Dr. Geetha Raja
(Vocal - Carnatic)
Dr. Geetha had her initial training in music from Sangita Kala Acharya Bombay Ramachandran and later was privileged to come under the tutelage of Sangita Kalanidhi T.Brinda from whom she imbibed a vast repertoire of classical compositions. She has also had specialised training under Sangita Kalanidhi, Padma Bhushan K.S. Narayanaswami and Padmashri Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan. Geetha has travelled extensively and presented concerts at important venues and festivals all over India and abroad. she performs regularly on radio and television as an "A" grade artiste of All India Radio, Chennai, and has been featured often in the National Programme and Akashvani Sangeet Sammelan of AIR. She has trained in playing the veena from Sangita Kalanidhi K.S. Narayanaswami. Received Dr MLV Endowment Award instituted by CMANA from Narada Gana Sabha - Dec 2014 Participated in the Akashvani Sangeet Sammelan (All India Radio) at Trivandrum --Sep 2013 Received the Achiever's Award and title of "Sangeetha Sevai Chemmal" from the South Indian Social and Cultural Academy - Sep 2013 Performed at the Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana, USA, during the birth centenary of Smt. T. Brinda--April 2012 Appointed as Member of Audition Committee for carnatic classical and devotional music by All India Radio for two years--2010. Financial Grant from the Dept. of Culture, Govt. of India, to work on "Tamil Isai in Carnatic Music" - 2007. "Jayarathna" - Title from Jayadhaarini Trust - 2007 "Kalaimamani" - Title from Govt. of Tamilnadu - Feb. 2006 "Meritorious Vocalist Award"-Maharajapuram Santhanam Trust - 2006. "Pannisai Mamani" - Title from Kunnakudi Meenakshi Ramaswami Trust - 2004. "Asthana Vidushi" - Title awarded by Shri.Shankaracharya, Sringeri Mutt, Karnataka - April, 2001. Dr.S.Pinakapani Award for Best Raga Alapana - Music Academy, Madras - 2000 T.S.Sabesa Iyer / Tanjavur K.Ponniah Pillai Award - Music Academy, Madras -1998. Sung for an award - winning dance documentary film entitled "Sanchari", produced for the Ministry of External Affairs - 1991. Awarded the Govt. of India fellowship under the Department of Culture Scheme of fellowships to outstanding artistes in the field of performing arts for two years - 1988-90. Smt.Sarada Krishna Iyer Memorial Award - Music Academy, Madras - 1988. Specially sponsored by AIR to give a series of concerts in Andhra Pradesh before invited audiences - 1985 Fellowship for two years from Bhulabhai Memorial Institute, Bombay, to learn special repertoire from Sangita Kalanidhi K.S Narayanaswami.-- (1984--1986). Smt.D.K.Pattammal Award - Music Academy, Madras - 1983. V.R.Sambasiva Iyer Memorial Award - Music Academy, Madras - 1978. Selected by Tamilnadu State Academy (Eyal Isai Nataka Manram) to give a series of concerts in South India - 1977 "Sur Mani" title awarded by Sur Singar Samsad, Bombay - 1976 Gokulashtami Series Award - Krishna Gana Sabha, Madras - 1975 Awarded prizes in AIR competitions in the three categories eligible to vocalists i.e., Classical, Light Classical, Light Music (1971-74). Several other prizes and gold medals in music competitions conducted by sabhas in Bombay and Madras - 1967-75.
| Artist | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. M. Narmadha-Violin Kallidaikurichi S. Sivakumar-Mridangam Adambakkam K. Shankar-Ghatam | Arkay Convention Center | 17/12/2025 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Shraddha Ravindran-Violin J. Vaidhyanathan-Mridangam Madipakkam A. Murali-Ghatam | Narada Gana Sabha - Swami Haridhos | 04/12/2025 |
(Title Bestow ) Paraasala Ravi-Title Best Dr. Geetha Raja-Title Best Margaret Bastin -Title Best | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 01/01/2025 |
(Lec-Dem) | Music Academy Mini Hall (Kasthuri S | 30/12/2024 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. M. Narmadha-Violin Kallidaikurichi S. Sivakumar-Mridangam Adambakkam K. Shankar-Ghatam | RR Sabha - Sundareswarar Hall | 19/12/2024 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Usha Rajagopalan-Violin Dr. Rohan Krishnamurthy-Mridangam Adambakkam K. Shankar-Ghatam | Arkay Convention Center | 14/12/2024 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Shraddha Ravindran-Violin Madipakkam Suresh-Mridangam N. Sundar-Moorsing | Narada Gana Sabha - Swami Haridhos | 10/12/2024 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) R. Madhavan-Violin J. Vaidhyanathan-Mridangam G. Ravichandran-Ghatam | Ragasudha Hall | 25/10/2024 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Meera Sivaramakrishnan-Violin N. Ramakrishnan-Mridangam N. Rajaraman -Ghatam | Sri Sundara Panduranga Mukunda Ragh | 08/03/2024 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. M. Narmadha-Violin Madipakkam Suresh-Mridangam N. Sundar-Moorsing | Narada Gana Sabha - Swami Haridhos | 04/02/2024 |
