Sukanya Ramgopal
| Full Name | Sukanya Ramgopal |
| Profession | Ghatam |
| Country | India |
| Gurus | Padmasri Vikku Vinayakaram |
| Awards | Best artiste award from Karnataka Sangeetha Nritya Academy, 1982 • Best artiste award from Narada Gaana Sabha, Chennai, 1990 • 'Laya Kala Nidhi' title from Bhandup Fine Arts Society, Mumbai, 2000 • Raaga Tharangini Award from Dr.Semmangudi Srinivasaier, 2000 • 'Layakala Prathibhamani' title and Sri H.Puttachar memorial award from Percussive Arts Centre Bangalore, 2001 • 'Naada Laya Samragni' title from Sree Ramakrishna Bhajana Sabha, Bangalore, 2003 • Best senior ghatam artist prize from Music Academy, Chennai, 2007 • 'Laya Vadya Chathura' title from Anna Nagar Music Circle Trust and Sadguru Sangeetha Vidyalaya, 2008 • Felicitated by the Ayyanar College of Music, Bangalore, 2008 • 'Artiste of the Year' award from the Bangalore Gayana Samaj, 2009 |
| Information | Sukanya Ramgopal is one of India's few performing Carnatic female ghatam artists. Sukanya starred as a violinist with T. H. Gurumurthy (brother of T. H. "Vikku" Vinayakram) before switching to mridangam and ghatam with T. H. "Vikku" Vinayakram for 20 years. In 1992, she was the first to perform on the ghatam tharangam (a set of tuned ghatam). She has performed with the all-female instrumental ensembles in India called Sri Taal Tarang and Karnataka Mahila Laya Madhuri. Sukanya was among the 14 female artistes selected in the year 2006 by the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya in Chandigarh and Madhukali in Bhopal, for mastering and excelling in playing musical instruments predominantly in the male domain. |
| Program |
Date : Sunday,14th Dec, 2014 10:00 AM Sabha : SRI THYAGA BRAHMA GANA SABHA VANI MAHAL, 103, G.N. Road,T. Nagar, Chennai - 600 017 Ranjani Venkatesh(Mridangam) J.Yogavandana(Veena) Sowmya Ramachandran(Violin ) Bhagyalakshmi(Moharsing) Date : Friday,26th Dec, 2014 9:00 AM Sabha : THE MUSIC ACADEMY MADRAS T-T- Krishnamachari Auditorium 168.T.T.K. Road, Chennai - 600 014 Bhagyalakshmi M.Krishna(Moharsing) Mullaivasal G.Chandramouli(Violin ) Shertallai R. Ananthakrishnan(Mridangam) Sukanya Ramgopal(Ghatam) Date : Wednesday,31st Dec, 2014 6:45 PM Sabha : Brahma Gana Sabha Smt. Sivagami Pethachi Auditorium (M.Ct.M. School), Luz Church Road, Mylapore, Chennai - 600 004. Charulatha Ramanujam(Violin ) H.S.Sudhindira Sukanya Ramgopal(Ghatam) |
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