Aishwarya Vidhya Raghunath

arshan, Aishwarya has the honour of being the disciple of musical stalwarts - Sangita Kalaacharya (Late) Smt Seethalakshmi Venkatesan, Padma Bhushan Sri P S Narayanaswamy and Sangeetha Kala Sagaram Smt Vegavahini
Vijayaraghavan, thus being moulded into the Semmangudi bhani and the Veena Dhanammal bhani. She is hence among the few performing musicians accomplished in the rendition of Padams and Javalis – a rare offering in today’s concerts. Aishwarya was awarded the Government of India scholarship (Ministry of Culture) between the years 2008-2010. Aishwarya spent her childhood soaking in the music of the masters. MS Subbulakshmi’s music, which was one of her greatest influences as a child. Seethalakshmi Venkatesan once remarked, “This child is like camphor! She grasps music like the camphor does fire!”. Aishwarya would pick up smatterings of music from various recordings and burst into song at every opportunity. Her first performance was at the age of 13 and there was no looking back. Some of her noteworthy performances include those at The Madras Music Academy, Shanmukhananda Sabha (Mumbai),
The Cleveland Tyagaraja Utsavam (USA), Narada Gana Sabha (Chennai), Krishna Gana Sabha (Chennai), Bharati Kala Manram (Toronto), The Senbaga Vinayaka Temple (Singapore), The
Bangalore Gayana Samaja, to name a few. Aishwarya has presented Carnatic Music to a variety of audiences, including many national and international academic forums. To her credit, she has had her concerts recorded and released by Rajalakshmi Audio and Charsur. Aishwarya has also had the distinction of accompanying her guru, Smt Seethalakshmi Venkatesan
for the AIR National Programme in 2012. She has had numerous write-ups, reviews and articles in the country’s leading newspapers and
magazines, namely, The Hindu, The Deccan Herald, Know Your Star, Sruti, Femina, Dinamalar and Rajasthan Patrika. By virtue of her penchant for writing, Aishwarya has also written articles
and contributed to different magazines. Academically, Aishwarya is a Biotech Engineer. A merit scholar and among the toppers throughout her engineering course, she worked as an Executive at Biocon, and is now a full-time music professional. Aishwarya is also a talented artist; she is proficient in oil painting, acrylic painting, water colours and charcoal drawings. In April 2017, Aishwarya’s art was recognized by Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath through the exhibition, Akanksha. She was among 50 working women chosen from different walks of life with considerable interest in art & painting. Aishwarya is an ardent traveller. Her natural talent for art has since blossomed into a passion for photography. And the gamut of her photography encompasses her interests in art, travel, music,
nature and wildlife.