Mahathi – vocal
Alankode Gokul – violin
Delhi Sairam – mridangam
Anirudh Athreya – Kanjira
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One of the most celebrated Carnatic musicians and playback 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 disciples of Dr. M. Balamurali Krishna, and her mother, Smt. Vasanthi Sekar, is a flautist and disciple of Flute Sri. Mali and Smt. N . Kesi.
Mahathi’s great-grandfather is Sangeetha Kalanidhi Pazhamaaneri Swaminatha Iyer, a renowned violinist. Mahathi’s great-grandfather comes from the 8th generation of Saint Thyagaraja’s Sishya para mampara. Mahathi is a child prodigy who started identifying classical Ragas at the age of 1.5.
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 a 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 PLAYBACK 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.
She 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.
