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Gayathri (full name Gayathri Krishnan, born May 1 1985) is a Dubai-based musician of Indian origin whose works combine rich, soulful vocals, mournful lyricism, lush acoustics and, sometimes, electronic experimentation. She is inspired by, and can be likened to, Regina Spektor, Beth Rowley and Björk. Having grown up in a musical family, an interest in music was almost inevitable. But it wasn't until she began a university degree at 17 that she discovered the full range of musical expression available. There she drew inspiration from blues, jazz and Western indie and alternative genes. But it wasn't until she came home...

E. Gayathri (b. 1959) is an Indian veena player. Gayathri was born on 9th November 1959 to Kamala Aswathama, a veteran veena vidushi and G. Aswathama, a popular film music director of telugu cinema. She started playing the veena at a very young age, making her public debut at a concert in Karpaga Vinayagar temple in R.A. Puram. In1968, when Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha, Triplicane invited her to participate in their Saint Thyagaraja Festival, she was only nine years old. Her performance was a resounding success in front of a huge audience of musicologists and experts. P. Sambamurthy, the renowned...

Smt. Gayathri Venkataraghavan,began her training in carnatic music at a young age under the tutelage of Smt.Rajalakshmi and then under Smt. Padma Veeraraghavan, a disciple of Palaghat Sri.K.V.Narayanaswamy. She was also trained in various Kritis by Smt.Rukmini Ramani, Sri.V.Subramaniam and Smt.Lakshmi Natarajan. Her advanced training was under Acharya Choodamani Late Sri.A.Sundaresan . He was an outstanding musician and a dedicated Guru, and a disciple of Sri.C.V.Krishnamurthy Iyer, Sri.Ramnad Krishnan and Alathur Sri.Sivasubramanya Iyer. Gayathri is presently under the guidance of Padma Bhushan Sri. P.S.Narayanaswamy. At an young age as Gayathri Ramani, she has won a number of prizes in inter-school...

Gayathri Girish is one of the leading Carnatic vocalists of today.[1] An exemplary degree of dedication coupled with an intrinsic leaning towards Carnatic Music, has propelled vocalist Gayathri to the forefront of the classical music domain. Grounded firmly in the roots of classicism, her concerts are more often than not, steeped in improvisational features, be it a seldom heard composition or a Pallavi designed with creativity. Initially trained by Sri Vaigal Gnanaskandan of the Semmangudi school, Gayathri has imbibed some of her boundless Manodharma from the training under veteran Padma Bhushan, Sangeetha Kalanidhi Madurai Sri TN Seshagopalan. She has also...