Nisha Rajagopal
Nisha P. Rajagopal (Tamil: நிஷா ராஜகோபாலன்) (born 22 October 1980), is a Carnatic music musician. Her mother, Vasundhara Rajagopal, is an established disciple of Gopala Iyer, a descendant of Koteeswara Iyer, the prominent composer.[1] Nisha commenced her training in vocal music from her mother, and later received training from T. R. Subramaniam, Calcutta Krishnamoorthy, Suguna Varadachary, and P. S. Narayanswamy.[1][2]
She is an A grade artiste of All India Radio, Chennai and an accredited artiste with the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR).[3]
Family
Nisha was resident in Toronto, Canada with her parents, as her father Rajagopal was employed there. She is the middle one of three daughters. She moved with her mother and sisters to New Delhi to learn music from Professor T. R. Subramaniam. In 1995 her father found a job in Chennai, and they all moved to Chennai. Nisha's husband, Arvind, is a pilot. They have a son, Vidyut, born in 2014.[4]
Awards and Felicitations
She has received the following awards:[5][3]
- The Hindu Saregama M S Subbulakshmi Award (first ever recipient of the award) (2011)[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Sruti Magazine - March 2007 Issue". Archived from the original on 2009-07-03. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
- ↑ "The Hindu : Absorbing recital". Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Nisha Rajagopalan". salzburgerfestspiele. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ↑ Lakshmi Venkatraman (19 November 2013). "Gene Passes On..." sabhash.com. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ↑ "Vidushi.Nisha Rajagopalan". sraavyam.com. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ↑ "Nisha Rajagopal, first recipient of The Hindu Saregama MS Subbulakshmi Award". The Hindu. 31 March 2011.
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