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Bombay Jayashri Ramnath

Born to Shri N.N.Subramanaim and Smt Seetha, both steeped in pedigree Carnatic Music Jayashri was groomed in her initial years in Carnatic Music by her parents. While she would naturally wake up every morning to the strains of her father's practice sessions, growing up in the hustle and bustle of Bombay exposed her to all forms of music ...ranging from the Ghazals of Mehdi Hassan....to Hindustani classical forms as well.
Jayashri's regimented initiation into music was under her father's guidance at the age of four. Her first krithi was Dikshithar's Santhana Gopalakrishnam in Khamas. Under the tutelage of Smt TR Balamani, Jayashri took to the path of pursuing her music seriously and added substantively to her repertoire. She was quickly into concert performances in her teens and in 1989, she had the rare privilege of enrolling as disciple of legend Shri Lalgudi Jayaraman. From here on there was no looking back. Gaining deeper insight into the richness and beauty of this great art from a Guru who has mastered and demonstrated every aspect of Carnatic Music, Jayashri's career took wings and she has been growing from strength to strength. Harnessing a facile and mellifluous voice with restraint and dignity she presents her music with a rare charisma which invariably draws a large listening public to her concerts.
Today, Jayashri occupies an important place in Carnatic Music's hierarchy and makes bold to becoming-along with an exclusive band of colleagues in the profession-a name to be reckoned with and remembered well into the next millenium.
Jayashri's career in the field of Carnatic Music really took a quantum leap in 1992 at Chennai. A star performer amongst the youth she drew crowds in large numbers with the intoxicating quality in her music. She has performed nationwide and in the USA, Canada, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and the Middle East. Two memorable concerts in her career which Jayashri cherishes were :
When she performed for The Paramacharya at the Kancheepuram Mutt during His Kanakabhishekam.
Performance at Shri Satya Saibaba's Seventieth Birthday at Puttaparthi.
She has been awarded the titles of Yuvakalabharathi in 1992, and Isai Peroli in 1998. Jayashri has released nineteen albums so far of which three are light classical and devotional titles , which have captured the imagination of the masses. These are
Listener's Choice by Inreco.
Radha Madhavam by Inreco.
Devi by Inreco
Rare Blend of Raga and Sahitya by Magnasound.
Your Favorites by Vani
A Classical Double by Sangeetha
Shambo Mahadeva by Sangeetha
Amritham by Inreco
Anubhavam by Inreco
There are several more in the offing.

Her other achievements include, representing Carnatic Music in the Festival of Asian Performing Arts held in Singapore in 1995. She has to tune Vande Mataram rendered by her peers and herself for the specific occasion of celebrating India's 50 year of Independence. She has also had the privilege of singing under the baton of music composers belonging to 3 generations - Shri.M.S.Vishwanath, Shri.Ilaya Raja and Shri.A.R.Rahman.

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