Kum. Spoorthi Rao, 17 years old, is an upcoming carnatic vocalist. Born in Bangalore, she started learning music at the young age of three from her mother Sindhu Rao. Earlier, she learnt from Vid. Yashasvi Subbarao and Sri Narahari Dixit, after which her family moved to Chennai to nurture her talent. She is now under the able guidance and tutelage of the renowned Vidushis Smt. Ranjani and Gayatri for over seven years.

With the blessings of her gurus, she had her arangetram in Rasika Ranjani Sabha as well as her first Margazhi music season in 2019, and has been blessed with opportunities to perform in prestigious platforms.

Some of the awards and recognitions Spoorthi has received include-

• Winner of kala utsav 2020 for classical music, a national level competition conducted by Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.
• KEMPEGOWDA STAGE CIVILIAN AWARD - State Civilian Award by the Government of Karnataka in 2015
• All India Radio ‘child artiste’ at age 8
• Performed internationally-World tour in Canada, Australia, Wembley Arena-London, Singapore, Sri Lanka with legends like SP Balasubramaniam, Shankar Mahadevan, KS Chitra, Vijay Prakash and many others at age 9. Invited to perform a classical concert in Chicago (Chicago Thyagaraja Utsavam) and Malaysia.
• Winner of Airtel Super Singer Junior 4 - a musical reality show by Vijay Television with over 2 crore SMS and online votes from all over the world with judges such as Oscar Awardee Sri. A R Rahman, Padma Bhushan S Janaki, Padma Vibhushan, Sangeetha Kalanidhi Smt. Sudha Raghunathan and Sri TN Seshagopalan, late composer M S Viswanathan, Sri SP Balasubramaniam (she sang a duet with the late legend in a concert in London)
• Spandana Super Singer winner at age 5 in California, a competition held across all states of the United States of America.
• Carnatic Sangeet Samraat 2018 finalist
• Runner up of Times Thyagaraja Awards at age 13.
• Finalist of the Carnatic Quest 2020 by HCL Digital Concerts
• Madras Music Academy - Vocal music for ladies and gents (1st prize) along with prizes in several other categories.
• 5 Million views for Vizhigal Meeno sung in front of late Sri SP Balasubramaniam
• 20 Million/2 Crore views for duet with renowned playback singer Sri Mano in a concert in Australia, 2 Million views for Innudaya Barade from a concert in 2019. Released ‘Baaro Krishnayya’ for Strumm Spiritual YouTube channel with 1M views, along with two other songs for the same music label.

She has been blessed to perform in prestigious sabhas and venues such as-

• Arkay Convention Centre (Madhuradhwani)
• Abbas Kalai Vizha - Kamarajar Arangam and Vani Mahal
• Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Chennai and Coimbatore
• Brahma Gana Sabha
• Bangalore Gayana Samaja
• Bharatiya Saamagaana Sabha - ‘Namastubhyam series’ in the prestigious Chowdiah Memorial Hall, Bengaluru
• Bengaluru Ganesha Utsava (2016 and 2020)
• Chicago Thyagaraja Utsavam 2018
• DD Podhigai TV - Neralayil Isai Alai
• Global Heritage Arts Fest 2020 by Parthasarathy Swami Sabha and International Music Premier League
• Part of Thyagaraja Akhandam by International Music Premier League (50 hours non-stop music which came in Limca Book of Records)
• MadRasana Tinge - a unique series of five themed concerts by five upcoming artistes in front of a green audience of plants, first of its kind in India, conceptualised by Vinay Varanasi and Mahesh Venkateswaran.
• Naada Tanumanisham’ series of concerts for Shivaratri by IMPL and Carnatica global.
• Kartik Fine Arts
• Kedaram Fine Arts - at Raga Sudha Hall and Vani Mahal
• Madras Music Academy-Thyagaraja Aradhana 2020
• Ministry Of Culture, Government of India in association with Samarpana
• Nada Sudha, Velachery
• Raga Sudha Rasa series by Mani Krishnaswami Academy
• SVBC TTD - ‘Sangeetha Sangamam’, a young talent concert series
• Fundraiser online concert for Ministry Of Culture, Government of India in association with Samarpana, an NGO in aid of families of folk artistes, reaching over 150,000 views.
• Udupi Krishna Mutt.
• Vani Mahal - Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha
• Yuva Sangeet Utsav 2021 - Inaugural concert of the series featuring 120 young musicians by Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha
• Online concerts for Mani Krishnaswami Academy, Natana Tarangini Academy, Ranjani Memorial Trust, Malaysia Sugam Heritage Fest and several international organizations
• She has been blessed with the opportunity to perform with senior vidwans like HN Bhaskar, L Ramakrishnan, Vittal Rangan, Senior artiste Ganapathyraman mama, Sai Giridhar, Sumesh Narayan, Ghatam Krishna, Anirudh Athreya, Ghatam Karthik, NC Bharadwaj, KJ Dileep, M Vijay, Sunil Kumar and so on.

Spoorthi is currently studying in Class XI, scored 99% in CBSE Class 10 boards and has affinity towards her academics.

