S. Aishwarya (born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu) is an Indian singer of traditional Carnatic music.^[1] She is the great-granddaughter of M.S. Subbulakshmi.^[2] and the grand daughter of Radha Viswanathan

Family[edit]

Aishwarya was born to Geetha Shrinivasan and V. Shrinivasan into the family of M.S. Subbulakshmi and Radha Viswanathan, Aishwarya was initiated into music at the young age of four by her great-grandmother Subbulakshmi and grandmother Radha Viswanathan. She has also been training under Karnataka Kalashree Vidushi Jambu Kannan for the past 14 years. She also learnsHindustani vocal from Pandit Nagaraja Rao Havaldar and Sri Omkarnath Havaldar. Aishwarya is presently under the expert guidance of violinist Nadayogi Sri. V.V. Subrahmanyam, and the Veena from A. Shankaraman, a disciple of Rajeshwari Padmanabhan of the Karaikudi Bani.

Career[edit]

Aishwarya gave her first public concert on September 16, 2007 on the occasion of the 91st anniversary of the birth of her great grandmother accompanying her Grandmother Radha Viswanathan. She has performed over 400 concerts in India and Abroad. She regularly performs in the Madras December Music Season and has performed in all major sabhas in Chennai during the December season. Between March to May 2016, Aishwarya gave a series of 30 concerts across the United States, as a tribute to her great grandmother.

Awards and recognitions[edit]

• "Recogonised and an "Ambassador Of Classical Arts" by the General Assembly Of Connecticut State, USA - May 2016.
• "Sangeetha Parampara Puraskar" from "KALALAYA" - SanJose, USA - March 2016.
• "Kaveri Kannada Award" from Kaveri Kannada Association - Washington DC - April 2016.
• The "Most Promising Young Artiste of the year 2015" - Chithra Narayanaswamy Award, instituted by Brahma Gana Sabha, Chennai - December 2015.
• "T.K.Govinda Rao" Award for the most Meritorious concert for the December Season 2015 instituted by Krishna Gana Sabha.
• "Masti Venkatesha Iyengar" Award - 2015
• "Veena Seshanna Award" - 2014
• "Madurai Mani Iyer" Award for the most Meritorious concert December Season 2011 - Krishna Gana Sabha.
• "First Prize" in the "Varnam" and "National Integration" Category from the Music Academy Madras.
• "First Prizes" in Vocal Music competitions held at Asthika Samajam And Ramakrishna Mission in the Senior Category.

Concerts[edit]

• Concert at the Music Academy Madras on 16 September 2016 on the occasion of the 100th birthday of Bharat Ratna Subbulakshmi.
• Concert on the occasion of 75 Years of Kalki and 100th birthday of Subbulakshmi on August 5, 2016.
• Concert at New York - 15/5/2016, where her concert was attended by the CEO of Pepsi Indira Nooyi.
• Concert at the Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival, on 26 March 2016 where Aishwarya and her sister S. Saundarya repeated the Historic United Nations concert sung by their great-grandmother and grandmother 50 years back at the United Nations, New York.
• Concert at Krishna Gana Sabha on September 16, 2013 where she was accompanied by none other than the Great Mridangam Maestro Sangitha Kalanidhi Dr.T.K.Murthy.
• Concert at the former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence on the occasion of the release of the book MS & Radha - A saga of Steadfast Devotion in the presence of Sitar Bharat Ratna Pandit Ravishankar.

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