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Teachers & Performers of Indian Music & Dance

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Name: Bhavithra Amarnath
E-Mail: bhavithra.amarnath@gmail.com
Field: Bharata­natyam (Indian clas­sical dance)
Location: 183C River­vale Cres­cent, #04_243 Seng­kang, Singa­pore-543183
Telephone: 66417897, 81501881
Misc. Info: Excel­lent tea­cher. Pas­sion to teach dance..

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Name: Bhuvana Balasubramanian
Email: bhuvana_balas@yahoo.com
Field: Veena
Location: Jurong West, Singapore
Telephone: +65 98620541
Misc. Info: I am a student of Shri­mathi Suda­mani Ren­garajan (a disciple of veena Maestro Dr. Chitti Babu).  Learning veena over 10 years from her and train­ing students in Sing­apore for the past 5 years.

Name: Supriyo Banerjee
E-Mail: supriyo@sifas.org
Field: Tabla
Location: Singa­pore
Telephone: 81220595
Misc. Info: I am the tabla tea­cher at SIFAS and I also conduct home tuit­ions. Hailing from a musical family, I received my tute­lage from tabla maestro Pandit Ananda Gopal Bandh­opadhya of the Benaras Gharana. I have per­formed in several coun­tries and ac­com­panied numer­ous acclaimed artists, includ­ing Ustad Rashid Khan. I was awar­ded a National Scholar­ship from the Ministry of Cul­ture, Govt. of India

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Name: Neha Mondal Chakravarty
Field: Bharata­natyam
E-Mail: nehamon22@gmail.com
Location: Apsaras Art Ltd, Singa­pore
Telephone: +6598613670
Misc. Info: Web­site – http://www.nehamondal.com/ Post graduate from Kala­kshetra foun­dation, Chen­nai. Having taught in India for over a decade, estab­lished herself in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She has col­labor­ated with some of the finest artists in Malaysia and taught at Swara Com­munity Arts Center. To learn the finer nuances of Kala­kshetra style from direct dis­ciple of Kala­kshetra, con­tact her.

Name: Susanta Chowdhury
E-Mail: sitarssc@hotmail.com
Field: Sitar & Hindu­stani Vocal
Location: Susanta Chowdhury, Singa­pore Indian Fine Arts Society : 2A, Starlight Road, Singapore-217755
Telephone: +65-81534467
Misc. Info: Teaching sitar and Hindu­stani vocal in Singapore Indian Fine Arts Society since July 1999. Disciple of Prof. Shyamal Chatto­padhya and Padma­bhusan Pandit Debu Chau­dhuri (Senia Gharana), “A” graded artist of All India Radio Kol­kata and M.A. in Music from Delhi Univer­sity..

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Name: Shabin Fernandez
E-Mail: shazschoolofdance@gmail.com
Field: Bolly­wood Dance for Kids and adults
Location: Singa­pore
Telephone: 96733239
Misc. Info: Bolly­wood dance for kids, teens and adults. Regis­tered MOE in­struc­tor. Visit https://www.facebook.com/SSD5678 or https://shazschoolofdance.wordpress.com for more details.

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Name: G. Lakshmanan
Email: glakshmanan485@gmail.com
Field: Percussion Tabla
Location: Block 681 #06-321 Race Course Road Singapore 210681
Telephone: +65 9299 4119
Misc. Info: Lakshmanan holds a Vadhya Visharad Diploma in tabla from SIFAS (Singa­pore).  He was awarded the first prize at the National Indian Music Competitions 2020 organised by the National Arts Council of Singapore for Tabla (Open Category), and the first prize for Tabla (Senior Category) at the Sur Taal Sangam Comletitions 2019 organised by Zee Television. Lakshmanan also pursued music academically, graduating with a diploma in Music from Lasalle College of the Arts in 2018. He has performed extensively both in Singapore and abroad, both as a soloist and as an accompanist to many senior artistes. .

Name: G. Manikantan
E-Mail: gurunathan_manikantan@yahoo.com.sg
Field: Violin
Location: Singapore
Telephone: 0065 97101124
Misc. Info: Solo violin­ist, accom­pani­ment for clas­sical con­certs and play­ing for Indian dance, fus­ion Music and teach­ing violin in Singa­pore..

Name: Bhavesh Gumnani
E-Mail: bgumnani@hotmail.com
Field: Dhol
Location: Singa­pore
Telephone: +65 8700 5750
Misc. Info: I am a free­lance dhol player and have been activ­ely play­ing the dhol for the past 8 years. I have played in var­ious events includ­ing birth­day parties, engage­ment parties, wedding receptions and various other relig­ious and cul­tural events. I have been fre­quently called over­seas for destina­tion wed­dings in places like Bali, Lang­kawi, Phuket, Hong ­Kong, Jakarta and for Club events in Ban­lore, Calcutta, Pune & Mumbai (India). I also con­duct tuition on how to play the dhol. www.bgumnani.com.

