NISHA RAJAGOPAL IS THE FIRST RECIPIENT OF THE HINDU SAREGAMA M.S SUBBULAKSMI AWARD

Nisha P. Rajagopal

NISHA RAJAGOPAL IS THE FIRST RECIPIENT OF THE HINDU SAREGAMA M.S SUBBULAKSMI AWARD

   Carnatic Vocalist  Nisha P. Rajagopal has been chosen as the first recipient of the “The Hindu Saregama M.S Subbulakashmi award. The award was instituted on September 16, 2010, seeks to honour and recognize the merit of a young agnatic vocalist aged between 25 and 35 pursuing music fulltime.

   It has been a long journey for Nisha. Her family moved all the way from Toronto, Canada, to New Delhi, just so she could learn and engage with music at a deeper level

   She spent her first 10 years in Toronto. She began her music lesions with her mother noted Carnatic vocalist Vasundara Rajagopal, in Toronto. It was senior musician and musicologist T.R Subramanyam, fondly known as’ TRS’ in music cireles, who motivated her to come to India. Nisha”sfamily moved to New Delhi soon after and she began her training under TRS.

  Nisha will be presented the award at a grand ceremony to be held on April 11 at  the museum Theatre,Egmore. The former president APJ Abdul kalam will preside over the function, which would also feature Nisha’s performance.

                                                                                                         Prof. John Kurakar