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Varijashree Venugopal | |
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| Birth name | Varijashree Venugopal |
| Born | 6 March 1991 Bangalore, India |
| Occupations | Singer, Flautist |
| Years active | 1991–present |
Varijashree Venugopal, born in Bangalore, India on 6 March 1991, is an Indian singer and flautist. [1]
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Varijashree Venugopal | |
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| Birth name | Varijashree Venugopal |
| Born | 6 March 1991 Bangalore, India |
| Occupations | Singer, Flautist |
| Years active | 1991–present |
Varijashree Venugopal, born in Bangalore, India on 6 March 1991, is an Indian singer and flautist. [1]
Varijashree was born to an Indian Brahmin family of HS Venugopal and TV Rama both accomplished musicians. She was found to have the rare ability to identify about 40 ragas at the tender age of one and a half and about 200 ragas at the age of 4. She was initially trained by her father. Varijashree began undergoing formal training in Carnatic music under Vidhushi H. Geetha at the age of 4. She has also been learning a few rare compositions from Vidhushi Vasantha Srinivasan and Vidwan D.S. Srivatsa. At present she has been learning higher music lessons under the tutelage of Gaanakalanidhi Vidwan Salem P. Sundaresan. She has also been undergoing flute training under her father Vid. H. S. Venugopal from the past twelve years. She gave her first rendering at the Bangalore Gayana Samaja at the age of seven. [1]
Varijashree is part of the Bangalore fusion band "Chakrafonics" along with musicians Praveen D Rao, Ajay Warrier and Pramath Kiran. [2] Chakrafonics is famous for its unique blend of traditional classical music with other genres of music. [3]
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| ‘Kempegowda State Award’ by the Bangalore Corporation | March 1999 |
| ‘Vidyaratan national award’ by Shubaram trust | April 1999 |
| ‘Pearl of Bangalore’ by the Jaycees’ | March 2000 |
| The title ‘Gaanavinodini’ by the Sharada Ashram, Colombo | June 2000 |
| ‘Ananya Naadajyoti Yuva Puraskar’ | 2010 |
| ‘Ananya Pratibhe’ | 2010 |
| KiMA best vocalist | 2013 |
| Suvarna comedy awards - Best female vocalist for 'Darling darling' from movie 'Madarangi' | 2014 |
| Mirchi music best vocalist of the year 2015 for song 'Enla boddade' from movie 'Rose', | 2015 |
| KiMA best vocalist 2014 Television music for 'Kulavadhu' | 2014 |
Varijashree has music albums ‘Arpana’ and ‘Upasana’, and the recently released ‘Mela raga malika’, ‘Bidiru’ and ‘Kaayo enna gopala’ to her credit. She has scored music for the documentary films like ‘Ashtaavadhaana’ directed by Vid. Shataavadhani Dr.R.Ganesh, short films 'Chiguru' and 'Little Treasures' directed by Sri Karthik and Sri Vivek Aaraga. [4] She is featured in several tracks on "Sensurround", the third album of the Italian group "Trio Bobo", a side of the Italian progressive group Elio e le storie tese.
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