Gayathri Venkataraghavan

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

Gayathri Venkataraghavan

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. 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. Srikanth, Venkatesan. "The road well taken". The Hindu. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  2. K. GANAPATHI (30 May 2013). "Paeans to guru bhakti". Thiruvananthapuram: The Hindu. 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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