Abhishek Raghuram

ASTHANA VIDWAN” title winner from the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam

Abhishek Raghuram

ASTHANA VIDWAN” title winner from the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam

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Abhishek Raghuram (born 1985) is an Indian carnatic vocalist. Hailing from a family of legendary musicians, as the grandson of the late mridangam legend, Palghat Raghu and with the Lalgudi family name on the mother’s side, music is in Abhishek’s blood. Abhishek started learning the mridangam from his grandfather and then moved on to vocal training under Vidwan P. S. Narayanaswamy. In 1999, he gave his first international concert tour in the U.S with his grandfather, Palghat Raghu. Today, Abhishek is one of the most heard Carnatic vocalists in India and abroad. He has performed with several eminent musicians like T. K. Murthy, Umayalpuram Sivaraman, Karaikudi Mani, Trichy Sankaran, G. Harishankar, Thiruvarur Bakthavathsalam, Ganesh Kumaresh, Mysore Nagaraj and Manjunath, Jayateerth Mewundi and Sanjeev Abhyankar. In the year 2014, Abhishek directed the Children's Carnatic choir organized by Bhoomija trust as a fund-raiser for Drishti Eye Care, Bangalore. In the same year Abhishek was presented by Ustad Zakir Hussain in the “Barsi” festival dedicated to his father Ustad Alla Rakha. Recently Abhishek was involved in the making of the album “Kaadalan Bharathi”, an album comprising exclusively Subramanya Bharati's songs and also gave a Mridangam recital along with Anantha R Krishnan for the 70th birthday celebrations of Mridangam Vidwan Karaikudi Mani. Abhishek is an “A” grade artiste of All India Radio since 2012.
Speciality: Vocal

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