Online Concerts NOVEMber 2021

Dear Patrons,

We have two concerts planned for November. Please plan to join and encourage the artists. It will be live on our Youtube channel.

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Regards,

LOTUS core team

Shravani Venkatesh (Vocal)

Shravani Venkatesh is a disciple of Guru Smt. Preetha Sheshadri and has been learning Carnatic Vocal Music for the past 8 years. She has participated and won prizes in competitions including Papanasam Sivan, Maitreyi, and Annamayya. Outside of singing, Shravani also learns piano and clarinet. Additionally, she studied at the California Tamil Academy for 10 years and graduated with distinction. She is a rising sophomore at Cupertino High School and loves to bake in her free time.

Ranjana Rajagopalan (Violin)

Ranjana Rajagopalan is a vocal and violin disciple of Smt. Lavanya Kothandaraman. She has also had the opportunity to learn from Vidwan Sri. R. K. Shriramkumar on multiple occasions. Ranjana was one of the two violin accompanists for the 2.5 hour concert recital of the Sustaining Sampradaya concert in 2019 at Cleveland Aradhana. She is 15 years old and is a Junior at Fremont High School in Sunnyvale, CA.

Besides music, Ranjana likes to entertain her little brother, work on craft and painting projects with her mother and sister, watch NBA games with her father, read novels and bake goodies.

Raghav S Iyer (Mridangam)

Raghav S Iyer is a student of Nandi Laya Vidyalaya and has been learning mridangam under the tutelage of Guru Shri. Natarajan Srinivasan for the past 5 years. He also learns vocal music from Smt. Preetha Sheshadri. He has accompanied several events in the Bay Area. Apart from this he learns vedas from his grandfather Shri S. Hariharan. He is a sophomore at Portola High School, Irvine and enjoys Wrestling.

Pramithi Kalluri (Veena)

Pramithi started learning Carnatic Vocal at the age of four from her mother Smt. Lakshmi Kalluri, and Veena at a later stage. She is currently learning Veena from Sri Veena D. Sreenivas. Also, she is under the guidance of Sri R. K. Shriramkumar and Vidushi Amritha Murali for vocal. Pramithi is a Sophomore at Leland High School and is involved in various school activities. She has taken part in many competitions. She recently won Second place in Samaa Arts Global Instrumental Competition, First place in Papanasam Sivan Instrumental Competition, and First place in OSAAT Instrumental Competition. Pramithi also won prizes in many vocal competitions. She performs on the Veena as main artist and accompaniment on a regular basis.

Bhargav Nemani (Mridangam)

Bhargav is a disciple of Sri Patri Satish Kumar. He has been learning mridangam for over 6 years. He is currently learning carnatic vocal from Smt. Vasudha Ravi. He has participated in Cleveland Tayagaraja festival and won local mridangam competitions.

He is in 8th grade at Bret Harte Middle School.