Chandra Courtney

Chandra Courtney

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Chandra Courtney Profile

  • Name:
  • Chandra Courtney
  • Other Name:
  • Chandrakantha Nada Courtney
  • Born:
  • February 2, 1954
  • Spouse:
  • David R. Courtney

Chandra Courtney Biography

Chandrakantha Nada Courtney, also known as N. Chandrakantha or Chandra Courtney is a carnatic singer, composer and guru. She is fondly called Chandra by everyone. She started her singing career as a child artist at Vijayawada and later worked with All India Radio and Doordarshan, Hyderabad. She is married to David R. Courtney, a professional tabla player and music composer and together they have collaborated in many musical projects. They got married in the year 1979 and the couple has 2 children. Since 1980 she resides in Houston Texas. She performed and co-produced the short experimental film ‘Gayatri Mantra In Nava Raga – Rain’ in 2011 which won a Bronze award at the "Worldfest - Houston International Film Festival" in the "Film and Video Art" category.

 

She was born on February 2, 1954 in Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh. She started singing for local cultural organizations in Vijaywada since childhood and later joined Vijaywada Radio station. During this time she studied classical Indian vocal under J. V. S. Rao at Government College of Music and Dance. Then she moved to Hyderabad and started working with All India Radio (Hyderabad). At the same time, she started working with Hyderabad Doordarshan also. It was her song that was first broadcasted in Hyderabad Doordarshan and she has been a regular figure during 1970’s.

 

In 1977, she was part of a cultural delegation to South Africa and she was a part of cultural delegation to Mauritius, at the same time. In 1979 she married a US musician, David R. Courtney and moved to US the following year. She is the co-author of "Elementary North Indian Vocal" and has contributed to the sitar method book/CD "Learning the Sitar".

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Updated: February 20, 2014

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