Homage to Mysore Sri Vasudevacharya No 143 Vocal Concert by Kum. Gayathry Krishnachandran, Mumbai
Channel: Homage to Mysore Vasudevacharya
Date: 2022-01-16

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Kum. Gayathry Krishnachandran was initiated into Carnatic Music at the age of 5 by her mother Suja M S, who is a Grade Artist of All India Radio. She completed seven years certificate course in Sri Shanmukhananda Bharatiya Sangeeta Vidyalaya under  various Gurus.  On completion of her seven year course there, she received the Shanmukha Sangeetha Mani in 2013. She received CCRT Scholarship for juniors in Carnatic Vocal from Government of India  in 2012 and since then, she is under the tutelage of Sangita Kala Acharya Smt. Radha Namboodiri.

Kum. Gayathry has won many prizes in the music competition conducted by Sri Shanmukhananda Sangeetha Sabha, including ‘THE AWARD OF EXCELLENCE’.  She has also won prizes in Music Academy Chennai, Mulund Fine Arts, Vashi Fine Arts, Rasika Ranjani Sabha,  Music Triangle,  Mysore Association, Sharada Sangeeta Vidyalaya,  Keraleeya Kendra Sanghatana, Mulund Kerala Samajam etc. She has also participated in the Pancharatna Keerthanaalaapana on the occasion of the Thyagaraja Aradhana conducted by Sri Shanmukhananda Sabha since 2012.  She was one of the four vocal performers, who together presented a concert of more than one hour in the main hall of Shanmukhananda in July, 2013 on the occasion of the Gruhapravesh of the Sabha Auditorium. She has performed in the Talent Exposure concert conducted by Sri Shanmukhananda Sabha.  Later she has done concerts in Chembur Fine Arts Sabha, Vashi Vinayaka Temple, Dombivli Yogakshema Sabha, Chamber concerts and has also sung in Vaggeyakara day at Shanmukhananda Sabha. Also, she has given vocal support to her Guru in several concerts.

In the year 2020, she participated in the Sri Sankara Super Singer Season1 online competition and she was one of the Finalists. Further, she was one of the Semi-finalists in Jaya TV's  Carnatic Music Idol, 2012. Also, she has participated in the Gandharva Sangeetham Junior conducted by the Kairali TV channel in 2008, when she was eight years. 

Kum. Gayathry Krishnachandran is a PG first year student at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, Coimbatore. She was adjudged  as First prize winner in the Carnatic Music Vocal (Girls) category of All India Radio Music Competition 2019 and has been bestowed with "B" Grade by AIR. Further, she has received the prestigious Bharat Ratna Dr M.S Subbulakshmi fellowship for 2020-22 from Sri Shanmukhanda Fine Arts and Sangeetha Sabha.

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