Meena Vaidyanathan
Meena Vaidyanathan is a disciple of Vidushi G. Seethalakshmi. She holds a post graduate diploma (Ganapraveena) in Music from the Government Music College, Palghat, Kerala.
She has given many stage performances and thematic concerts for media channels like Doordarshan, All India Radio and few private media channels. She has been graded ‘B’ by All India Radio.
She has also been on the judging panel of various music competitions in Sabhas, Schools, Colleges and media channels
She is graded B High by the All India radio. She has performed in Indian national government official gatherings. One of her major performances has been at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London.
She is also trained in singing film songs and devotional music and ghazals. She has sung playback in a few South Indian regional languages and also has been on many television programs both classical music and film music. He has been teaching many students online, especially for advanced training.
She has also been on the judging panel of various music competitions in Sabhas, Schools, Colleges and media channels
Meena has been teaching vocal music for the past 20 years for aspiring singers and has trained over 50 students . Being one of the torch bearers of Semmangudi Bani that she has imbibed from her Guru, G. Seethalakshmi (disciple of Sangeetha Pithamaha Sri Semmangudi R Srinivasa Iyer) she is known for giving strong fundamental training for her students. Her daughters Karthika Vaidyanathan and Keerthana Vaidyanathan (detailed below) have been greatly benefited by their initial training from their mother.
Karthika Vaidyanathan
Karthika Vaidyanathan , oldest of the two daughters of Sri R Vaidyanathan and Meena Vaidyanathan had her initial training from her parents. I she a prominent disciple of Smt Bombay Jaayshri Ramnath for the past 10 years. She has been performing Carnatic classical concerts in major sabhas in Chennai as well as other Indian cities.She is graded B High by the All India radio. She has performed in Indian national government official gatherings. One of her major performances has been at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London.
She is also trained in singing film songs and devotional music and ghazals. She has sung playback in a few South Indian regional languages and also has been on many television programs both classical music and film music. He has been teaching many students online, especially for advanced training.
Keerthana Vaidyanathan
Keerthana Vaidyanthan is also a disciple of Smt. Bombay Jayashri Ramnath . She has toured and given concerts in several Indian cities, and has been an active participant in many cultural and music festivals in India.
She has performed Carnatic music recitals at many Sabhas - The Music Academy, Kalakshetra foundation, Narada Gana Sabha, Krishna Gana Sabha, Bharat Kalachar, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Shanmukhanda Sangeetha Sabha, etc and has been a part of many programmes featured on popular tamizh and Malayalam television channels. She has also performed thematic presentations like ‘Season of Love’ for Tamil Maiyam and ‘Tamil Thendral’ at The Hindu November Fest, Chennai and has also been part of the ‘Bhakti’ concert series by World Alliance for Youth Empowerment.
She has accompanied Smt. Bombay Jayashri on many of her solo works and collaborative ventures like Aikya, Margazhi Raagam, Svanubhava, Bhaire Baanvari, etc.
