Congratulations to Ali Rizvi, Aparna Balaji, Bhuvana Ganesh, Deepti Navaratna, Geetha Murali, George Ruckert, Kumu Gupta, Mahalingam Santhanakrishna, Minal Akkad, Mohan Subramaniam, Preetesh Shrivastava, Raghu Saranathan, Rohan Krishnamurthy, Shweta Subram, Sudha Lakshmi Rao, Sunanda Sahay and Tejasvi Putcha, who have been selected to receive the Lokvani Spotlight on Excellence Award for the "Amazing Artists" category. The awards will be made available on September 9, 201l at the Lokvani Gala.
Some excerpts from the nominations:
Ali Rizvi
... a fabulous shayar and a great performing artist.
Aparna Balaji
...Very talented Carnatic performing artist, dedicated music teacher
Bhuvana Ganesh...Excellent Carnatic singer, dedicated music teacher
Deepti Navaratna
...the first Indian classical musician to be admitted into the New England's Contemporary Improvisation program - that handpicks emerging music entrepreneurs of the world.
Geetha Murali
....a phenomenal singer she embodies the most critical aspect of the ancient Carnatic tradition – bhakthi.
George Ruckert
... a brilliant sarodist, dedicated teacher of North Indian classical music at MIT, founder and Artistic Director of MIT's Heritage of the Arts of South Asia (MITHAS), prolific author of several books on the music of India
Kumu Gupta
..An excellent photographer, her work was chosen for the Editors Choice Award by International Society of Photography, which only 12% from thousand’s of entries get chosen.
Mahalingam Santhanakrishna
..A great Mridangam artist. He has a vast knowledge about Carnatic music and his seamless and unobtrusive style truly enhances the concert and brings it to another level.
Minal Akkad
..... Flower arranger trained in the Ikebana style . She won first prizes at prestigious shows like Boston flower show which ranks and recently exhibited at World Arranger's of Flower Association show where delegates from more than 32 countries participated.
Mohan Subrahmaniam
...He has a golden voice and can sing all kinds of songs from Mohammad Rafi to Shaan.
Preetesh Shrivastava
... command of Hindi language is amazing. His poetry is wonderful. He also does great stand-up comedy i
Raghu Saranathan
.... an amazing singer who has been delighting New England audiences for the last seven or eight years!
Rohan Krishnamurthy
..... His percussion-playing both in the past and now are simply jaw-dropping
Shweta Subram
... Shweta was offered to perform at Indian International Film Academy function in Toronto with Salim-Sulaiman, Bollywood's prominent music maestros. Shweta is now working on releasing her next single.
Sudha Lakshmi Rao
.....A great member of the community and a phenomenal artist, Sudha aka Lakshmi, is a guiding light for several artists in the New England area.
Sunanda Sahay.. Madhubani Art is beautiful &inspiring.
Tejasvi Putcha
...His paintings disclose the dedication the artist has towards the art as well as the objects of the painting.
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