{"id":33682,"date":"2023-10-21T07:00:14","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T01:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/?post_type=story&#038;p=33682"},"modified":"2023-10-26T09:12:36","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T03:42:36","slug":"sooryagayathri-the-carnatic-prodigy-shining-as-the-star-of-spiritual-music","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/story\/cover-story\/sooryagayathri-the-carnatic-prodigy-shining-as-the-star-of-spiritual-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Sooryagayathri: The Carnatic prodigy shining as the star of spiritual music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>(October 21, 2023) <\/strong>Her inaugural US concert in\u00a0San Jose last month was sold out even before the young Carnatic singer Sooryagayathri had boarded the flight for her 22-city US tour between September 9<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and October 23<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rd<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2023. The 17-year-old mesmerised <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">classical music enthusiasts<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with her luminous voice in places like Portland, Sacramento, Dallas, Memphis, Boston, Seattle, Detroit, Raleigh, Greensboro, Hartford, Chicago, and Washington to name a few.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A few days ago, in a packed hall in Atlanta, Sooryagayathri infused a sense of divinity with her ethereal rendition of <em>bhajans<\/em> and <em>kirtans<\/em> during the devotional concert. The Gandhi Foundation of USA honoured her with \u2018The Young Ambassador of Peace and Ahimsa Award\u2019 in recognition of her outstanding performance of soulful renditions that enhanced the spirit of Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr\u2019s teachings of peace and non-violence.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_33683\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33683\" class=\"wp-image-33683 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/269945384_465388298289961_6341791669282488721_n-1024x1020.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Singer |Sooryagayathri | Global Indian \" width=\"630\" height=\"628\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 630px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 630\/628;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33683\" class=\"wp-image-33683 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/269945384_465388298289961_6341791669282488721_n-1024x1020.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Singer |Sooryagayathri | Global Indian \" width=\"630\" height=\"628\" \/><\/noscript><p id=\"caption-attachment-33683\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sooryagayathri<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cReceiving an abundance of love and support from people all over the USA.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thank you all for turning up in big numbers for all the programmes,\u201d the gifted artist shared on social media during the tour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Performing tirelessly across 22 cities throughout the USA, the young artist graciously fulfilled numerous audience requests with a smile, showing no signs of the strain of her whirlwind tour.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Touching chords globally<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apart from stage performances in India and abroad, in places like Singapore, Bahrain, and now USA, the teen Carnatic singer sings for<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> famous music labels like Times Music, Strumm Spiritual, Ishtar Devotional and Strings of Pebble Productions.\u00a0Owing to her effervescent talent, Sooryagayathri often gets compared to none other than the music legend, M.S. Subbulakshmi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her YouTube channel has amassed an impressive 374,000 subscribers through which she has captured the hearts of the music lovers spread across the globe. During her ongoing US tour, Sooryagayathri even managed to host a live FB session for her followers because it was a special occasion. \u201cWe are happy to announce that our first original composition &#8211; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gopigopalam<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has crossed the 10 million views mark,\u201d she shared with her fans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GopiGopalam I Krishna Bhajan I Sooryagayathri &amp; Group\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GIT496-9KgA?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a digital landscape filled with content, hitting the 10 million views mark is an extraordinary testament to the power of creativity, connection, and the ability to capture the hearts and minds of a vast online audience.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And doing this with an original composition can be a challenging but rewarding journey,\u201d she added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three years back, Sooryagayathri had sung the song <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gopigopalam<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with her friends, and had uploaded it on her channel. The theme of the song revolved around a \u2018musical celebration with Gopis playing with their Krishna\u2019. It was the first attempt at a group song by the artist which was also sung by her friends, Gatha, Ganga, Hridya, and Anugraha. The five girls appeared in the artistically shot video, which has been viral ever since it was uploaded on YouTube.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>The Carnatic prodigy<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Sooryagayathri\u00a0was just nine years old, Kuldeep M. Pai, a Carnatic singer and independent music composer from Bengaluru who was creating caller tunes for mobile companies, used her voice for a rendition of the Hanuman Chalisa. Following the recording of the Hanuman Chalisa, Pai uploaded the song, along with a short video featuring still photos of Sooryagayathri in his studio and a few Lord Hanuman images. This release, along with her performances of <em>\u2018Ganesha Pancharatnam\u2019<\/em>, \u2018<em>Vishnu Sahasranama<\/em>\u2019, \u2018<em>Annamacharya Keerthans<\/em>\u2019, and \u2018<em>Vaishnava Jana<\/em>\u2019 &#8211; renditions that were famously performed by MS Subbulakshmi, marked the beginning of Soooryagayathri\u2019s rise to stardom.