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Gayathri Venkataraghavan
காயத்ரி வெங்கட்ராகவன்
OccupationCarnatic vocalist

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

Education[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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

Awards and titles[edit | edit source]

  • 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[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Srikanth, Venkatesan. "The road well taken". The Hindu. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  2. ↑ K. GANAPATHI (30 May 2013). "Paeans to guru bhakti". The Hindu. Thiruvananthapuram. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
  3. ↑ SWAMINATHAN, G. "Charm of rare kritis". The Hindu. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  4. ↑ Swaminathan, G. "Genre well defined". The Hindu. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  5. ↑ Srikanth, Venkatesan. "An impressive recital". The Hindu. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "Carnatic Vocalist". Gayathri Venkataraghavan. Archived from the original on 1 January 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2013.

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