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Name: Haritha Haridas
E-Mail: harithaharidas84@gmail.com
Field: Bharata­natyam and Mohiniyattam
Location: Medasvi School of Dance, Singa­pore
Telephone: +65 90505240
Misc. Info: Mohiniyattam & Bharata­natyam Instructor. Director & Ins­tructor at Medasvi School of Dance, Singapore. Dis­ciple of Smt. Shyamala Surendran (Dharani School of Per­for­ming Arts, Kochi) & Dr. Jayaprabha Menon . Post-Graduate in Bharata­natyam from SASTRA Uni­versity under the guid­ance of Dr. Padma Subrah­manyam and her team. Per­for­med at various pres­tigious fes­tivals and events in India  like Konark Dance Festival, Karur Natiy­anjali  Indian Tra­ditio­nal Arts Fes­tival Pas­sion Arts Fes­tival, Kala­vai­bhavam (Singapore)  Con­ducted work­shops on Mohini­yattam. Ramayan Series for Indian Heritage Centre (Singapore) Recipient of the 1st Bhakti Narthaki Award 2020..

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Name: Srinath Iyer
E-Mail: rsrinathiyer@gmail.com
Field: Violin & Vocal
Location: Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4, Singa­pore
Telephone: +65 8318.6631
Misc. Info: Good stan­dard of teach­ing Carnatic clas­sical violin and vocal. Have trained stu­dents on violin in India, cur­rently teach­ing in Singa­pore. As a per­for­ming artist, has widely accom­panied for many con­certs in India and Singa­pore..

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Name: Mrs K. V. Godha
E-Mail: Shubharaagam@gmail.com
Field: Carnatic Vocalist ( per­former & teacher)
Location: 30, Bayshore Road, The Bayshore Con­dominium Tower 2 A, #11-03, S-469974
Telephone: +65-98396410
Misc. Info: Web­site – www.shubharaagam.org. Mrs. Godha is the Founder & Artistic Director of her music school ‘Shubha­raagam School of Music’ Singa­pore and has been doing var­ious musical events and pro­jects to motiv­ate young kids to learn Car­natic music in Singa­pore. She has per­formed Car­natic con­cert at the SIFAS Music & Dance Fes­tival 2006 and regularly per­forms at all the pres­tigious temple festi­vals in Singa­pore. Her recent event / col­labora­tion with Lahari Singa­pore called ‘Shubha­lahari’ brought lot of apprec­iations. Shubha­raagam arranges work­shops to help stu­dents ap­preci­ate clas­sical as well other genre of Indian music. Godha also per­forms at various inter­natio­nal events.

Name: Kamariah
E-Mail: darshanfinearts@gmail.com
Field: Bharata­natyam and Folk classes
Location: Tampines Changkat CC – 13 Tam­pines Street 11 S(529453)
Telephone: 83661631
Misc. Info: Dar­shan Fine Arts has been operat­ing in Tam­pines Changkat CC since 2006 cater­ing to chil­dren from 5 years old. Our struc­tured syl­labus com­prises of both theory and prac­tical les­sons. Our stu­dents sit for an­nual exam­inations which are ac­credi­ted by inter­nationally ac­claimed artistes. Besides providing a strong foun­dation in train­ing, our stu­dents are also given seve­ral opportun­ities to apply what they have learnt in the class­room through in-house dance pro­duct­ions and pro­gram­mes for the com­munity.

Name: Mihir Kundu
E-Mail: kundumihir@yahoo.co.in
Field: Tabla
Location: Singa­pore
Telephone:
Misc. Info: I am a master tabla tea­cher of Singa­pore Indian Fine Atrs Society since 2007. I am senior dis­ciple of tabla Maestro Pandit Sankha Chatter­jee. Regular artist of All India radio and Door-Darshan, Kolkata. Per­formed all over India and abroad. Ac­compan­ied many inter­nati­onal legend vocal­ist as well as instru­mental­ist.

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Name: Lenin M. R. and Mrs.
E-Mail: thambura2009@gmail.com
Field: Carnatic vocal­ist /Music Teacher
Location: 7, Race Course Lane, Singa­pore 218734
Telephone: Home 92725291
Misc. Info: Past 30 years experience in teaching carnatic music. Basic to Advance  Level..

