S. Sowmya is an acclaimed Carnatic vocalist, scholar, and educator renowned for her significant contributions to Indian classical music. Trained initially by her father Srinivasan and later under the distinguished gurus S. Ramanathan and T. Muktha, she made her concert debut at the age of 11 and has been a regular performer at The Music Academy for over three decades. A recipient of prestigious honours including the Sangeetha Kalanidhi and Isai Perarignar awards, she currently serves as the Vice Chancellor of Tamil Nadu Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Music and Fine Arts University. Holding Master\u2019s degrees in Chemistry and Indian Music, along with a Ph.D. from the University of Madras, Sowmya is equally respected as a researcher, mentor, author, and co-founder of Carnatica.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
S. Sowmya is an acclaimed Carnatic vocalist, scholar, and educator renowned for her significant contributions to Indian classical music. Trained initially by her father Srinivasan and later under the distinguished gurus S. Ramanathan and T. Muktha, she made her concert debut at the age of 11 and has been a regular performer at The Music…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bios"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
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S. Sowmya is an acclaimed Carnatic vocalist, scholar, and educator renowned for her significant contributions to Indian classical music. Trained initially by her father Srinivasan and later under the distinguished gurus S. Ramanathan and T. Muktha, she made her concert debut at the age of 11 and has been a regular performer at The Music Academy for over three decades. A recipient of prestigious honours including the Sangeetha Kalanidhi and Isai Perarignar awards, she currently serves as the Vice Chancellor of Tamil Nadu Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Music and Fine Arts University. Holding Master\u2019s degrees in Chemistry and Indian Music, along with a Ph.D. from the University of Madras, Sowmya is equally respected as a researcher, mentor, author, and co-founder of Carnatica.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"