rose to the level of top class artists of the time, at a very young age, and, he consistantly maintained the same level all through his career life; till mid to late 60's:

Program From Nov 13 1939 - Nov 22, 1939 (Transliteration)

10/13/1939 Friday, 5.30 P.M Dwaram Narasinga Rao Violin
P. Veeresalingam Mridangam
10/14/1939 Saturday, 5.30 P.M M. Venkata Rao Vocal
D. Narasinga Rao Violin
A. Venkateswara Rao Mridangam
10/15/1939 Sunday, 5.30 P.M Srimati Banni Bai Harikatha
10/16/1939 Monday, 5.30 P.M Sundari - R. N. Thampi Vocal/ Veena
M. Gopalaswami Mridangam
N. Subbarao Moharsing
10/17/1939 Tuesday, 5.30 P.M Semmangudi Sreenivasa Iyer Vocal
Dwaram Venkataswami Naidu Violin
M. Subrahmanyam Pillai Mridangam
10/18/1939 Wednesday, 5.30 P.M Dwaram Venkataswami Naidu Violin
K. Venkataraju Mridangam
10/19/1939 Thursday, 5.30 P.M Chittoor Subrahmanya Pillai Vocal
B. K. Viswanatha Sarma Violin
M. Subrahmanyam Pillai Mridangam
P. Veeraraghavaih Choudari Kanjira
10/20/1939 Friday, 5.30 P.M Master Mahalingam Flute
Dwaram Narasinga Rao Violin
P. Veeraraghavaih Choudari Mridangam
10/21/1939 Saturday, 5.30 P.M V.Varadaraja Iyengar, B.A Vocal
B. K. Viswanatha Sarma Violin
K. Venkataraju Mridangam
10/22/1939 Sunday, 5.30 P.M Smt. Pushpavanam Harikatha

Below is the Program from 1939 Music season at Saraswati Gana Sabha, Cocanada.

Organizers looked for extraordinary talent, equal to that of a senior artist, to feature an young artist along with the seniors. There were not many who experienced such honours. In 1940, Vinjamuri (24) was featured in Music Festivals along with stalwarts like Musiri, Dwaram, Ariyakudi and MS Subbulakshmi:

Below is the Program from 1940 Music season at one of the oldest Sabhas in Andhra Pradesh:

Program From Nov 2, 1940 - Nov 10, 1940 (Transliteration)

10/02/1940 Wednesday, 5.30 P.M Musiri Subrahmanya Iyer Vocal
Papa Venkatarama Iyer Violin
Phalghat Mani Iyer Mridangam
10/03/1940 Thursday, 5.30 P.M Gomati Sankara Iyer Veena
K. Venkateswarulu Mridangam
N. Subbarao Moharsing
10/04/1940 Friday, 5.30 P.M Vinjamuri Varadaraja Iyengar, B.A Vocal
Dwaram Narasinga Rao Violin
P. Veeraraghavayya Choudari Mridangam
10/05/1940 Saturday, 5.30 P.M Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar Vocal
D. Venkataswami Naidu Violin
A. Venkateswara Rao Mridangam
10/06/1940 Sunday, 5.30 P.M Srimati. Bhanumathi Bharatanatyam
10/07/1940 Monday, 5.30 P.M Dwaram Venkataswami Naidu Violin
P. Veeraraghavayya Choudari Mridangam
10/08/1940 Tuesday, 5.30 P.M MS Subbulakshmi Vocal
Govindaraja Pillai Violin
Ganeshaiyer Mridangam
10/09/1940 Wednesday, 5.30 P.M TS Sreenivasa Rao Gotuvadhyam
Dwaram Narasinga Rao Violin
A. Venkateswara Rao Mridangam
10/10/1940 Thursday, 5.30 P.M Swarnasaraswati & Rajamani Vocal
T. Abhiramasundari Violin
M. Radhakrishna Raju Mridangam