(Classical Music) Prapancham. Dr. S. Balachandran-Flute - Ca Trichur Ramachandran-Vocal - Ca Shertallay Dr. K. N. Renganatha Sharma-Vocal - Ca Palghat Dr. R. Ramprasad -Vocal - Ca Maharajapuram S. Ganesh Viswanathan-Vocal - Ca Kalakkad R Srinivasan & Thyagarajan-Vocal - Ca C. R. Vaidyanathan-Vocal - Ca C. V. P. Sastry-Vocal - Ca Charumathi Ramachandran-Vocal - Ca Dr. Geetha Raja-Vocal - Ca Savita Sreeram-Vocal - Ca Dr. Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam-Vocal - Ca Dr. Premeela Gurumurthy-Vocal - Ca Savita Narasimhan-Vocal - Ca Bhushany Kalyanaraman-Vocal - Ca Vidya Kalyanaraman-Vocal - Ca Radha Parthasarathy-Vocal - Ca M. A. Krishnaswamy-Violin V. L. Kumar-Violin V. V. S. Murari-Violin Durai Srinivasan-Violin Dr. Usha Rajagopalan-Violin Thanjavur K. Murugaboopathy-Mridangam J. Vaidhyanathan-Mridangam Trivandrum V. Balaji-Mridangam Dr. Nirmala Rajasekar-Veena Jayalakshmi Sekhar-Veena S. V. Ramani-Ghatam M. Gururaj-Moorsing | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 04/02/2024 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Usha Rajagopalan-Violin Dr. Rohan Krishnamurthy-Mridangam Trichy Dr. Murali-Ghatam | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan - Mini Hall | 29/12/2023 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Rishabh Ranganathan-Violin Kallidaikurichi S. Sivakumar-Mridangam | Ragasudha Hall | 23/12/2023 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) V. V. Ravi -Violin Mannarkoil J. Balaji-Mridangam S. Venkataramanan -Kanjira | Arkay Convention Center | 17/12/2023 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. M. Narmadha-Violin Sherthalai Ananthakrishnan-Mridangam M. Gururaj-Moorsing | P.S. Dakshinamurthy Hall | 12/12/2023 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Sahana Vasudevan-Violin Madipakkam Suresh-Mridangam N. Sundar-Moorsing | Narada Gana Sabha - Swami Haridhos | 07/12/2023 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. M. Narmadha-Violin B. GanapathyRaman-Mridangam Trichy Dr. Murali-Ghatam | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Main Audito | 04/01/2023 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) | Ethiraj Kalyana Mandapam | 28/12/2022 |
(Lec-Dem) Charumathi Ramachandran-Lec-Dem Dr. Geetha Raja-Lec-Dem Dr. Subhashini Parthasarathy-Lec-Dem | Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam | 27/12/2022 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) | Arkay Convention Center | 16/12/2022 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) M. Vijay-Violin Mannarkoil J. Balaji-Mridangam Papanasam S. Sethuraman-Kanjira | Narada Gana Sabha - Swami Haridhos | 07/12/2022 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) M. A. Krishnaswamy-Violin Madipakkam Suresh-Mridangam H. Sivaramakrishnan-Ghatam | Arkay Convention Center | 19/10/2022 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Usha Rajagopalan-Violin Kallidaikurichi S. Sivakumar-Mridangam Sai Subramaniam-Moorsing | 19/09/2021 | |
(Vocal - Carnatic) | Facebook page of Sangeeta Siksha Pe | 19/02/2021 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Shraddha Ravindran-Violin Kallidaikurichi S. Sivakumar-Mridangam Papanasam S. Sethuraman-Kanjira | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan - Mini Hall | 12/12/2019 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) V. V. Ravi -Violin B. GanapathyRaman-Mridangam Adambakkam K. Shankar-Ghatam | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 10/12/2019 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Main Audito | 08/12/2019 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Arunaprabha Ranganathan-Vocal - Ca Dr. Nanditha Ravi-Vocal - Ca Dr. Geetha Raja-Vocal - Ca V. V. Ravi -Violin Mannarkoil J. Balaji-Mridangam | Rukmini Arts & Music Trust | 01/12/2019 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) V.V. Srinivasarao-Violin Mannarkoil J. Balaji-Mridangam Papanasam S. Sethuraman-Kanjira | Ragasudha