Bagyalakshmi Chandrasekharan
Carnatic Music - Veena

Smt. Bagyalakshmi Chandrasekharan, hailing from a music loving family, was initiated into Carnatic Vocal Music at the tender age of six and Veena at the age of nine, under the tutelage of Guru Shri.Mudikondan Narayanaswamy Ayyar (disciple of Sangeeta Kalanidhi Shri Mudikondan Venkatarama Ayyar and Kumbakonam Shri Rajamani Shastrigal).

Smt. Bagyalakshmi is a gold-medallist in Music, graduating with a First Rank from the University of Madras (1972).She is a recipient of Government of India Scholarship for Advanced Studies and Training in Veena (1975-77).

Bagyalakshmi has received several prestigious awards from All India Radio, Music Academy and Indian Fine Arts Society, Chennai. A senior A-grade artiste of All India Radio, Bagyalakshmi has been regularly featuring in AIR and Doordarshan programmes including South Zone Hook-ups and National Programmes of Music. She is a panelled artiste of the Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR), Government of India.

The Gayana Samaja, Chintamani conferred the title ‘NADA CHINTAMANI’ on Bagyalakshmi, in recognition of her virtuosity on the Veena, in the year 2008.

She is an artiste who established herself with firm conviction in tradition coupled with aptitude for integrating innovative and interesting aspects of music into her rendition. With excellent grasp of the raga system, she is known for expounding the beauty and grandeur of the ragas on the Veena. Her virtuosity on the instrument, notably playing swaraprastharas with clarity, facility and precision, earned several accolades. She received wide appreciation for her matured, chaste and soothing rendition with a fine blend of sahityabhava, with the gayaki’s style of playing this instrument.

Bagyalakshmi has been performing full-fledged concerts on the Veena from the age of twelve, in various parts of the country and all over the world.