about Aishwarya Vaithyanathan
Aishwarya Vaithyanathan is a passionate musician hailing from Coimbatore, currently residing in Chennai. Her music journey began at the age of 5. She has a natural grasping capacity for music. Good in light music too with many lyrics at her finger tips - thanks to the idiot box.
Her voice has already been adjudged as EXCELLENT by various TV channels, sabhas and other music organisations. She has been featured in a lot of TV shows and other sabhas all over India. She is a promising asset to the current generation of carnatic musicians. Her passion and command over the art has earned her appreciations from various musicians and eminent personalities including Swami. Dayananda Saraswathi, Smt. Latha Rajinikanth, Chinnakuyil Chitra Amma and many more. She has also won many awards at the state and National level for Carnatic Music.
Her exposure to various schools of Carnatic music makes her style very unique and versatile. She dreams of taking Carnatic Music to various parts of the globe and also feels that she is just an instrument to pass on the art form, from the previous generation to the next generation. Hence she is actively involved in teaching music to students (of all age groups) and already has a bunch of students learning from her all over the globe.
About Guru:
Smt. Pitchamal Chandrasekaran
Music has been a part of Aishwarya's family since childhood. Her basics in Carnatic Music were honed by her own grandmother Smt. Pitchamal Chandrasekaran who is a veteran music teacher in coimbatore for the past 60 years. Smt. Pitchamal Chandrasekaran has performed in her early stages of musical career all over India and has carved a niche for herself. She has attracted a lot of rasikas through her mesmerising voice and she is known for her repertoire of having mastered a lot of rare krithis of a wide range of composers.
Shri. Pandanallur Chandrasekaran
Aishwarya's next guru is Shri. Pandanallur Chandrasekara Bhagavathar who has indeed played a vital role in shaping her musical skills. Chandrasekara bhagavathar belongs to the very famous tradition of "Pandanallur Bani". He is known for his extraordinary skills of raga alapana singing and has trained a lot of students in the last 70 years. His shisya parampara is widely spread all over the globe and most of them are successful performing artists. Aishwarya has been very fortunate to have learnt music from him during her early stages.
The Music Academy, Madras
Aishwarya has completed the Advanced training in Carnatic Music from The Music Academy, Madras under the guidance of eminent personalities like Sangeetha Kalanidi. Smt. R. Vedavalli, Sangita Kalanidi. Shri. Tirussur. R. Ramachandran, Smt. Suguna Varadachari, Smt. Shyamavala Venkateswaran, Dr. R.S.Jayalakshmi, Dr. Ritha Rajan, Dr.S.Sowmya, Dr. Sriram Parasuram, Dr. Prema Rengarajan and many more.
