Pattu Rajagopalan

Education

She was trained in Annamacharya keerthanas conducted by TTD Tirupati, between 1976–1978 and graduated with a diploma.

Career

She was selected for Associated Independent Recording Hyderabad by Sangeetha Kalanidhis Musiri Subramania Iyer and Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer in 1949. She had her initial training in Carnatic music in Hyderabad from Sri T.G. Padhmanaban (disciple of Alathur Venkatesa Iyer) and Sri P. Kuppuswamy (disciple of Karur Chinnaswamy Iyer), a well known violinist of the yester years. She learned in the Alathur and Karur Chinnaswamy Iyer bani.

Her Shruti and Laya are her forte.

Then, she had her special training from Tirutani Krishnamurthy in Tirupati. Recommended by the Executive Officer of TTD Tirupati, Smt.

Pattu Rajagopalan came to the United States. and Canada in 1981 as the first ambassador of the Annamacharya Project. From 1981-1994, she toured the United States. and Canada, performing over 50 concerts with a special emphasis on Annamacharya songs and the musical Trinity.

This included three concerts at the Sri Venkateshwara Temple in Pittsburgh, during the annual Bhramothsavam (1981) and the 2nd Annamacharya Aradhana Day (1993).

She has performed over 1000 concerts, especially in the Annamacharya Project and the Dharma Prachara Parishad of TTD, Tirupati and Tirumala. She is running two institutions, Abhirama Bhakta Mandali and Shruti Laya School of Music in Tirupati. Ten of her disciples are now performing vocal artists.

Recently, she was invited to act as a judge at the Papanasam Sivan Music Competition conducted by the Sivan Fine Arts Academy, Chennai on May 7-8th, 2011 in San Jose and Sunnyvale, California, United States of America. Pooja Viswanath studied with her.

Of late, she has performed in the "Nadha Neerajanam" program of TTD Tirupati on October 3, 2009 and the 1st Anniversary celebration of the same program on August 15, 2010 at Tirumala. Thus, her musical career has spread over 60 years.

In the recent years, she has been honored by Swaralayam Arts Forum, in Houston, Texas, including having an award in her name, presented to children showing promise in the field of music

Achievements

• She was trained by Padmasri Sangeetha Kalacharya Doctor S.R. Janakiraman, Vidwan Sri D. Pasupati, and Sangeetha Kalanidhi Sandhyavandanam Sreenivasa Rao.

Membership

The Pattu Rajagopalan Award was given to members of the Junior Division at the 2010 Clear Creek Independent School District Science Fair.