S. Aishwarya

S.Aishwarya
S.Aishwarya
Birth name	S.Aishwarya
Born	27 October 1995 (age 29); Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
Genres	Carnatic music,
Occupation	Carnatic Classical Vocalist
Years active	2007–present
Website	[1]

S.Aishwarya born on 27 October 1995 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 & Gurus

Aishwarya was born to Geetha Shrinivasan and V. Shrinivasan into the family of M.S. Subbulakshmi and Radha Viswanathan. She has a younger sister named S.Saundarya, who is also a musician herself and accompanies her in concerts and tours. Aishwarya was initiated into music at the young age of four by her great-grandmother M.S.Subbulakshmi and her grandmother Radha Viswanathan. She has also been training under Karnataka Kalashree Vidushi Jambu Kannan for the past 16 years. She also learns Hindustani vocal from Pandit Nagaraja Rao Havaldar and Sri Omkarnath Havaldar. Aishwarya is also a vainika and learnt the veena from Vidwan Sri.A.Shankararaman and presently under Smt.B.Nagalakshmi (Karaikudi Bani). Aishwarya also learns western classical and plays the piano.

On February 4, 2018, S.Aishwarya got married to Dr.R.S.Muthukumaran.

Awards and recognitions

Year	Honour	Honouring bestowed or presented by
2017	Yuva Kala Bharati	Bharat Kalachar, Chennai
2017	SVN Rao Award for Youth Excellence	Sri Rama Seva Mandali, Bangalore
2017	Vocational Excellence Award	Rotary Club , Chennai
2017	Young Woman Achiever Award	AMN Global Group, Chennai
2016	Ambassador of Classical Arts	Connecticut General Assembly , USA
2016	Best Young Carnatic Vocalist and Rising Star of Indian Classical Music	AMN Global Group, Chennai
2016	Young Achiever Award	A3 Foundation, Chandigarh
2016	M.S.Subbulakshmi Sangeetha Puraskar	M.S.Subbulakshmi Foundation, Varkala, Kerala
2016	M.S.Subbulakshmi Centenary Award	Trinity Fine Arts, Chennai
2016	Sangeetha Parampara Puraskar	Kalalaya, San Jose
2016	Kaveri Kannada Award	Kannada Koota, Washington DC
2015	Most Promising Artist of the Year – Dr.Chithra Narayanaswamy Award	Brahma Gana Sabha
2015	T.K.Govinda Rao Award	Sri Krishna Gana Sabha
2011	Madurai Mani Iyer Award	Sri Krishna Gana Sabha

Concerts

Concert at the World Bank, Washington DC April 2018^{[citation needed]}
Concert at the Indian Embassy, Washington DC^{[citation needed]}
Concert at the Madras Music Academy on 16 September 2016 on the occasion of the 100th birthday of Subbulakshmi^{[citation needed]}
Concert on the occasion of 75 Years of Kalki and 100th birthday of Subbulakshmi on 5 August 2016^[3]
Concert at the Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival, on 26 March 2016 where Aishwarya and her sister S. Saundarya repeated the concert of their great-grandmother and grandmother 50 years previously at the United Nations, New York^[4]
Concert at Krishna Gana Sabha on September 16, 2013 where she was accompanied by the mridangam player T. K. Murthy^[5]
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 player Ravi Shankar^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "In the big league". The Hindu. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
^ A genius who always challenged the age-old conventions of Carnatic music By SRIJA NASKAR 1 October 2016
^ Govind, Ranjani (15 September 2016). "Memories cherished" – via The Hindu.
^ Govind, Ranjani (11 March 2016). "Recreating the legend of M.S. Subbulakshmi" – via The Hindu.
^ Shivashankar, Praveen (29 January 2015). "Taking a legacy forward" – via The Hindu.

Family & Gurus

Awards and recognitions

Concerts

References

Further reading