Suma Sudhindra
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Suma Sudhindra is a classical musician and veena exponent from India, in the Carnatic Music genre. She was awarded Karnataka's second highest civilian award, the Rajyotsava Award, in the year 2001.


Early days and personal life

She was trained by her gurus vidhwan Raja Rao and vidhwan Chitti Babu. She is based in Bangalore. Her spouse is a dentist and she has two daughters. She is an avid
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Career

She has the Chittibabu style known for the melodic sounds of the Veena. She has widely toured and given performances in United States, the United Kingdom, Singapore and Malaysia. She has also led numerous veena ensembles over the years.


Carnatic-Jazz

She has rendered numerous fusion performances along with Dutch Jazz group Spinifex for many years.


Other initiatives

Suma is the Director outreach for the Centre For Indian Music Experience (IME), a new kind of museum in the making where one can touch, feel and experience music. She co-founded the Artists’ Introspective Movement (AIM) along with
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Awards & felicitations

* Karnataka Rajyotsava Award in 2001


References

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