Rasika Viswanath is an accomplished artist and a well known performer in Chennai music circles. She has had the benefit of learning from renowned gurus such as Smt.Savithri Sathyamurthy (also her grandmother), Bombay Smt.T.R.Balamani, Lalgudi Shri.G.Jayaraman and Late Calcutta Shri K.S.Krishnamurthy. She is currently undergoing advanced training under Smt.Raji Gopalakrishnan.
She has been a recipient of the National Cultural Scholarship (Senior Level) from the Government of India. She has also won the ‘Best Performance – Vocal’ award in the Gokulashtami Series concerts instituted by Krishna Gana Sabha, Chennai. In addition she has won several prizes in competitions at inter-state levels.
She has performed in many prestigious institutions including The Music Academy in Chennai and other cities such as Mumbai, Bangalore, Pune & Hyderabad and in Singapore. She has also performed extensively in classical and light classical music in AIR and in various channels on TV.
MUSICAL LINEAGE
GURUS
Smt. Savithri Sathyamurthy
Shri Lalgudi G Jayaraman
Calcutta Shri K.S. Krishnamurthy
Bombay Smt. T.R. Balamani
Smt.Raji Gopalakrishnan
WORKSHOPS/PROJECTS
‘Performing Techniques in Music’ under Lalgudi Shri. G Jayaraman - 1992
Exclusive ‘Ragam, Tanam , Pallavi’ workshop conducted by Chinglepet Shri Ranganathan co-ordinated by Narada Gana Sabha, Chennai. - June 1997.
PRIZES AND ACHIEVEMENTS
National Talent Search Scholarship for Classical Music (Vocal) 1985 – 1995.
National Cultural Scholarship (Senior Level) from the GOI (1998 –2000).
Won the second prize in the AIR Annual Music Competition in 1994.
Won various prizes in Music Competitions conducted by recognised institutions / Sabhas in and outside Chennai. To quote a few : Music Academy, Mylapore Fine Arts, Indian Fine Arts Society
Won a cash prize in the Interstate Kanakadasa Krithis contest conducted by the Kalidasa Sanskrithika Sangha at Bangalore in June 1994.
Won the ‘Best Performance’ award (Vocal) in the Gokulashtami concert series held at Sri Krishna Gana Sabha in October 1994.
Won the first prize in the Inter State Classical Music Competetion held at Indra Nagar Society, Bangalore in February 1997.
Stage performances/ concerts
Rasika Viswanath has performed in almost all the leading Sabhas in Chennai. In Mumbai & Pune, she has performed at Bhandup Fine Arts, Rasika Ranjani Sabha - Ghatkopar, Chedda Nagar Sri Subramanya Swamy Temple and Pune Fine Arts Society. She has performed in several places like Bangalore, Hyderabad, Madurai, Pollachi, Calicut and Vijaywada. Rasika was selected by Isai Nataka Mandram (Chennai) in vocal category in 1995 and was offered 4 concerts in Southern India. She is a regular performer at Singapore Indian Fine Arts Society (SIFAS - Singapore).