Gayathri Venkataraghavan
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காயத்ரி வெங்கட்ராகவன் | |
Occupation | Carnatic vocalist |
Gayathri Venkataraghavan (Tamil: காயத்ரி வெங்கட்ராகவன்) is an Indian Carnatic vocalist.[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] 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. Venkataraghavan is now training with P.S.Narayanaswamy.[1]
Performances[]
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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[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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