Lalgudi Rajalakshmi
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Lalgudi Rajalakshmi is a violinist in the Indian classical Carnatic style of music. She performs the violin in the Lalgudi tradition.
Lalgudi Rajalakshmi hails from a family of musicians. Her siblings are veena maestro Padmavathi Ananthagopalan, and violinists Lalgudi Jayaraman and Srimathi Brahmanandam. Her initial training was with her father, Lalgudi Gopala Iyer. She also learnt later from her elder brother, Lalgudi Jayaraman.[1][2][3]
Performance
Lalgudi Rajalakshmi started performing at the age of 10. Since that time, she has had both solo performances and performed as an accompanist to several artistes including Aruna Sairam, D.K. Pattammal, Mandolin Srinivas, Mani Krishnaswami, M.L. Vasanthakumari, Neyveli Santhanagopalan, N. Ramani, Radha and Jayalakshmi, Saroja and Lalitha, Sudha Raghunathan, her daughter Jayanthi Kumaresh and grandson Abhishek Raghuram, among others. She has performed in India and in several other countries including Malaysia, Singapore and the US. Lalgudi Rajalakshmi has also served as a staff artiste for All India Radio.[4]