Gayathri Venkataraghavan

Saturday, October 13, 2018 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall

$28 general public; $26 senior citizens, Wesleyan faculty/staff/alumni, non-Wesleyan students; $6 Wesleyan students, youth under 18

Indian singer Gayathri Venkataraghavan’s unique voice has been hailed as one of the richest in Carnatic music, capable of traversing octaves with ease. She is endowed with the rare quality of a strong and melodious voice with perfect pitch alignment. At Wesleyan, she will perform with violinist Mysore Srikanth and B.Sivaraman on mridangam as part of the 42nd annual Navaratri Festival.

Gayathri Venkatraghavan's concert at Wesleyan is co-sponsored by Raga Club of Connecticut. This North American concert tour of Gayathri Venkatraghavan has been sponsored by Indo American Academy of Classical Music (IAACM).

 

Listen to a performance by and interview about the Navaratri Festival with vocalist and Adjunct Associate Professor of Music B. Balasubrahmaniyan and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music David Nelson on mridangam on the Center for the Arts Radio Hour here: