Hailed as a prodigy, Shobana Vignesh is considered one of the leading performing and recording Carnatic musicians in India. She has both musical legacy and phenomenal talent. Schooled in the Carnatic system of music by stalwarts in the field like Sri Swamimalai Janakiraman and Prof. T.R. Subramaniam from the age of five, Shobana had already stunned thousands with her prodigious talent by the time she touched her teens. Her most recent and notable achievement has been the honor of receiving the ‘Young Achiever Award’ for 2007 in the field of Carnatic music by the highest circulated magazine in India, ‘India Today’.
She is fondly known as ‘Mahanadhi’ Shobana for her brilliant performance as a child actor and singer in the National award winning movie ‘Mahanadhi’ in the year 1994. She has blossomed from a child prodigy into one of the most valuable and versatile artistes in the music field. Shobana made her recording debut at the tender age of 13 and since then has released more than 120 albums ranging over 1000 songs in various Indian languages. She is one of the top selling artists of Carnatic and Devotional music in India.
Vocalist Mahanadhi Shobana’s voice has an inherent blend of sweetness and depth. She displays an astonishingly expressive range, acquired no doubt through meticulous training and practice. This research scholar in music, tutored by Swamimalai Janakiraman and Prof. T.R. Subramaniam, has a touch of class and polish in her delivery.
The Indian Express, June 26th, 2005
As an internationally renowned artist, Shobana has performed in several parts of India, Singapore, Malaysia, Srilanka and the United States. She is also often featured by many leading Television channels in India and other countries and has been performing concerts for them for the last 12 years. With the unique rendition of traditional and time-honored Carnatic music pieces and popular numbers from her albums, Shobana enthralls her audience with her rich and mellifluous voice.
Her crystal clear diction and high aesthetic delivery highlights the emotive and expressive quality of South Indian Classical music and adds a very significant facet to her performances leaving audiences spellbound.
Apart from being a leading performing artist, Shobana is a research scholar in music and has several music publications to her credit and two of them have been adapted as book chapters. She has 3 Masters Degrees and is currently pursuing her PhD in music. Her lecture demonstrations on Carnatic Classical Music are well received and she captures her audience with her in-depth knowledge in the field and her practical experience as a performer. |