Hall | 30/10/2019 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Carnatica Brothers-Vocal - Ca Thiruvarur Girish-Vocal - Ca Dr. R. Suryaprakash-Vocal - Ca Dr. K. Gayathri-Vocal - Ca Palghat Dr. R. Ramprasad -Vocal - Ca Delhi V. Muthukumar-Vocal - Ca Dr. Subha Ganesan-Vocal - Ca Dr. Nanditha Ravi-Vocal - Ca Vidya Kalyanaraman-Vocal - Ca G. Ravikiran-Vocal - Ca Aishwarya Shankar-Vocal - Ca Vasudha Keshav. A-Vocal - Ca Rithvik Raja-Vocal - Ca Ashwath Narayanan-Vocal - Ca Bharathi Ramasubban-Vocal - Ca C. S. Sajeev Namboodiri-Vocal - Ca Smt. Archana Smt. Arathi-Vocal - Ca Varalakshmi Anandakumar-Vocal - Ca V. Venkatanagarajan. -Vocal - Ca Kruthi (Bhat) Vittal-Vocal - Ca Sunil R. Gargyan-Vocal - Ca S. Bharath Narayan-Vocal - Ca Santhosh Subramanian-Vocal - Ca J. A. Jayant-Flute - Ca M. A. Krishnaswamy-Violin V. V. S. Murari-Violin Neyveli Radhakrishnan-Violin Meera Sundar-Violin Thanjavur K. Murugaboopathy-Mridangam Nagai S. Narayanan-Mridangam Erode Nagaraj-Mridangam Madipakkam Suresh-Mridangam Adambakkam K. Shankar-Ghatam N. Guruprasad-Ghatam | Youth Hostel Auditorium | 08/02/2019 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Srimushnam V. Raja Rao-Others Trichur Ramachandran-Vocal - Ca Carnatica Brothers-Vocal - Ca V. K. Manimaran-Vocal - Ca Rithvik Raja-Vocal - Ca Dr. R. Suryaprakash-Vocal - Ca Dr. K. Krishnakumar-Vocal - Ca Maharajapuram S. Ganesh Viswanathan-Vocal - Ca Kalakkad R. Srinivasan-Vocal - Ca Smt. Dr. Rukmini Ramani-Vocal - Ca Dr. Radha Bhaskar-Vocal - Ca Charumathi Ramachandran-Vocal - Ca Dr. Geetha Raja-Vocal - Ca Mambalam Sisters-Vocal - Ca Amritha Murali-Vocal - Ca Dr. Subha Ganesan-Vocal - Ca Dr. Subhashini Parthasarathy-Vocal - Ca Varalakshmi Anandakumar-Vocal - Ca Radha Kalyanaraman-Vocal - Ca Bhavadhaarini Anantaraman-Vocal - Ca Jayalakshmi Sekhar-Veena Mudikondan S. N. Ramesh-Veena M. A. Krishnaswamy-Violin VL. Sudharshan-Violin M. Lalitha & M. Nandini -Violin Durai Srinivasan-Violin Thanjavur K. Murugaboopathy-Mridangam Papanasam R. Kumar (Laya Priyan)-Mridangam K. S. Rangacharry-Kanjira | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 03/02/2019 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Arunaprabha Ranganathan-Vocal - Ca Dr. Nanditha Ravi-Vocal - Ca V. V. Ravi -Violin Mannarkoil J. Balaji-Mridangam | Arkay Convention Center | 30/12/2018 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. M. Narmadha-Violin Madipakkam Suresh-Mridangam N. Sundar-Moorsing | Narada Gana Sabha - Swami Haridhos | 10/12/2018 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) B. Ananthakrishnan-Violin Kallidaikurichi S. Sivakumar-Mridangam Papanasam S. Sethuraman-Kanjira | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Main Audito | 07/12/2018 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Diliip K. J-Violin Melakaveri K. Balaji-Mridangam Papanasam S. Sethuraman-Kanjira | Ragasudha Hall | 03/09/2018 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Shreya Devnath-Violin Kallidaikurichi S. Sivakumar-Mridangam N. Sundar-Ghatam | Ragasudha Hall | 05/05/2018 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Shraddha Ravindran-Violin B. GanapathyRaman-Mridangam Adambakkam K. Shankar-Ghatam | Sri Thiagaraja Sangeetha Vidwath Sa | 18/04/2018 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. M. Narmadha-Violin Kallidaikurichi S. Sivakumar-Mridangam Papanasam S. Sethuraman-Kanjira | Mylapore Fine Arts Club Hall - TAG | 20/12/2017 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Shreya Devnath-Violin Mannarkoil J. Balaji-Mridangam Adambakkam K. Shankar-Ghatam | Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan- Annexe | 18/12/2017 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) B. Ananthakrishnan-Violin B. GanapathyRaman-Mridangam Trivandrum D. Rajagopal-Kanjira | Narada Gana Sabha - Swami Haridhos | 13/12/2017 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Main Audito | 09/12/2017 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) V. V. Subrahmanyam-Violin Nellai A. Balaji-Mridangam | Rukmani Arts & Music Trust | 02/12/2017 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) | Arulmigu Karpagambal-Kapaleeswarar | 17/01/2017 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) V. V. Ravi -Violin Dr. Rohan Krishnamurthy-Mridangam S. Hariharasubramaniam -Ghatam | Arkay Convention Center | 31/12/2016 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Main Audito | 11/12/2016 |