Gayathri venkataraghavan biography of michael
Gayathri Venkataraghavan
Gayathri Venkataraghavan | |
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| Occupation | Carnatic vocalist |
Gayathri Venkataraghavan (Tamil: காயத்ரி வெங்கட்ராகவன்) is an Indian Carnatic vocalist.
Gayathri venkataraghavan biography of michael In her opinion, her transformation from a student of Carnatic music to a performer happened slowly. Christening her after eminent vainika, E. At the end we had Ramya sitting to share the most traditional of abhinaya sequences while she sang and evoked moments of delicate passion and endearment. GV also believes and performs, keeping in mind, the fact that music can calm the mind and remove stress giving happiness to the listener.[1][2] She lives in Chennai.[1]
Education
Venkataraghavan trained in Carnatic music at an early age under Rajalakshmi, Padma Veeraraghavan, Rukmini Ramani, V. Subramaniam and Lakshmi Natarajan.[1] At a young age, as Gayatri Ramani, she won a number of prizes in inter-school and Inter-collegiate competitions as well as at competitions held by Music Academy and other sabhas including Indian Fine Arts Society, Mayilapore Fine Arts and Saraswati Vaggeyakara Trust.
[3] Her advanced training started in under Acharya Choodamani Sri. A. Sundareshan, a disciple of Sri C. V. Krishnamurty Iyer, Sri Ramnad Krishnan, and Alathur Shri Shivasubramanya Iyer. She moved to Madurai / Tirunelveli after marriage. Although it witnessed a hiatus in her career, she successfully bounced back into the performing scene after eight years and continued her training under A.
Sundareshan.
Biography of michael jackson Puttaraj Gawai Views: Gayathri was perhaps the harbinger for more things to come. The show was preceded by outdoor events, done in collaboration with dancer-scholar Priya Srinivasan and Susan Roseman. References [ edit ].[4] Gayathri later trained with P. S. Narayanaswamy (PSN), a disciple of Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, until PSN's death in October [1]
Performances
The Hindu wrote that her singing shows "modesty and sincerity", and praised her for choosing rare kritis in a concert.[5] In a concert, The Hindu wrote that she "comprehends the strong link between the devoutness of classical music and its manifestation in the form of kritis."[6] They have also called her voice "melodious."[7]
Discography
Her commercial albums have been released by Charsur Digital Workstation and other companies.
Awards and titles
- D. K. Pattammal Award for Lady Vocalist ()
- T. T. Rangaswamy Award ()
- Kalki Krishnamoorty Award ()
- Nada Oli title by Nada Inbam, Madras ()
- H. Natarajan Prize (, )
- Carnatic Music Association of North America award
- Pappu Kamakshi Award ()
- MLV Endowment Award by Narada Gana Sabha ()
- Isai Peroli title by Kartik Fine Arts ()
- Shanmukha Sangeeta Shironmani from Shanmukhananda Sabha ()[8]