Srilatha Sundararajan

Srilatha Sundararajan (born May 21, 1966) is a classical music vocalist, well educated in the Carnatic tradition of Indian classical music.
Introduction
Srilatha is a matured Carnatic vocalist with a rich voice. She has been appreciated well for her
rendering with passionate devotion. Hailing from a musical family, she had a very conducive
atmosphere to nurture the classical touch of Carnatic music. This also enabled her to imbibe the
chaste rendering of kritis, which is quite unique to Sangeetha Kalanidhi Prof. S. Ramanathan, her Guru. She along with
her sister released a cassette on Divyadesa Kirtanas rendering the compositions of her
grandfather Shri. Aravamudachariar. Her father Shri A. Srinivasaraghavan,who
is an accomplished A-grade vocalist of AIR Chennai and disciple of Late Sangeetha Kalanidhi Shri. G. N. Balasubramaniam, ably guided this, . She married Shri V. Sundararajan in 1990. She has been performing both within India and abroad over the last several
years. Most recent being, she had the privilege and blessings of performing a three hour concert
at the Asthana Mandapam of Thirumala Devasthanam, Thirupathi.
Currently Teaching music to about 15 disciples at home and also a Visiting Faculty of Center for
Performing Arts, University of Pune.
Training
Srilatha has been been singing since the age of three. Music is not only a profession but a
passion to her. Shri. Kittamani Iyer of Shri Krishna Gana Sabha, Chennai, gave an initial formal
training. She continued and enriched her musical knowledge under the tutelage of Late Prof. S.Ramanathan, a well known vocalist and a musicologist over a period of about eight years. This
molded her into a budding vocalist and helped her win many music competitions at the inter-school
and inter-collegiate levels. She also had a brief training under the guidance of Shri B.G.V.
Ramanan (from Dikshitar School of Kolkata) and Smt. Lalitha Sivakumar ( daughter-in-law of D. K. Pattammal).
Currently, she is guided by her father Shri. A. Srinivasaraghavan.
Recognitions
* 1986-87 : inter-college competitions and prizes at Chennai Music College, Indian Institute of Technology and DG Vaishnav College to name a few. Competitions conducted by various sabhas namely Tamil Isai Sangam and Indian Fine Arts Society.
* 1989 : Music Academy fellowship for advanced training
* 1999 : Release of cassette on Divyadesa kritis with her sister Padmini Venkateshan
* 2003 :Privileged to have been invited by a noted Hindustani Vocalist Dr. Prabha Atre to have discussion on Parallel ragas of Hindustani and Carnatic styles which
she incorporated in the new edition of her well acclaimed book “Swaramayee” in
Marathi.
* 2003 onwards: Visiting Faculty at the Center for Performing Arts, University of
Pune; Giving Lecture Demonstrations for Penn-India students at Pune every year
in coordination with Smt. Sucheta Chapekar (a well known Bharatanatyam
Exponent).
* 2009: Recently has been conferred the “Asthana Vidhushi” title by His Holiness
Shri Azhagiyasingar of Ahobhila Matt at Pune.
Performances
* 1987:Youth Festival of India at Moscow through Government of India.
* 1989: AIR Chennai youth music programme
* 1985-90: Thyagaraja Aradhana & Navratri Festivals at Chennai
* 1991: Invited to sing at Sringeri Sharadambal Trust, Chembur, Mumbai
* 1995: Ramanavami Festival, Pune
* 1999: Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
* 2001: Singapore Fine Arts
* 2002: Concerts at Germany at the following places:
# Indo-German Association, Heidelberg.
# Ayurvedic Conference, Stuttgart
# Charity Concert at Heidelberg for Save Our Souls School Children
# Bengali Associations' Durga Pooja at Heidelberg
* 2003 onwards has been performing at Pune for Thyagaraja Aradhana and Navratri
Festivals
* 2006: Thirumala Asthana Mandapam, Thirumala
* 2007: April, Poona Sangeetha Sabha,
# June, Selaiyur
# August, Chennai
* 2008: July, Chennai.
* 2009: July, Monsoon concert titled “Amruthavarshini” at Pune. She composed
a Thillana and Swarajati for the occasion.
* 30 Dec 2009: Performance at Parthasarathyswamy Sabha, at Chennai.
* 2010 : Performance at Basantotsav organized by Bengali Association, Pune.

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