Prof. G.N. Nagamani Srinath is an internationally reputed Karnatak classical vocal musician. She is a multifaceted personality, a combination of a teacher, educationalist, composer, author, organiser, administrator, director and philanthropist. She has served in the field of art for over the past six decades and is an ‘A Top’ artiste of AIR and Doordarshan.
Gold medals for academic excellence, titles, awards, appreciation, citations and laurels have followed throughout her career for her outstanding contributions, few of them being Central Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar (First Karnataka lady Artiste for Karnatak Music), Ganayogi Panchakshari Gawai Rashtreeya Prashasti (First artiste to receive this highest National Award from Karnataka Government for Lifetime Achievement), Rajyotsava Prashasti & Sangeeta Kalacharya – Madras Music Academy.
She is an internationally reputed musician, who started performing solo concerts at a very young age of 9. She has performed all across India and abroad including USA, Canada, UK, UAE, Singapore, Australia, Malaysia and many more countries and has chaired and performed at numerous prestigious Conferences and Festivals.
She served as Professor and Head of the Department of Music at Government Maharani’s College in Mysuru and Jain University in Bengaluru for over 40 years.
She is a composer of more than 200 kritis. Furthermore, she has authored many books. Presently, she is an Executive Board Member of Central Sangeet Natak Akademi.
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