Gayathri Venkataraghavan

Gayathri Venkataraghavan

Gayathri Venkataraghavan (Tamil: காயத்ரி வெங்கட்ராகவன்) is an Indian Carnatic vocalist.[1][2] She lives in Chennai.[1]

Education

She trained in Carnatic music at an early age under Rajalakshmi, Padma Veeraraghavan, Rukmini Ramani, V. Subramaniam and Lakshmi Natarajan.[1] Her advanced training was under Acharya Choodamani Sri. A. Sundaresan, a disciple of Sri C. V. Krishnamurthy Iyer, Sri Ramnad Krishnan and Alathur Sri Sivasubramanya Iyer. Gayathri is now training with P.S.Narayanaswamy.[1]

Performances

Gayathri Venkataraghavan_Carnatic vocalist.

The Hindu wrote that her singing shows "modesty and sincerity," and praised her for choosing rare kritis in a 2016 concert.[3] In a 2015 concert, The Hindu wrote that she "comprehends the strong link between the devoutness of classical music and its manifestation in the form of kritis."[4] They have also called her voice "melodious."[5]

Discography

Her commercial albums have been released by Charsur Digital Workstation and other companies.

Awards and titles

  • D. K. Pattammal Award for Lady Vocalist (2001)
  • T. T. Rangaswamy Award (2002)
  • Kalki Krishnamoorthy Award (2003)
  • Nada Oli title by Nada Inbam, Madras (2003)
  • H. Natarajan Prize (2003, 2004)
  • Carnatic Music Association of North America award
  • Pappu Kamakshi Award (2006)
  • MLV Endowment Award by Narada Gana Sabha (2006)
  • Isai Peroli title by Kartik Fine Arts (2008)
  • Shanmukha Sangeetha Shironmani from Shanmukhananda Sabha (2008)[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Srikanth, Venkatesan. "The road well taken". The Hindu. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
  2. ↑ K. GANAPATHI (2013-05-30). "Paeans to guru bhakti". Thiruvananthapuram: The Hindu. Retrieved 2013-08-28.
  3. ↑ SWAMINATHAN, G. "Charm of rare kritis". The Hindu. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
  4. ↑ Swaminathan, G. "Genre well defined". The Hindu. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
  5. ↑ Srikanth, Venkatesan. "An impressive recital". The Hindu. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
  6. ↑ "Carnatic Vocalist". Gayathri Venkataraghavan. Archived from the original on 2014-01-01. Retrieved 2013-11-03.
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