Gayathri Venkataraghavan,
Blessed with a sublime, melodious, shruti aligned voice that can traverse different octaves, Gayathri Venkataraghavan has created a niche for herself in the world of Carnatic Music. Her uncanny ability to deliver complex ideas and dwell in creativity, with total ease is an asset.
She has honed her skill through the years making her an extremely sought after artist both in India and abroad.

GURUS
She belongs to the Sishya Parampara of Vidwan Sri. A.Sundharesan and Padma Bhushan Awardee Sri.P.S.Narayanaswamy. She has also learnt from Smt Rajalakshmi and Smt.Rukmini Ramani.

Concert and Style
GV also believes and performs,keeping in mind, the fact that music can calm the mind and remove stress giving happiness to the listener. As a much travelled artist, she recognizes the universality of music and its amazing ability to unite people around the world.
She has held on to the classical idiom even while she enthralled audiences , in festivals across the globe ,like the AdLucem festival in Latvia,Riga,Sydney Music Festival , festivals in USA, Canada, Srilanka,UK,Singapore, Newzealand ,Australia, the Jaffa festival in Israel, Saudi Arabia, Muscat etc.

Collaborations
She is a very versatile and engaging performer and has collaborated with many musicians from other genres.
She has performed alongside the legend Sri M.Balamuralikrishna.
She has sung a jugalbandi with veteran Smt.Lakshmi Shankar and has sung many collaborations with western musicians and Hindustani artists.

 

Awards
 

Other than various concert awards she is a recipient of various awards including
 

• Isai Peroli by Karthik Fine Arts-2008

• Shanmuga Sangeetha Sironmani - Shanmukhananda Sabha Mumbai -2009

• Nada Vallabha by Nada Sudha- 2012

• Life Time Achievement award from Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan-2016

• Meenakshi Award in memory of Smt.M S Subbulakshmi from Madurai Sathguru samajam- 2015

• M.S.Subbulakshmi Award from, Visakha Music Academy , Vishakapatnam-2016

• Bharath Ratna M.S.Subbulakshmi award from Viska Fine Arts, Vishakapatnam

• M S Subbulakshmi Foundation , Kerala-2024

• Sivan Isai Selvi from Papanasam Sivan Trust, Chennai -2019

• Nada Bhushanam by Shanmugananda Sabha, New Delhi -2022

She continues to collaborate with artists from other genres and conduct workshops and seminars to meet young students and serious listeners of music.
She has been actively teaching and conducting workshops, sharing the knowledge she has imbibed, expanded on and practiced. Through her YouTube channel, she has shared ‘A Carnatic Journey (ACJ)’ to support music students, along with ‘Musically Yours,’ where she discusses various aspects of music. These efforts continue to guide and inspire students of Carnatic music.
Many of her albums have been on the bestselling lists, while she continues to enthrall listeners around the globe.

Other Interests
Her various interests include mountaineering and trekking. She also is associated with ANANDAM Old age home and volunteers to help in their activities. She has been part of Theatre and acted in a musical play -Trinity.

Press Extracts 
Incessantly flowing extempore mesmerised the audience by creating a sublime aura and her intense involvement and commitment scintillated the mind commanding wholehearted and unreserved admiration.
Dr.Nataraj. The Hindu, Mangalore Edition

With an accent on melody, the way she embroidered gamaka casements over the contours of chosen raga particularly for raga Kharaharapriya was reflective of her enviable command over Carnatic classical idiom. Be it nifty swarakalpana or fluent neraval, her dexterity came to fore in all its brilliance.
Hindu Vishakapatnam