Gayathri Venkataraghavan

Venkataraghavan trained in Carnatic music at an early age under Rajalakshmi, Padma Veeraraghavan, Rukmini Ramani, V. Subramaniam and Lakshmi Natarajan. At a young age, as Gayatri Ramani, she won a number of prizes in inter-school and Inter-collegiate competitions as well as at competitions held by Music Academy and other sabhas including Indian Fine Arts Society, Mayilapore Fine Arts and Saraswati Vaggeyakara Trust. {{Cite web|url=https://www.imsom.org/events/20201121.html|title=IMSOM Concert:"Online Concert - Gayatri Venkataraghavan (Carnatic Vocal)}} Her advanced training started in 1990 under Acharya Choodamani Sri. A. Sundareshan, a disciple of Sri C. V. Krishnamurty Iyer, Sri Ramnad Krishnan, and Alathur Shri Shivasubramanya Iyer. She moved to Madurai / Tirunelveli after marriage. Although it witnessed a hiatus in her career, she successfully bounced back into the performing scene after eight years and continued her training under A. Sundareshan. {{Cite web|url=https://dhvaniohio.org/gayathri-venkataraghavan-perseverance-and-passion/|title = Gayathri Venkataraghavan - Perseverance and passion|date = 29 August 2020}} Gayathri later trained with P. S. Narayanaswamy (PSN), a disciple of Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, until PSN's death in October 2020.

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The Hindu wrote that her singing shows "modesty and sincerity", and praised her for choosing rare kritis in a 2016 concert.{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/Charm-of-rare-kritis/article14410320.ece|title=Charm of rare kritis|last=SWAMINATHAN|first=G.|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-05-17|language=en}} 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."{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/gayathri-venkataraghavan-delved-into-the-soul-of-carnatic-music/article7970409.ece|title=Genre well defined|last=Swaminathan|first=G.|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-05-17|language=en}} They have also called her voice "melodious."{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/an-impressive-recital/article17407439.ece|title=An impressive recital|last=Srikanth|first=Venkatesan|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-05-17|language=en}}

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

• D. K. Pattammal Award for Lady Vocalist (2001)
• T. T. Rangaswamy Award (2002)
• Kalki Krishnamoorty 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 Sangeeta Shironmani from Shanmukhananda Sabha (2008){{cite web |url=https://www.gayathrivenkataraghavan.com/awards.php |title=Carnatic Vocalist |publisher=Gayathri Venkataraghavan |accessdate=2013-11-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101030145/http://gayathrivenkataraghavan.com/awards.php |archivedate=2014-01-01 }}

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