Raga Vrindavani Sarang - N Rajam

N. Rajam - Violin
Chhotelal Mishra - Tabla

Raga Vrindavani Sarang

Recorded on 18th March 1979 in Varanasi by Henry Ritzmann

This music was provided through the courtesy of Georg Lawall

Produced by Günter Wick

From Wikipedia:
N. Rajam (born 1938) is an Indian violinist who performs Hindustani classical music. She remained professor of Music at Banaras Hindu University, eventually became head of the department and the dean of the Faculty of Performing Arts of the University.
She was awarded the 2012 Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, the highest honour in the performing arts conferred by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama.
N. Rajam was born in Chennai in 1938 in a musical family. Her father, Vidwan A. Narayana Iyer was a well-known exponent of Carnatic music. Her brother, T. N. Krishnan, was a prominent violinist of the Carnatic style. Rajam started her initial training in Carnatic music under her father. She also trained under Musiri Subramania Iyer, and learned raga development from vocalist Omkarnath Thakur.
Rajam received the prestigious titles of Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan from the Government of India.
Under the guidance of her father, A. Narayana Iyer, Rajam developed the Gayaki Ang (vocal style). Rajam has performed across the globe and in numerous places throughout India.
Rajam was a professor of Music at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in the Faculty of Performing Arts for nearly 40 years. She has been the chair of the department and the dean of the college at BHU.
She trained her daughter Sangeeta Shankar, her granddaughters Ragini Shankar and Nandini Shankar, her niece Kala Ramnath, Pranav Kumar of Super 30, and Prof. V. Balaji (B.H.U. Varanasi), Dr. Satya Prakash Mohanty
Awards
• Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, 1990
• Padma Shri, 1984
• Padma Bhushan, 2004
• Puttaraja Sanmaana, 2004
• Pune Pandit Award, 2010, by The Art & Music Foundation, Pune, India
• 2012: Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship (Akademi Ratna)
• 2018: Tana Riri award