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Rajeswari was introduced to music at a very tender age by her mother Smt. Vijayam Ranganathan, who is a vainika and an All India Radio artist. Rajeswari began her formal music education at the age of seven. She was indeed fortunate to have as her first guru Sri M.A. Venugopal, who was a very dedicated teacher and encouraged her in every way a talented seven-year-old deserved to be. During her three years under Sri Venugopal’s tutelage, Rajeswari had bagged several prizes in local music competitions. She then won the Government of India National Talent Search Scholarship for advanced training. Her second guru was another dedicated teacher and scholar, Sangeetakalacharya Sri C.S. Krishna Iyer. She pursued another thirteen years of training under Sri Krishna Iyer. At this time, she won several state and interstate level awards, performed widely, and started performing regularly at the All India Radio. She also received training in violin from Sri Purushothama Rao, Professor of violin at the Palakkad Music College. Meanwhile, she completed her engineering degree course and opted to study further abroad. While in the US, she performed in various venues in the states of NY, NJ, CT, IL and CA. She currently resides in London, England. She teaches her young daughters Shyamala and Srinidhi. At present, she continues to receive guidance from Sri P.S. Narayanaswamy. Click here to download Rajeswari's brief profile Click here to download Rajeswari's detailed music resume NOTABLE
ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS IN MUSIC: ¨
Winner of the Cultural Talent Search Scholarship from the Government of
India for advanced training in vocal music ¨
Artist at All India Radio
since 1989 ¨
Released a concert album
titled “Guru Samarpanam” in August ‘01 ¨
Featured in the All India
Radio children’s and youth programs ¨
First prize in the Vocal
Music for Ladies competition at the Madras Music Academy ¨
Presented with the title “Isai
Arasi” by the Perambur Sangeetha Sabha in 1998 ¨
First prize for four
consecutive years at the Kerala State Schools Youth Festival ¨
Winner of a youth award
instituted by the Sangeet Natak Academy ¨
Winner of first prizes in
numerous competitions in Kerala and Tamilnadu. ¨
Performed in several major
sabhas during the December music season in Chennai ¨
Performed in the United
States, in California, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Cleveland, New York and New
Jersey. ¨
Given lecture demonstrations
on carnatic music in various institutions in the U.S. ¨
Faculty member at the music
department of the State University of New York (2002-2003) |