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Sushma Somasekharan

Sushma Somasekharan

(Vocal - Carnatic)

Sushma wears many hats. She is a performer, collaborator, writer and a Certified Public Accountant. Sushma Somasekharan was initiated into Carnatic Music at the age of 4 by Smt. Bhagya Moorthy, her first Guru in Singapore. Due to quick grasp of the music,  she was introduced to stage performances at a young age.

Sushma started learning Carnatic Music at The Singapore Indian Fine Arts Society (SIFAS) in 1993. While she was there, she had the benefit of learning from several Gurus, including Smt. Shanta Subramanyan, Smt. Leelavathi Gopalakrishnan, Smt Padmavathi Nagarajan and Sri Padmalingam. Since 2004, she has been under the sole tutelage of Smt. Lalita Sivakumar, daughter-in-law of Smt. D.K Pattamal.

Apart from India,  toured Europe  in 2011 and performed at the Embassy of India in Brussels, Indian Consulate of Luxembourg, Germany and London. Sushma was also invited to perform at the Nallur Murugan Temple Music Festival, Jaffna Sri Lanka in 2010 and 2012.

Sushma is a B-High Graded Artist with All-India Radio.

First Singaporean to win the All India Radio Carnatic Vocal Award in 2006.

Title Given by Date
D.K Jayaraman Award Sri Krishna Gana Sabha. 2013
Best Concert Award Sri Parthasarathy Swamy Sabha 2011
Biennial Award Recipient National Indian Music Competition Singapore. 2000-2005
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(Vocal - Carnatic)

Shreelakshmi S. Bhat-Violin

Ambur Padmanabhan-Mridangam

Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud23/12/2025
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(Vocal - Carnatic)

V. Deepika-Violin

Akshay Anantapadmanabhan-Mridangam

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan - Mini Hall23/12/2022
Sushma SomasekharanSushma Somasekharan

(Vocal - Carnatic)

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan - Mini Hall04/01/2020
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(Vocal - Carnatic)

Rajah Annamalai Mandram01/01/2020
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(Vocal - Carnatic)

V. Deepika-Violin

Chidambaram B. Sai Shankar-Mridangam

Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud28/12/2019
Sushma SomasekharanSushma Somasekharan...

(Vocal - Carnatic)

M. Vijay-Violin

Akshay Anantapadmanabhan-Mridangam

Madipakkam A . Gopalakrishnan-Kanjira

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan - Mini Hall23/12/2019
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(Vocal - Carnatic)

Chidambaram G. Badrinath-Violin

R. Ramkumar-Mridangam

Arkay Convention Center21/12/2019
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(Vocal - Carnatic)

Sayee Rakshith-Violin

Delhi Sairam -Mridangam

G. Ravichandran-Ghatam

Vani Mahal - Sri P. Obul Reddy Hall18/12/2019
Sushma SomasekharanSushma Somasekharan...

(Vocal - Carnatic)

Sudha R. S. Iyer-Violin

B. Guru Raghavendra-Mridangam

RR Sabha-Kamakoti Triveni Sri Chand06/12/2019
Sushma SomasekharanSushma Somasekharan...

(Vocal - Carnatic)

M. Vijay-Violin

Akshay Anantapadmanabhan-Mridangam

Ragasudha Hall16/01/2019
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(Vocal - Carnatic)

Sudha R. S. Iyer-Violin

Akshay Anantapadmanabhan-Mridangam

Kamakoti Hall - (Krishna Gana Sab30/12/2018
Sushma SomasekharanSushma Somasekharan...

(Vocal - Carnatic)

Sudha R. S. Iyer-Violin

B. Guru Raghavendra-Mridangam

Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam29/12/2018
Sushma SomasekharanSushma Somasekharan...

(Vocal - Carnatic)

M. Vijay-Violin

Vijay B. Natesan-Mridangam

Rajah Annamalai Mandram28/12/2018
Sushma SomasekharanSushma Somasekharan...

