Lalith J. Rao

Lalith J. Rao

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Lalith J. Rao Profile

  • Name:
  • Lalith J. Rao
  • Born:
  • November 6, 1942

Lalith J. Rao Biography

Lalith J. Rao is a Hindustani vocalist belonging to Agra tradition of music. She hails from Bangalore, Karnataka, born in the year 1942. She was only 14 when she became the youngest participant of the Swami Haridas Sangeet Sammelan till then. She has also won All India Classical Music competition in Mumbai the same year. In 2018 she received Sangeet Natak Akademi Award by Government of India. Karnataka Rajyotsava Award in 2017, Nishagandhi Puraskaram by the Government of Kerala 2014, Karnataka Kalashree by Government of Karnataka in 2011-2012, Lifetime Achievement award from Bangalore Gayana Samaja and also Puttaraj Samman are some of the major honours received by her.

 

Rao hails from Bangalore, Karnataka, South India. She was born on 6 November 1942. She was introduced to the world of music at a tender age of just three. It was a concert of Faiyaz Khan at Agra, when she was introduced to the world of music. Rama Rao Naik of Agra Gharana was her first guru in Hindustani music. She gave her first public concert at the age of 12, and within the next two years she groomed herself to be a promising voice of new generation. After winning All India Classical Music competition in Mumbai at the age of 14, her talent got noticed from different parts of the country.

 

To pursue a career in music field, she continued with her studies. She has been a brilliant student in academics as well, who pursued her engineering studies in Electrical Communication Engineering. She also took Master’s in engineering from University of New Brunswick. After marriage she moved to Delhi in 1967 and her musical career flourished after that. It was her husband who pursued her to leave her engineering career and try with music, which she agreed, and his decision proved right.

Published: February 18, 2019

Updated: February 18, 2019

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