Samyukta Ranganathan

Samyukta is an awarding-winning singer of classical South Indian (Carnatic) music. She began her training at age 8 and had begun singing in the South Indian music circuit by age 13. Just a few years later she was invited to perform solo concerts at a number of historic venues across the region. Since then, her experience as a classical Indian singer has been bolstered by an active performance career that included several cities in South Africa and the United States. She received The Brinda Repertory Centenary award in 2015 for her work in Carnatic Music. She learns Hindustani music from Pandit Sanjoy Banerjee of the Kirana Gharana.

Samyukta is currently working on completing her MA in Voice Pedagogy for Indian Classical Voices at the Voice Study Centre and the University of Wales Trinity St David. Previously, she studied at New York Vocal Coaching to learn how to incorporate vocal technique into her own style of singing and to begin a career as a vocal teacher of Carnatic Music. She is excited to share her research with students in India, the United States, and thanks to modern technology, all across the world. Crucial advancements in the field, she believes, will bring increased longevity, stamina, quality, and vocal awareness to the artform.

PERFORMANCE CAREER:

While she was a graduate student at Columbia University, Samyukta had the chance to collaborate with and learn from some of the amazing talent the New York City has to offer. She has found herself thriving in this nexus of different musical styles.

Samyukta has headed up Indian Classical orchestras and has served as musical directors for stage and film productions in the genre.

Samyukta collaborated with the best musicians from around the world on her solo album “The Wandering Poet”. The project takes traditional Indian music pieces to arrangements in several genres including Latin, jazz, electronica, hip-hop and pop.

She continues to enjoy an active performance career in New York City.