Students

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Prathibha Nandan
Grew up in a musical atmosphere listening to older sister Vijayalakshmi's Veena, older brother Venugopal's tabla and older sister Pushpa Jagadish who is also her first guru in sugama sangeetha. She's divided time between her love for music and rearing 2 wonderful children. She's received huge support from her family, specially husband Dr. Raghunandan.  Prathibha feels Gaana Sudha is like her extended family and Somasundaram Sir like her father.  Even her Mother-in-law feels that way!

Student since: 1996
Favorite Gaanasudha compositions: Guru deva, O nanna chetana, Mohana murali

Sameer Bharadwaj

For Sameer, it has been a satisfying journey with music from childhood through college and career. He manages a busy career in IT and has been 'Ness Idol' and has given concerts in Devotional music. His audio releases include Mudisona Hosadeepa and Hoobana with Gaanasudha and Irumudi in the devotional genre. Sameer also plays guitar as a hobby.
Student since: 2003
Favorite Gaanasudha composition: Yello dooradi jinuguva hanigale, Mugila basira bayalininda, O edeya kogile

Sagar

Started seriously studying music in 2004, but which he learned by listening to songs. He opines that he got a great platform to perform and learn music and skills to perform on stage from Gaanasudha though he has performed earlier for his company Aditya Birla Minacs. His first stage performance and recording happened with Gaanasudha. He is really proud to be a part of Gaanasudha and Somasundaram Sir’s Student.  He feels it has given him an identity in the music world.
Student since: 2004
Favorite Gaanasudha composition: Yello dooradi jinuguva hanigale, Mugila basira bayalininda, O edeya kogile

Leela Somasundaram
Leela has successfully compered and sung for Gaanasudha programmes since the early years. Having a B.A in Music has only furthered her appreciation for Gaanasudha compositions and rich lyrics of Karnataka's leading poets set to mellifluous tunes.

Nandini Ganesh

Nandini has been listening to and singing Gaanasudha compositions since she was a toddler. She has won prizes and accolades in several inter-collegiate and inter-corporate music festivals. She was voted ‘Voice of Sonata’ for 3 consecutive years. She also likes to compere shows and is also a very good choreographer.

Ashwini Somasundaram

Like her elder sister Nandini, Ashwini has also inherited her father's musical talents and grew up listening to and singing Gaanasudha compositions.  She won the Kannada Doordarshan TV show ‘Swara maadhurya’ partnering with her sister Nandini. She has won several inter-corporate contests and was chosen 'Voice of the tournament'. She was part of the Siemens music band and has been emceeing cultural events at both work and for Gaanasudha. She has now taken it up a notch and helped fly Gaanasudha's flag in distant New York.

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