Suma Sudhindra

Dr. Suma Sudhindra is a classical musician and veena exponent from India, in the Carnatic Music genre. She is a performer, teacher, researcher and administrator. She was awarded Karnataka's second highest civilian award, the Rajyotsava Award, in the year 2001.

Dr. Suma Sudhindra
BornIndia
OriginKarnataka, India
GenresCarnatic music
Occupation(s)Musician, instrumentalist, veena
InstrumentsVeena
Websitewww.sumasudhindra.co.in

Early days and personal life

She was trained by her gurus vidhwan Raja Rao and vidhwan Chitti Babu.

She is based in Bangalore. Her spouse is a dentist and she has two daughters.[1] She is an avid bonsai collector.[2]

Career

She has the Chittibabu style known for the melodic sounds of the Veena. She has widely toured and given performances in United States, the United Kingdom, Singapore and Malaysia. She has also led numerous veena ensembles over the years.[3]

Tarangini veena

Suma has created the "Tarangini Veena" which is a compact version of the veena.

Carnatic-Jazz

She has rendered numerous fusion performances along with Dutch Jazz group Spinifex for many years.[4]

Other initiatives

Suma is the Director outreach for the Centre For Indian Music Experience (IME), a new kind of museum in the making where one can touch, feel and experience music.[5]

She co-founded the Artists’ Introspective Movement (AIM) along with kuchipudi danseuse Veena Murthy Vijay. AIM organizes the Bangalore International Arts Festival (BIAF) since 2007. BIAF is a cultural platform for artists.[6]

Awards & felicitations
  • Karnataka Rajyotsava Award in 2001[7]
  • Kalaimamani Award from the Tamil Nadu Government
  • Ganakalashree Award from Karnataka Ganakala Parishat
  • "Vainika Kalabhushani" from Thyagaraja Ganasabha

References
  1. Chandaraju, Aruna (30 May 2009). "Fusion is not just mere confusion". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  2. "Small is beautiful". Deccan Herald. 25 January 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  3. Ramkumar, Madhavi (10 October 2013). "Synchronised strings". Bangalore. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  4. Mazumdar, Subhra (4 March 2012). "A different melody altogether". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  5. Madhukar, Jayanthi (27 October 2013). "Touch, feel and make music". Bangalore mirror. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  6. "City gears up for arts fest". The Hindu. 19 September 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  7. "Rajyotsava awards for ace barber, IAS topper". Bangalore. The Times of India. 30 October 2001. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
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