Great Grand Daughters of Bharat Ratna M.S. Subbulakshmi S Aishwarya & S Saundarya are one of the most popular musicians in Carnatic Music from the younger generation. Both of them are the Great Grand Daughters of Bharat Ratna M.S. Subbulakshmi & the Grand Daughters of Dr Radha Viswanathan and indeed the torch bearers of such a precious legacy.

Aishwarya began her first lessons directly from MS Amma and Radha Viswanathan when she was hardly 4 years old on Vijayadashami Day. The huge repertoire of songs which was part of the MS Bani, was painstakingly taught to Aishwarya by her Grandmother Dr Radha for a period of almost 20 years. Aishwarya has also been learning from Karnataka Kalashree Vidushi Smt Jambu Kannan for the last 17 years. She is a proficient Veena player too training in the reputed Karaikudi style from Sri A Shankar Raman and Smt B Nagalakshmi. Aishwarya has won various awards from many organisations most notably being designated as the Ambassador of Classical Arts by the Connecticut State Assembly in 2016. She was named as the rising star of Carnatic Music by the AMN Global Group in March 2017.

She has also won the Vocational Excellence Award from the Rotary Club of India and the Young Achiever Award from the A3 Foundation – Chandigarh in the year 2016 and recently bestowed with the “Pride of India” Award by the Maharashtra Journalists Foundation. S. Saundarya has been learning under the guidance of Sangitha Kala Acharya Smt Neela Ramgopal for 5 years. She is also training on the violin under the tutelage of Smt Anuthama Murali and Sri Vishwajith Mattur. Saundarya is an upcoming dancer too training under the Vazhuvoor Bani from Smt Sumitra Nitin. Saundarya is extremely accomplished in Western Violin too having completed her Grade 3 with distinction from Associated Board of the Royal School of Music – London (ABRSM) in Nov 2019. Saundarya too has been conferred with the “Pride of India” Award by the Maharashtra Journalist Foundation.

Both the sisters Aishwarya & Saundarya also learn Hindustani Music under Pandit Nagaraj Rao Havaldar and Sri Omkarnath Havaldar. In Oct 2017 both the sisters Aishwarya & Saundarya were invited by the Indian Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi to sing at his residence wherein they sang the composition “Maithreem Bhajatha” of Mahaperiaval of Kanchi which was composed for World Peace and sung at the United Nations in 1966 by Smt M S Subbulakshmi & Smt Radha Viswanathan. The sisters are a sensation on Social Media with their videos on Facebook and YouTube garnering over 25 million views Both the sisters are sure to become top notch performers and stars in the field of Music in the not too distant future.

Sriranjani Santhanagopalan (Born 14th March, 1989) is one of the most sought-after musicians in the Carnatic music field today. She is the daughter and disciple of Vidwan Neyveli.Sri.R.Santhanagopalan. She has a consistent record of well-received concerts, and has travelled extensively within India and abroad including almost 25 cities in the United States of America, Singapore, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Australia, New Zealand etc, propagating the divine art of Carnatic music.

Sriranjani also runs a highly successful music school namely, “Sriranjani’s Tapasya”

Some of her work and achievements so far:

• “A” graded artiste of the All India Radio
• “Yuva Purandara” Award from Indira Nagar Sangeetha Sabha, Bangalore, 2018
•  “Oustanding Vocalist” and “Best Vocalist” by the Madras Music Academy for the years 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2019.
• Conducted the prestigious Children’s Carnatic Choir for “Bhoomija foundation for Performing Arts” in 2017
• “Sangeetha Sthree Mani” by Kalalaya, San Jose as a part of the Shastriya Sangeetha Puraskar, 2016
• “Shanmukha Sangeetha Shiromani” award by Shanmukhananda, Mumbai in December, 2015
• Recipient of the “ITC SANGEETH RESEARCH ACADEMY SCHOLARSHIP” from the Government of India, 2008.
• Won concert prizes consecutively for three years from The Music Academy, Madras, namely :- The “Best Vocalist” award for the year 2012, “Best Concert” award,2013 and the “Best Vocalist” in the year 2014
• Four awards for the year 2012 :- “Yuva Kala Bharati” from Bharat Kalachar, the “M.S. Subbulakshmi” award from Narada Gana Sabha, the “D.K.Pattammal” award from Karthik Fine Arts and the “M.L.Vasanthakumari” award from Parthasarathy Swami Sabha
• Honored by the Lion’s Club of Madras recently under the “Isai” category of “Iyal,Isai,Natakam” awards along with Sri.Koothapiran (Natakam) and Smt.Krishnakumari Narendran (Iyal) in 2014
• “Ananda Vikatan Mazhalai Medaigal” award at the age of 4
• Winner of the ALL INDIA RADIO competition (Vocal, Carnatic Music), 2008
•  Received the title- “Sathya Gana Kokila Sundaram” from Bharatanjali Trust in the year 2011
• Frequent appearances in Jaya TV (Margazhi Mahotsavam), Vijay TV, Sun TV, Makkal TV, Vasanth TV, Podhigai, Zee TV, Sankara TV etc.