(Vocal - Carnatic)

Nagercoil K. Anand -Violin

Chidambaram B. Sai Shankar-Mridangam

Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud24/12/2018
Sushma SomasekharanSushma Somasekharan...

(Vocal - Carnatic)

Raghuram. H. V-Violin

Tirucherai Kaushik Rajagopal-Mridangam

G. Ravichandran-Ghatam

Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan- Annexe 17/12/2018
Sushma SomasekharanSushma Somasekharan...

(Vocal - Carnatic)

Parur M. S. Ananthakrishnan-Violin

Akshay Anantapadmanabhan-Mridangam

Vani Mahal - Sri P. Obul Reddy Hall15/12/2018
Sushma SomasekharanSushma Somasekharan...

(Vocal - Carnatic)

Sudha R. S. Iyer-Violin

Akshay Anantapadmanabhan-Mridangam

Narada Gana Sabha - Swami Haridhos 11/12/2018
Sushma SomasekharanSushma Somasekharan...

(Vocal - Carnatic)

M. Vijay-Violin

Narada Gana Sabha - Swami Haridhos 24/09/2018
Sushma SomasekharanSushma Somasekharan...

(Vocal - Carnatic)

B. Ananthakrishnan-Violin

Tanjore Praveen Kumar (Praveen Sparsh)-Mridangam

Narada Gana Sabha - Swami Haridhos 07/08/2018
Sushma SomasekharanSushma Somasekharan...

(Vocal - Carnatic)

B. V. Raghavendra Rao-Violin

B. Sivaraman-Mridangam

Trichy S. Krishna-Ghatam

Narada Gana Sabha - Swami Haridhos 22/06/2018
Sushma SomasekharanSushma Somasekharan

(Vocal - Carnatic)

Abirami Chidambaram Community Hall15/04/2018
Sushma SomasekharanSushma Somasekharan

(Vocal - Carnatic)

Asthika Samajam - (Naimisaranya Man01/04/2018
Sushma SomasekharanSushma Somasekharan

(Vocal - Carnatic)

Kanchi Mahaswamy Anantha Mandapam26/02/2018
Sushma SomasekharanSushma Somasekharan

(Vocal - Carnatic)

Rajah Annamalai Mandram26/12/2017
Sushma SomasekharanSushma Somasekharan...

(Vocal - Carnatic)

Sindhu Suchetan-Violin

Chidambaram B. Sai Shankar-Mridangam

Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud21/12/2017
Sushma SomasekharanSushma Somasekharan

(Vocal - Carnatic)

Vani Mahal - Sri P. Obul Reddy Hall18/12/2017
Sushma SomasekharanSushma Somasekharan

(Vocal - Carnatic)

Wandering Artist01/10/2017
Sushma SomasekharanSushma Somasekharan...

(Vocal - Carnatic)

Shraddha Ravindran-Violin

Sumesh S. Narayanan -Mridangam

Harihara Sharma-Kanjira

Krishna Gana Sabha (Dr.Nalli GanaV06/08/2017
Sushma SomasekharanSushma Somasekharan...

(Vocal - Carnatic)

Shyam Ravishankar-Violin

Tirucherai Kaushik Rajagopal-Mridangam

YGP Auditorium 10/01/2017
Sushma SomasekharanSushma Somasekharan...

(Vocal - Carnatic)

Sudha R. S. Iyer-Violin

Akshay Anantapadmanabhan-Mridangam

P.S. Dakshinamurthy Hall29/12/2016
Sushma SomasekharanSushma Somasekharan

(Vocal - Carnatic)

Rajah Annamalai Mandram26/12/2016
Sushma SomasekharanSushma Somasekharan...

(Vocal - Carnatic)

Diliip K. J-Violin

Akshay Anantapadmanabhan-Mridangam

G. Ravichandran-Ghatam

Vani Mahal - Sri P. Obul Reddy Hall23/12/2016