{"id":66,"date":"2008-11-22T18:33:27","date_gmt":"2008-11-23T02:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.89.31.237\/~indersta\/?page_id=66"},"modified":"2025-09-25T01:54:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T08:54:13","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dhanyasy.org\/go\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"Dhanya Subramanian\" src=\"http:\/\/dhanyasy.org\/go\/assets\/images\/DhanyaSubramanian-dhanyasy.org.jpg\" alt=\"Dhanya Subramanian\" width=250 height=250 \/>This site &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/dhanyasy.org\">dhanyasy.org<\/a> &#8211; is the primary web presence of Dhanya Subramanian &#8211; music teacher, singer, and award-winning alumnus of the Kalakshetra Foundation, Chennai.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"textbc\">A native of Thrissur (Kerala), Dhanya began her musical career at the age of five under the tutelage of Sri. R. Vaidyanathan, disciple of <a class=\"navbl\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alathur_Brothers\" target=\"_blank\">Alathur Brothers<\/a>. In 1996, her musical pursuits took her to the prestigious <a class=\"navbl\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kalakshetra.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kalakshetra Foundation<\/a> in Chennai, where she studied <a class=\"navbl\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carnatic_music\" target=\"_blank\">carnatic<\/a> classical music &#8211; majoring in vocal and minoring in violin. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"textbc\">As part of her 5 year gurukulavasam at Kalakshetra, Dhanya received her initial training under Sri. Hariprasad, disciple of <a class=\"navbl\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mangalampalli_Balamuralikrishna\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Balamuralikrishna<\/a>. Following her initial training, she was fortunate to receive advanced training from <a href=\"http:\/\/dhanyasy.org\/go\/kalakshetra-gurus\/bhushany-kalyanaraman\/\">Smt. Bhushany Kalyanaraman<\/a>, wife and disciple of <a class=\"navbl\" href=\"http:\/\/www.carnatica.net\/artiste\/kalyanaraman.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Sri. Tanjore S. Kalyanaraman<\/a> (senior disciple of the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/G._N._Balasubramaniam\" target=\"_blank\">legendary G.N.B<\/a>), Sri. Pakkala Ramadas, disciple of <a class=\"navbl\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lalgudi_Jayaraman\" target=\"_blank\">Sri. Lalgudi G. Jayaraman<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/dhanyasy.org\/go\/kalakshetra-gurus\/vairamangalam-lakshminarayanan\/\">Sri. Vairamangalam Lakshminarayanan<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"textbc\">Dhanya is a recipient of annual music scholarships from the Govt. of India.\u00a0 She has contributed to advanced study initiatives on the works of <a class=\"navbl\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mysore_Vasudevachar\" target=\"_blank\">Sri. Mysore Vasudevachar<\/a> and has a Bachelor&#8217;s degree in Carnatic Vocal from the <a class=\"navbl\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unom.ac.in\/\" target=\"_blank\">University of Madras<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dhanya presently lives in San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and daughter.\u00a0 She teaches carnatic music (vocal), locally in bay area and online through this website (<a href=\"http:\/\/dhanyasy.org\">dhanyasy.org<\/a>) and Zoom.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to get in touch with Dhanya Subramanian, please fill out and submit this <a href=\"http:\/\/dhanyasy.org\/go\/contact\/\">contact form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you!<\/p>\n<div class=\"mks_separator\" style=\"height: 10px;\"><\/div>\n<h3>Unplugged Solo tracks<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/playlists\/11196340&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=false\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This site &#8211; dhanyasy.org &#8211; is the primary web presence of Dhanya Subramanian &#8211; music teacher, singer, and award-winning alumnus of the Kalakshetra Foundation, Chennai. 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