Name: M.S. Srilakshmi
E-Mail: srilakshmi_arun@yahoo.com
Field: Bharata­natyam Per­former, Teacher and Choreo­grapher.
Location: 02-03, The Flora­vale, 218, West­wood Avenue, Singa­pore- 648351
Telephone: (+65) 83215340
Misc. Info: Profes­sional Bharata­natyam per­former and tea­cher, having com­pleted Vidwat in dis­tin­ction. Per­for­med more than 400 per­for­mances in India, Malay­sia and Singa­pore. Prac­tic­ing since 1980 ( over 30 Years). Stu­dent of Natya­visharade Smt. Narmada. Re­cip­ient of merit scholar­ship( senior level) from Ministry of Human Re­source Develop­ment (Depart­ment of Cul­ture), Govt. of India and state scholar­ship from San­geetha Nruthya Academy, Govt. of Kar­nataka, India for 2 years. Per­for­med Solo per­for­mances from the Natio­nal Tourism Board, India and Director­ate of Kan­nada and Cul­ture, Govern­ment of Kar­nataka and won 1ST PLACE in All India Music And Dance Com­peti­tions. Recip­ient of Arya­bhata Inter­national Awards, India. Recip­ient of Nrithya Shiro­mani Award, India. Foun­der of Natyar­anjini institution to Pre­serve and pro­mote Clas­sical Art forms.

Name: Darshna Mahadevan
Email: darshnamahadevan@gmail.com
Field: Carnatic Music & Voice Culture.
Location: Singapore
Telephone: +65 8121 9148
Misc Info: Master’s degree in Carnatic Music(India) and Western Music & Vocal Techniques certified from Berklee college of Music(US) with over 8 yrs of teaching experience and 15 yrs of performance experience. Online, Individual and Group lessons available..

Name: Rajalakshmy Mahesh
E-Mail: rajimusic@yahoo.com
Field: Carnatic Vocal
Location: Block 32, Stur­dee Road, 28-09, Kerris­dale, Singa­pore 207853
Telephone: +65 90609500
Misc. Info: Dis­ciple of Smt. Tara Ramesh, Mumbai, Dr. Nitya­sree Maha­devan (re­nowned vocalist, Chen­nai) and Smt. Lalitha Siva­kumar, Chen­nai (Daughter in law and dis­ciple of late Smt. D.K. Patam­mal). Hold a Masters Degree in music (M. Music) from Madras Uni­ver­sity and have offered regular per­for­mances in India and Singa­pore. Have good music teach­ing experi­ence in India and have now star­ted impart­ing les­sons to few stu­dents in Singa­pore.

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Name: N. R. Prashanth
E-Mail: nrp_vocal@hotmail.com
Field: Carnatic Vocal Music
Location: Singapore Indian Fine Arts Society 2A, Starlight Road, Singa­pore-217755
Telephone: 2950584, 2995929, 2995925
Misc. Info:

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Name: Mahesh Parameswaran
E-Mail: maheshplink@gmail.com
Field: Mrudangam / Ghatom
Location: Block 32, Sturdee Road, 28-09, Kerrisdale, Singapore 207853
Telephone: +65 97299389
Misc. Info: A dis­ciple of Bombay Shri K.B. Ganesh and guru Shri T.R. Sundaresan. I am a versatile per­cus­sion­ist, with pro­fici­ency in play­ing mrudan­gam, ghatom, khanjira and elec­tronic per­cus­sions. I hold the distin­ction of having a double “B-High” grade from All India Radio in both mrud­angam and ghatom. Have been re­gularly per­forming on the concert stage for over ten years across sabhas and events in India and now in Singa­pore, and have had the privi­lege and oppor­tunity of accom­pany­ing for number of distinguished Senior artistes. Have been an active part of some thala­vadya kutcheri teams, clas­sical music based fusion bands and orchest­ral pro­duc­tion groups.

Name: Ravindra Parchure
E-Mail: Ravindra.Parchure@gmail.com
Field: Hindu­stani Clas­sical vocal­ist
Location: Temple of Fine Arts
Telephone: +6598257994
Misc. Info: I am a Hindu­stani clas­sical vocalist based in Singa­pore. I am work­ing as a Hindu­stani vocal music faculty in Temple of Fine Arts Singa­pore. I am trained under the guid­ance of Pt. Arun Kashal­kar of Gwalior and Agra Gharana. Web­site – www.ravindra-parchure.com ..

