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She has also toured the United States and Canada extensively for a concert tour in September and October 2007.
In 2003 she was awarded the Kalki Krishnamoorthy award and in the same year she was given the Nada Oli title by Nada Inbam, Madras. He was an outstanding musician and a dedicated Guru, and a disciple of Sri.C.V.Krishnamurthy Iyer, Sri.Ramnad Krishnan and Alathur Sri.Sivasubramanya Iyer.
Gayathri is presently under the guidance of Padma Bhushan Sri.
P.S.Narayanaswamy.
At an young age as Gayathri Ramani, she has won a number of prizes in inter-school and Inter-college competitions and also in competitions held by Music Academy, Indian Fine Arts Society, Mylapore Fine Arts, Saraswathi Vageeyakara Trust Etc.
Gayathri Venkataraghavan is an ‘A’ grade accredited artiste of All India Radio.
These efforts continue to guide and inspire students of Carnatic music.
Many of her albums have been on the bestselling lists, while she continues to enthrall listeners around the globe.
Other Interests
Her various interests include mountaineering and trekking. She has had the honour of anchoring a documentary feature “Engum Nirai Nada Bhrahmam” a tribute to the immortal icon of Carnatic music Bharath Ratna Smt.M.S.Subbulakshmi for Doordarshan.
She also is associated with ANANDAM Old age home and volunteers to help in their activities. Through her YouTube channel, she has shared ‘A Carnatic Journey (ACJ)’ to support music students, along with ‘Musically Yours,’ where she discusses various aspects of music.
Gayathri Venkataraghavan,
Blessed with a sublime, melodious, shruti aligned voice that can traverse different octaves, Gayathri Venkataraghavan has created a niche for herself in the world of Carnatic Music.
Be it nifty swarakalpana or fluent neraval, her dexterity came to fore in all its brilliance.
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Smt. As a much travelled artist, she recognizes the universality of music and its amazing ability to unite people around the world.
She has held on to the classical idiom even while she enthralled audiences , in festivals across the globe ,like the AdLucem festival in Latvia,Riga,Sydney Music Festival , festivals in USA, Canada, Srilanka,UK,Singapore, Newzealand ,Australia, the Jaffa festival in Israel, Saudi Arabia, Muscat etc.
Collaborations
She is a very versatile and engaging performer and has collaborated with many musicians from other genres.
She has performed alongside the legend Sri M.Balamuralikrishna.
She has sung a jugalbandi with veteran Smt.Lakshmi Shankar and has sung many collaborations with western musicians and Hindustani artists.
Awards
Other than various concert awards she is a recipient of various awards including
Isai Peroli by Karthik Fine Arts-2008
Shanmuga Sangeetha Sironmani - Shanmukhananda Sabha Mumbai -2009
Nada Vallabha by Nada Sudha- 2012
Life Time Achievement award from Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan-2016
Meenakshi Award in memory of Smt.M S Subbulakshmi from Madurai Sathguru samajam- 2015
M.S.Subbulakshmi Award from, Visakha Music Academy , Vishakapatnam-2016
Bharath Ratna M.S.Subbulakshmi award from Viska Fine Arts, Vishakapatnam
M S Subbulakshmi Foundation , Kerala-2024
Sivan Isai Selvi from Papanasam Sivan Trust, Chennai -2019
Nada Bhushanam by Shanmugananda Sabha, New Delhi -2022
She continues to collaborate with artists from other genres and conduct workshops and seminars to meet young students and serious listeners of music.
She has been actively teaching and conducting workshops, sharing the knowledge she has imbibed, expanded on and practiced.
She has also learnt from Smt Rajalakshmi and Smt.Rukmini Ramani.
Concert and Style
GV also believes and performs,keeping in mind, the fact that music can calm the mind and remove stress giving happiness to the listener. She was awarded the SIMANA award instituted by The Carnatic Music Association of North America, Inc.NJ (USA) Dr.MLV Endowment by Narada Gana Sabha 2006.
She has been awarded the Shanmuka Sangita Shironmani title by Sri Shanmukhananda Fine Arts and Sangeetha Sabha, Mumbai and the Isai Peroli title by The Karthik Fine Arts Chennai.
The concert prizes that she has won by the Grace of Almighty at the Music Academy conference, include The D.K.Pattammal award for Lady vocalist in 2001, T.T.Rangaswamy award in 2002, H.Natarajan Prize 2003 and 2004 , The Pappu Kamakshi Award in 2006 and the Award for Swara singing during 2007.
She has been performing regularly at various centres in India .
Her performances abroad include ones at the Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival 2005 and 2008 at Ohio State, USA and Toronto in Canada. Gayathri Venkataraghavan,began her training in carnatic music at a young age under the tutelage of Smt.Rajalakshmi and then under Smt. Padma Veeraraghavan, a disciple of Palaghat Sri.K.V.Narayanaswamy. Her uncanny ability to deliver complex ideas and dwell in creativity, with total ease is an asset.
She has honed her skill through the years making her an extremely sought after artist both in India and abroad.
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She belongs to the Sishya Parampara of Vidwan Sri.
A.Sundharesan and Padma Bhushan Awardee Sri.P.S.Narayanaswamy. She won the All India Radio National level competition in 1993.
A number of her Commercial albums have been released by Charsur Digital Work Station and other companies.
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She also performed at the SIFA annual festival at Singapore in Feb 2007.She was also trained in various Kritis by Smt.Rukmini Ramani, Sri.V.Subramaniam and Smt.Lakshmi Natarajan.
Her advanced training was under Acharya Choodamani Late Sri.A.Sundaresan . Her regular performances for the A I R include a prestigious National Broadcast in 2006.She has sung various themes for Archival purposes for the AIR.
She has performed for Doordarshan national and regional telecasts, and for various other television channels. She has been part of Theatre and acted in a musical play -Trinity.
Press Extracts
Incessantly flowing extempore mesmerised the audience by creating a sublime aura and her intense involvement and commitment scintillated the mind commanding wholehearted and unreserved admiration.
Dr.Nataraj.
The Hindu, Mangalore Edition
With an accent on melody, the way she embroidered gamaka casements over the contours of chosen raga particularly for raga Kharaharapriya was reflective of her enviable command over Carnatic classical idiom.