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_33685\" style=\"width: 970px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33685\" class=\"wp-image-33685 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/81328269_1502393503245435_5511799369965240320_n.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Singer | Sooryagayathri | Global Indian\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/81328269_1502393503245435_5511799369965240320_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/81328269_1502393503245435_5511799369965240320_n-480x320.jpg 480w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 960px, 100vw\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 960px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 960\/640;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33685\" class=\"wp-image-33685 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/81328269_1502393503245435_5511799369965240320_n.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Singer | Sooryagayathri | Global Indian\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/81328269_1502393503245435_5511799369965240320_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/81328269_1502393503245435_5511799369965240320_n-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 960px, 100vw\" \/><\/noscript><p id=\"caption-attachment-33685\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sooryagayathri<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With faith, discipline and selfless devotion, there is nothing worthwhile that you cannot achieve,\u201d remarked the star singer during this year\u2019s launch of \u2018Namaskaratha Shiv Mantra\u2019 by\u00a0Times Music.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Making traditional music relevant to youth\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The teenage artist is determined to broaden her audience beyond just the older generation who appreciate Carnatic music. To bring this traditional genre into the modern era and captivate today&#8217;s youth, she introduced her live band, &#8216;Sooryagayathri &#8211; The Band,&#8217; in June. This ensemble combines both traditional and contemporary instruments, featuring a talented team of artists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTeam Sooryagayathri presents a devotional fusion band with a modern touch for our newer generation audience,\u201d she shared. \u201cMusic gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything and to combine all these together, our band will take you to a divine spiritual musical journey in coming months,\u201d remarked Sooryagayathri.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SooryaSangeetham - Theme Song I Sooryagayathri - The Band\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jCeZpTLVo0U?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>From Kerala\u2019s village to global stage<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Soorygayathri, a native of Purameri in Kerala, comes from a family of artistic talent. Her father, P.V. Anil Kumar, is a highly skilled Mridangam artist in Kerala, while her mother, P.K. Divya, is a gifted poetess with a natural flair for words.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Sooryagayathri was merely three, her innate aptitude for pitch and rhythm became evident, prompting her parents to introduce her to formal music lessons. In fact, her father became her first teacher. She received formal training in Carnatic music under the expert guidance of her gurus, S. Anandi and Nishant Nadapuram.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to her classical vocal training, Sooryagayathri is also mastering the Veena under the tutelage of Ramana Balachandran, with the fundamentals initially imparted by Krishnendu G. She also practices Mridangam alongside her father.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_33689\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33689\" class=\"wp-image-33689 size-large lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/banner2-1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Singer | Sooryagayathri | Global Indian\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/banner2-1-980x653.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/banner2-1-480x320.jpg 480w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/682;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33689\" class=\"wp-image-33689 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/banner2-1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Singer | Sooryagayathri | Global Indian\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/banner2-1-980x653.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/banner2-1-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/noscript><p id=\"caption-attachment-33689\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sooryagayathri during a performance<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite her absolute commitment to music, Sooryagayathri remains dedicated to her studies. This year she excelled in her class 12 exams, scoring 100 percent in Sanskrit, and excellent marks in all other subjects. With a packed schedule of performances throughout the year, the Carnatic star never neglects her studies, and even utilises her time on flights to catch-up with her academics.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Follow Sooryagayathri on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sooryagayathriofficial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sooryagayathriofficial\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Sooryagayathri\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(October 21, 2023) Her inaugural US concert in\u00a0San Jose last month was sold out even before the young Carnatic singer Sooryagayathri had boarded the flight for her 22-city US tour between September 9th and October 23rd 2023. The 17-year-old mesmerised classical music enthusiasts with her luminous voice in places like Portland, Sacramento, Dallas, Memphis, Boston, Seattle, Detroit, Raleigh, Greensboro, Hartford, Chicago, and Washington to name a few. A few days ago, in a packed hall in Atlanta, Sooryagayathri infused a sense of divinity with her ethereal rendition of bhajans and kirtans during the devotional concert. 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