Name: Paskaran
E-Mail: rhythm_masala@yahoo.com
Field: Mridangam, Ghatam, Kanjira, Morsing, Latin, Western, African, Middle-Eastern Drums
Location: BLK 316#09-189 Semba­wang Vista Singa­pore 750316 :
Telephone: 65-90270497
Misc. Info: My group “Rhythm Masala” has created a new Guin­ness World of Records for 50hrs of Non-stop Drum­ming Mara­thon at Dur­ban South Africa in Yr 2004. Studio is sound proofed & fitted with high-end amps, guitars, PA system & drums for band re­hearsal. Web Site – www.rhythm-masala.com various percus­sion clas­ses can also be con­ducted in our new prac­tice studio which is located at Bukit Batok CC starting from Jan 2014.

Name: Nimi Prasad
Email: nimiprasad.np@gmail.com
Field: Odissi
Location: 41 Sembawang crescent
Telephone: +65 8138 5364
Misc. Info: The first Singa­pore citizen to have gra­duated and debuted from Odissi dance in 2010 here in Singapore. Cur­rently, I have 16 years of learn­ing exper­ience and assist teaching Odissi to stu­dents when needed. Hope to have my own stu­dents to teach soon enough. My current dance web­site is: https://nimiprasad.wixsite.com/dance  (You can access but temporarily under con­struction as I have yet to update the infor­mation and am also working on creating another website)

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Name: Shruthi Raj
E-Mail: shruthiraj@outlook.com
Field: Carnatic (South – Indian Clas­sical) Music – Vocal
Location: Singapore
Telephone:
Misc. Info: Accompli­shed per­for­mer and experi­enced tea­cher; graded All India Radio artist; com­pleted Vidwath with distin­ction. Car­natic vocal train­ing avail­able from basic to advan­ced levels in-person and on­line (Skype). Per­for­mances and lecture – demon­strat­ions can be ar­ranged. http://shruthiraj.wixsite.com/carnatic ..

Name: Mrs. Mythili Rajaraman
E-Mail: rajaraman.mythili@gmail.com
Field: Carnatic Vocal
Location: Block 124C, #02-219, Rivervale Drive, Sengkang. Singapore 543124
Telephone: 63856558, Hand phone – 90551194
Misc. Info: Excellent Teacher. Good standard of music..

Name: Dr. (Smt.) Siri Rama
E-Mail: sirirama@hotmail.com
Field: Bharat Natyam and Kuchi­pudi dancer, choreo­grapher and tea­cher
Location: One tree Hill, Grange Road
Telephone: 65-90030845
Misc. Info: Dr. Siri Rama teaches Bharata Natyam and Kuchi­pudi to stu­dents of all ages. https://kanakasabha.com/sirirama/ ..

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Name: Srikaanth S.
E-Mail: sri.davidwarner420@gmail.com
Field: Carnatic Flute, Western Key­board
Location: Bukit Batok, Little India
Telephone: 94810639
Misc. Info: Flautist, key­board­ist, composer. Coached stu­dents and made them won many com­peti­tions in flute. Have the patience to teach even small stu­dents and en­gage them in my compo­sitions.

Name: Sakthi Fine Arts
E-Mail: info@sakthifinearts.com
Field: Bharata­natyam, Carnatic Vocal Music 
Location: 10 Anson Road, #10-11 Inter­national Plaza, Singapore 079903
Telephone: +65 – 9114 1134
Misc. Info: Sakthi Fine Arts is conducting Bharathanatyam and Carnatic vocal music classes for the students of 5 years  and above. Our struc­tured syllabus com­prises of both theory and prac­tical les­sons and personal­ized instruc­tion helps the student to get strong foun­dation. They also get wide opportunity to perform in our productions with the able guidance of Our Guru Devi Veerappan. She is a senior disciple of Dr. MS. Sarala and learnt from the dance exponents like Dr. Padma Subramaniyam, Dr Sujatha Mohan, Smt. Madhavi Chandrasekaran. She holds Masters in Fine Arts (Bharathanatyam).Website: www.sakthifinearts.com ..

Name: Tanuja Sane
E-Mail: tanusane@gmail.com
Field: Hindu­stani clas­sical and semiclassical vocal
Location: 52 West Coast Crescent, #07-09 West Bay Condo, Singa­pore
Telephone: +6581895399
Misc. Info: I am a trained clas­sical vocalist under guru-shishya style of learning. I have had my training under eminent gurus of Jaipur Atrauli Gharana and Gwalior Gharana. Currently I am training under Pandita Apoorva Gokhale to under­stand the nuances of per­formance oriented gayaki. I am a per­former and a very passionate teacher and have  been con­ducting Hindu­stani vocal classes for adults and children in Singapore since past 12 years. For further infor­mation about me please visit my web­site at www.swarangan.sg

Name: Sharmila
E-Mail: sharmila125@gmail.com
Field: Carnatic Vocal
Location: #11-272, Blk-899/b, Wood­lands drive-50, Singapore-731899.
Telephone: 9434 2669
Misc. Info: Profes­sional vocalist. Teach­ing vocal for all levels. I did post graduation in music from Andhra University and I passed with distinction. I am a “B” grade artist of All India Radio. I have 20 years of experience in teaching music. I can teach Telugu, Tamil and Kannada keerthanas..

