Jayaprada Ramamurthy
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- Venkataramana Ramamurthy (father)
- Prema Ramamurthy (mother)
Jayaprada Ramamurthy | |
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 In a recital for Doordarshan | |
| Born | Hyderabad, Telangana |
| Occupation | instrumentalist |
| Parents |
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| Awards | 'KALARATNA' (HAMSA) State Award from Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, Kartik Award Excellence, Acharya Nagarjuna University Award, Ugadi Puraskaram State Award, National Fellowship, Govt. of India. |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | Indian classical music |
| Instrument | Flute |
Dr.Jayaprada Ramamurthy is an Indian flautist from Andhra Pradesh & Telangana. She is known to be the first female flautist from Andhra Pradesh & Telangana, and the first woman and the youngest to receive an "A-TOP-grade" in Carnatic Flute from All India Radio and Doordarshan. She plays both Carnatic and Hindustani styles of music.
She received many awards and honors including the KALARATNA (Hamsa) State Award from Government of Andhra Pradesh, National Fellowship Award, Doctorate from Osmania University, Best Flutist from Madras Music Academy, Acharya Nagarjuna University Award, State Govt. Award Ugadi Puraskaram, Bharati Gaurav Puraskar, Kartik Award of Excellence.
Dr.Jayaprada Ramamurthy was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (now in Telangana) to Prema Ramamurthy a noted Carnatic vocalist and Venkataramana Ramamurthy, a scientist at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in Mumbai.[1] Her maternal grandfather, Srinivasa Sastri who was Zamindar of Ballari, used to play the flute.[2][3] Although a musician, her mother Prema was not interested in her daughter pursuing a career in music due to the difficulties she faced in supporting the family after her husband's death.[1] She completed her doctorate in commerce for her research on marketing of performing arts and intellectual property rights, from Osmania University in Hyderabad, Telangana.[4]
Jayaprada started playing flute at an early age without any formal training.[5] Although her mother was not interested in pursuing a career in music for her daughter, realizing her interest in the flute, she took her to Chennai for training flute under the guidance of Padma Shri awardee N. Ramani.[1] Under the guidance of her guru, she began performing on stage at the age of twelve.[1] Her first performance was at the Ganapati Temple in Secunderabad.[1]
Jayaprada later received advanced training in Carnatic and Hindustani flute under many other noted artists including Hariprasad Chaurasia [6][5]