

Now you can get handpicked stories from Telangana Today on Telegrameveryday. Sivasri is finding new ways to make classical music more relevant amidst calls for diversity and the dawning of the digital age. She was also awarded the “Yuva Samman Award 20 – 21” by the MOP Vaishnav College for Women, for outstanding contributions by a young woman for Performing Arts. The award “Bharata Kala Choodamani” was conferred on her by the Chidambaram Kanakasabapathy trust for choreographing, teaching, and conducting a Bharatnatyam presentation by nearly 8,000 students from all over South India. She performed at the annual Thyagaraja Festival at Cleveland in the United States in 2008 and the numerous prizes won by her in highly reputed competitions across the country stand as a testament to her musical prowess. A musical concert that I attended at Raghavendra Swamy Mutt in Mantralayam had me in tears and is one of the most memorable ones for me,” shares Sivasri, who is also into modelling. “There are a few turning points in my life which made me realise my passion for music. Though her interest was in Bharatanatyam since she was three years old, she believes music happened to her naturally. Hyderabad: Born into a musical family, Tamil Nadu-based Sivasri Skandaprasad picked up singing at a very young age.

This B Tech graduate from SASTRA University in Thanjavur has also sung many ad jingles for Gold Winner, Saravana Stores, and Sakthi Masala. Published: Published Date - 05:34 PM, Tue - 8 March 22. Sivasri is currently running Ahuti, an e-school for Bharatanatyam and Carnatic Music, with an aim to sustain the traditional values. The young artiste is undergoing training in music under AS Murali and Acharya Choodamani and Roja Kannan for Bharatanatyam. She has been giving individual performances and solo dance recitals for more than a decade now at most of the well-known Sabhas like The Music Academy, Narada Gana Sabha, Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, and Brahma Gana Sabha to name a few.
