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'Rajini Hariharan

Rajini Hariharan is a very senior Carnatic Musician and a Postgraduate in Music (Sangita alankar) from Gandharva MahaVidyalaya, giving a lot of performances both at the national & international level. She is a very senior disciple of Sangita Kalanidhi Dr. B. Rajam Iyer. She has learnt a lot of rare Muthuswamy Dikshidar Kritis from her Guru. She regularly gives performances in all the renowned Sabhas during the Music Season and also gives a lot of thematic concerts. She has been awarded with NCA Excellence Award during the year 2011 and Dasakalamani Award from Purandaradasr Bhakta samajam and recently she has been bestowed with the Award “Isai Kalaivani”from the Lions Clubs International, Dist.324 A1 during the lionistic year 2011 and also Sangita Alankar Award during the year 2013. She is presently under the guidance of Smt. Seetha Narayanan, a very renowned and veteran musician.

Lion Rajini Hariharan is not only a Performer but also a great teacher for senior level students in Carnatic Music and gives a lot of lecture demonstrations on various topics, which would be useful to any lay man to understand and listen to music more effectively. She has contributed extensively to the teaching community by being the judge for many national & international music competitions and has travelled to USA, Canada, UK for giving performances and conducting lecture demonstrations. She was invited as Guest speaker to talk about Music therapy and perform a lecture demonstration on Indian classic music at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada in Sept 2012 and Sept 2014. Her music has been well appreciated by everyone and has gained very good reviews.