Orchestra
Deepa Natarajan
Guru (Teacher) - Nattuvangam
Deepa Natarajan is a renowned Bharatnatyam dance guru and the teacher at Nrithya Geethanjali School of Dance in Potomac, MD.
She will be playing the Nattuvangam as part of the orchestra. Nattuvangam is cymbals played to set rhythm during the performance.
Jaishree Krishnamoorthy
Vocals
Jaishree Krishnamoorthy is a professional musician in the Virginia, Maryland and Washington DC Metro area. Jaishree sings in a variety of genres and styles ranging from Carnatic, ghazals, abhangs, bhajans to film music. She is a leading artist in the Northern VA - DC area providing vocal support for Arangetrams and Rangapraveshams.
Jaishree obtained her Master’s degree in Carnatic Music at the University of Madras. In addition, she has received classical music training under the guidance of Sri. N Ramanathan, Smt.Prameela Gurumurthy, Smt Suguna Varadachary, Smt.R.S.Jayalakshmi, Malladi Sri Ravikumar and Dr. Sriram Parasuram. She was trained in Hindustani classical vocal by Shri Ullal Bangalore.
She has been a playback singer and worked alongside a variety of artists ranging from Vempati Chinnasatyam, Dr. KJ Yesudas, Vidyasagar, Devi Sriprasad, Gangai Amaran, Dr PB Srinivasan among others.
Vijay Gopalakrishnan
Mridangam
Vijay Ganesh is a seasoned musician and started learning this divine art at the age of 6 under the great and illustrious master: Vidwan Late Sri. Kumbakonam Rajappa Iyer.
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Over the years, Vijay Ganesh has established himself as a fine Mridangam player. He has performed extensively in music and dance festivals in India and USA. He has accompanied many eminent Carnatic musicians, vocalists and instrumentalists. He has also played in over 150 dance Arangetrams.
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Vijay has won several awards from Madras Music Academy, Sri Krishna Gana Sabha and other organizations for his excellence in mridangam.
Samapriya Dandibhotla
Violin
Samapriya had her initial vocal training with her mother, Smt. Lavanya Ghantasala, and further guidance from Sri VK Raman. She has been learning violin from Sri Subhash Vinjamuri Garu for over a decade. She has won numerous awards in multiple categories at the Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana.
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Samapriya has been performing in the Washington DC Metro area, and in sabhas around the US including Sankara Netralaya, SR Fine Arts, and Mani Krishnaswamy Academy.
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In India, Samapriya has been performing at the Chennai December Season music festivals a key cultural event of the region as well as at other places in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
