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| birth_place = [[Ballari]], [[Karnataka]], India<br />
| occupation = Indian Carnatic Singer<br />
| father = Nagaraj Sastry<br />
| mother = Jayalakshmi<br />
| spouse = Venkataramana Ramamurthy<br />
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'''Prema Ramamurthy''' is an Indian [[Carnatic music|Carnatic]] vocalist from [[Karnataka]]. In addition to solo performances, she has also composed music for art tele-films, devotional albums, thematic productions and documentary films. She received the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] for the year 2020.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Prema Ramamurthy was born on 28 August 1949, to Nagaraj Sastry and Jayalakshmi in [[Ballari]], [[Karnataka]].<ref name="SNA">{{Cite web |title=Prema Ramamurthy |url=https://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/public/uploads/awardees/docs/1741015870_Prema%20Ramamurthy_11zon.pdf |website=[[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] |year=2020}}</ref> <br />
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She started learning Carnatic music at the age of three from her parents and grandfather Srinivasa Sastry.<ref name="SNA" /> She is the senior most disciple of Padmavibhushan Sangita Kalanidhi [[M. Balamuralikrishna]]. <br />
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She specialised in [[Pallavi]] singing from [[T. V. Gopalakrishnan]] and trained in Padams and Javalis in Carnatic music from [[T. Muktha]].<ref name="SNA" /> and from Muktha.<ref name="usao">{{Cite web |title=Ashwini Ramaswamy's "Let the crows come" |url=https://usao.edu/arts-and-culture/images-docs/ar-playbill.pdf |website=[[University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma]] |access-date=22 August 2025 |archive-date=2 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250602045012/https://usao.edu/arts-and-culture/images-docs/ar-playbill.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
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===Personal life===<br />
{{as of|2020}}, Prema is settled in [[Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]].<ref name="SNA" /> Her daughter Dr.[[Jayaprada Ramamurthy]] is a renowned [[Flute|flautist]].<br />
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==Career==<br />
Prema Ramamurthy has performed in various venues within and outside India including major festivals within the country and abroad.<ref name="SNA" /> She has traveled to over 60 countries for festivals conducted by ICCR, Avignon, Theatre Dela Ville, Tropical Hall Amsterdam etc. She was one of the first artists to be invited to 2nd World Telugu Conference at Malaysia, and one of the first musicians to visit South Africa after Apartheid. She has composed music for art tele-films, devotional albums, thematic productions and national award-winning documentary films produced by the [[Films Division of India]].<ref name="SNA" /> She is one of the first Indian composers to be selected for the New York Rockefeller Foundation Award. She is an 'A Top Grade artiste' of [[All India Radio]] and [[Doordarshan]] and has performed for Akashvani Sangeet Sammelan, National Program of Music, South Indian Hook Up Concert, DD Bharati etc. She has performed for many media concerts including Tirumala Nadaneerajanam, Tiruvayaru Tyagaraja Utsavam, Etv, Ntv, Tv9, Tv5 etc.<ref name="usao"/><br />
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==Awards and honors==<br />
Prema Ramamurthy received many awards & titles including 'Lifetime Achievement Award' from the Government of Telangana, [[Ugadi Puraskar]], and the Sangeet Saraswati by the Madurai Sadguru Sangit Sabha.<ref name="SNA" /> She received the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] for the year 2020, and New York Rockefeller Foundation Award 2020.<ref name="SNA" /><br />
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