Gayathri Venkataraghavan
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Gayathri Venkataraghavan | |
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காயத்ரி வெங்கட்ராகவன் | |
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| Occupation | Carnatic vocalist |
Gayathri Venkataraghavan (Tamil: காயத்ரி வெங்கட்ராகவன்) is an Indian Carnatic vocalist. [1][2] She lives in Chennai.[1]
Education[edit]
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 1990 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. [4] Gayathri later trained with P. S. Narayanaswamy (PSN), a disciple of Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, until PSN's death in October 2020. [1]
Performances[edit]
The Hindu wrote that her singing shows "modesty and sincerity", and praised her for choosing rare kritis in a 2016 concert.[5] 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."[6] They have also called her voice "melodious."[7]
Discography[edit]
Her commercial albums have been released by Charsur Digital Workstation and other companies.
Awards and titles[edit]
- D. K. Pattammal Award for Lady Vocalist (2001)
- T. T. Rangaswamy Award (2002)
- Kalki Krishnamoorty 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 Sangeeta Shironmani from Shanmukhananda Sabha (2008)[8]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Srikanth, Venkatesan. "The road well taken". The Hindu. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- ^ K. GANAPATHI (30 May 2013). "Paeans to guru bhakti". The Hindu. Thiruvananthapuram. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
- ^ "IMSOM Concert:"Online Concert - Gayatri Venkataraghavan (Carnatic Vocal)".
- ^ "Gayathri Venkataraghavan - Perseverance and passion". 29 August 2020.
- ^ SWAMINATHAN, G. "Charm of rare kritis". The Hindu. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- ^ Swaminathan, G. "Genre well defined". The Hindu. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- ^ Srikanth, Venkatesan. "An impressive recital". The Hindu. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- ^ "Carnatic Vocalist". Gayathri Venkataraghavan. Archived from the original on 1 January 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
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