E.Gayathri

Echampati Gayathri was born on 9th November 1959 in Chennai to Mrs. Kamala Aswathama, a veena artist of A.I.R (All India Radio) Madras and late Mr. G.Aswathama, a popular film music director. In 1969, she won the first prize in music-veena competition held by the Sangeet Natak Academy. Her break came when she was invited to take part in the Thyagaraja festivals by Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha, Triplicane. Extremely happy with her performance, she was again invited in 1970 and gave a full concert. In the same year, she received the award for `Child Prodigy` at the hands of Prof. P.Sambamurthy, eminent musician, musicologist and teacher.

She was admitted as “A” grade artist at the age of 12, in the AIR In 1971. She performed in several music festivals and concerts all over India and abroad. In 1988, Gayathri came under the expert guidance of Sangeetha Kalanidhi Sri. T.M Thiagarajan.

She has 1500 concerts to her credit. She has recorded extensively, and some of her most memorable titles are `Veena Gana Vinodhini`, `Veena Vani`, `Veena Bharathi`, `Amutha Geetham`, `Veena Selvi`, `Mahati Ragni`, `Nadha Sudharnava`, `Veena Gana Visarada`, `Veena Saraswathi`, `Yazh Isai Selvi` and `Kalaimamani`.

She is also a western pop singer, can play guitar and write fiction in Telugu. Gayathri has performed in various genres of music. She has also broadened her scope by singing and recording her first Tamil Pop album titled Butterfly.