Mahathi – vocal
Alankode Gokul – violin
Delhi Sairam – mridangam
Anirudh Athreya – Kanjira
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One of the most celebrated Carnatic musicians and play back singers of today’s generation Smt. S. Mahathi hails from a family of musicians. Her father, Sri. Thiruvaiyaru P. Sekar is one of the senior most disciples of Dr. M. Balamurali Krishna and her mother Smt. Vasanthi Sekar is a flautist, disciple of Flute Sri. Mali and Smt . N . Kesi.
Mahathi’s great gandfather is Sangeetha kalanidhi Pazhamaaneri Swaminatha Iyer a renowned violinist. Mahathi’s great grandfather comes in the 8 th generation of the Saint Thyagaraja’s Sishya paramapara. Mahathi is a childprodigy who started identifying classical Ragas from her tender age of 1.5 yrs.
An A grade artiste of the All India Radio and Doordarshan, Mahathi is a recipient of several prestigious awards like “ISAI PEROLI“ the most coveted title from Kartik Fine arts, VANI KALA NIPUNA from Sri Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha,, YUVA KALA BHARATHI from Bharath Kalachar, ISAI CHUDAR OLI, INNISAI ILAVARASI and many others.
She is also playback singer who has more than 600 film songs to her credit IN TAMIL TELUGU MALAYALAM AND KANNADA and is a recipient of the TAMIL NADU GOVT STATE AWARD FOR THE BEST FEMALE PLAY BACK SINGER FOR THE YEARS 2008 and 2009.
Introduced by Maestro Ilayaraja, she has worked with leading music directors, A R Rahman, Harris Jayaraj, Vidyasagar, Dhina, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Bharadwaj, Gurukiran, Devi Sri prasad and many others. She is the voice behind many hit songs like Aiyyayo Pudichirukku, Mudhal Mazhai, nenje Nenje, yammadi Athadi, Jabillamavo etc in various languages.
She is the recipient of the Best Raga Alapani & Best Pallavi prize, Outstanding Lady Vocalist from The Music Academy Chennai. Recently received the title “ Isai Chelvam” from Muthamizh peravai from the Honourable chief minister of Tamil nadu Sri M K Stalin in Sep 2023.
Received the title Sangeetha Shanmukha Shironmani from Shanmukhananda Sangeetha Sabha & Fine Arts – Mumbai in Dec 2023. She has been performing in various prestigious venues all over the world. She has performed across the globe and travelled extensively for classical and light music concerts.
Mahathi is the only musician of the younger generation who effortlessly handles carnatic music and film music at ease and keeps it mutually exclusive.
Mahathi & her parents run Mahathi Academy Of Music & Dance, at Virugambakkam, Chennai. A successful institution for about 15 years with over 500 students in different faculties.
Mahathi’s has newly established Mahathi Online Global Academy tutoring students directly under her. Many of her students perform concerts & are prize winners in many globally acclaimed organizations.
