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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...

Shruti Sadolikar Katkar (b. 1951) is an Indian classical singer of the khyal style in the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana. Adolikar was born into a sugar-mill owning family from Kolhapur which was known for its musical tradition. She received training in Indian classical music from childhood. Her initial training was given by her father, Wamanrao Sadolikar, who was taught by the founder of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana, Alladiya Khan, and his son Bhurji Khan. After her father, Sadolikar learnt music for twelve years from Gulubhai Jasdanwala, who was known for his large collection of raga compositions, including compositions in rare ragas. Sadolikar earned...

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...

Shruti Haasan (born January 28, 1986) is an Indian singer and actress. Her parents are the noted actors, Kamal Haasan and Sarika. Shruti Haasan has sung in various Indian movies including Thevar Magan (Tamil), Chachi 420 (Hindi) and Hey Ram (Bilingual - both Hindi and Tamil). Shruti Haasan has most recently sung the song "Adiye Kolluthe" in a 2008 Tamil film, Gautham Menon's Vaaranam Aayiram, under the composition of Harris Jayaraj. As of October 2008, Shruti Haasan, as lead singer of "Shruti Haasan and the Extramentals", is midway through her untitled debut album (English, fusion), which she has composed, written...