Name: Harpreet Singh
Email: Harpreet140397@gmail.com
Field: Tabla
Location: Singapore
Telephone: +65 88524071, +91 8284881206
Misc. Info: Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Arts Additional (Tabla), Master of Arts Instrumental (Tabla). Accompanied renowned vocalists and instrumentalists in various classical music festivals and competitions. Also played in kirtan style nationally and internationally. Currently working in Central Sikh Temple Singapore since 2020 ..

Name: Adithya Sathya­narayana
E-Mail: adityafinearts@gmail.com
Field: Violin, Vocal and Key­board , (Advance training too available for Vocal & all instruments including Flute / Veena / Guitar )
Location: Singapore / Worldwide Online classes available too
Telephone: +65 9239 6633
Misc. Info: For more details pl visit www.adityafinearts.webs.com Home tuitions avail­able for all age limit. We have many centres across Singapore. Can visit our Youtube Channel- https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=aditya+fine+arts+singapore ..

Name: SYAMA
E-Mail: info@syama.org
Field: Carnatic Vocal, Mridangam, Violin, Veena, Key­board and Hindu­stani – Tabla; Bharatha­natyam
Location: 42B Race Course Road, Singa­pore 218557.
Telephone: +65-98159646
Misc. Info: We are Singa­pore’s premium institut­ion special­ising in Car­natic music and Bharatha­natyam. http://www.syama.org

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Name: Vinodhinee T.
E-Mail: Vinodhinee.t@gmail.com
Field: Carnatic music, Slokas
Location: Bedok South Avenue 3, Singa­pore
Telephone: 65 8239 4948
Misc. Info: I am new to Singa­pore and plan to spread the Indian trad­ition far and wide. Hence I have taken this effort to take Car­natic music and Sloka clas­ses..

Name: T.K. Saraswathy
E-Mail: carnaticvoice@gmail.com
Field: Indian Clas­sical / Semi-Classical (Vocal Teacher)
Location: Block 62, Toa Payoh Lorong 4 #29-105 Singa­pore 310062
Telephone: HP: : +65 94568551
Misc. Info: Singapore’s upcoming vocalist. A dedicated & sincere vocal music teacher. Completed B.A. Music from Madras Univer­sity. Cur­rently, pur­suing M.A in Indian Music. A dis­ciple of Kalaima­mani Prof. Smt. S. Rajeswari.

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Name: Uthyakumar (Shree Chakkraa kalaasaba of fine Art)
E-Mail: ukay.mdeal@gmail.com
Field: Sanggetham (Indian Clas­sical Carnatic Music), Veena, Thevaram, Bhajan and Song’s. Also Hindusim, Purana and Ithikaasam, & Tamil Language Classes.
Location: KL, JB, and All over Singapore.
Telephone: +60129551440
Misc. Info: Classes is con­ducted in places all over Malaysia and Singapore Inclusive of (1 to 1) pri­vate classes. Students will be given personal coaching and will be going through basic process of examination, assignments to achieve needed quality and also will be given cer­tificate upon every successful comp­letion. Hindusim classes con­ducted to enhance younger gener­ation’s know­ledge in Hindusim and humanities. Self moral values and abundance of life values has been educated through­out our Purana and Ithikaasam teach­ings. This also helps to educate our younger gener­ation on our own history and thus the culture is being protected.

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Name: V.S. Hari
E-Mail: vshari121@yahoo.com.sg
Field: Carnatic Vocal, Sampradhaya Bhajans, Hari Kathas.
Location: Northshore Drive 822419
Telephone: +6586962823
Misc. Info: Dis­ciple of Pandit Guru Charan (Hindu­stani clas­sical). Trained from Sri Sath­guru Sangeetha Vidya­layam Madurai, B.A. in Music Car­natic vocal major. Indi­vidual and group classes avail­able..

Name: Pooja Vijayan
E-Mail: queenspooja@gmail.com
Field: Bharatha­natyam and Mohini­attam
Location: 14 B hamilton road, lavender street singapore.
Telephone:
Misc. Info: Am a post graduate in Mohiniy­attom dance from Kerala Kala­mandalam and also holding double post gra­duate degree in Bharatha­natyam dance from Kalai Kaviri College of Fine Arts Trichy, a regular stage per­former and tea­cher.

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