12 Facts About Varijashree Venugopal

Varijashree Venugopal, born in Bangalore, India on 6 March 1991, is a Grammy nominated Indian singer and flautist.

Varijashree Venugopal was found to have the rare ability to identify about 40 ragas at the tender age of one and a half and about 200 ragas at the age of 4.

Varijashree Venugopal was initially trained by her father and then started undergoing formal training in Carnatic music under Vidhushi H Geetha at the age of 4.

Varijashree Venugopal's music has been vastly shaped by her guru Gaanakalanidhi Vidwan Salem P Sundaresan.

Varijashree Venugopal is a trained and accomplished flutist with her father Vid.

Varijashree Venugopal's works include singing and composing for Kannada soaps and is popularly known for rendering her voice for Helvanakatte Giriyamma and Magalu Janaki for which she has received widespread public acclaim.

In 2018, Varijashree Venugopal started to explore world music and Jazz in particular owing to a childhood inclination and started posting a unique blend of her thought process which added layers of carnatic music into Jazz for which she coined the term "Carnatic Scat" singing.

Varijashree Venugopal used the online medium to reach out to audiences and artists alike.

Varijashree Venugopal has received several awards which include recognition from the state and central governments of India.

Varijashree Venugopal has scored music for the documentary films like 'Ashtaavadhaana' directed by Vid.

Varijashree Venugopal is featured in several tracks on "Sensurround", the third album of the Italian group "Trio Bobo", a side of the Italian progressive group Elio e le storie tese.

Varijashree Venugopal has created an independent album 'Vari' in collaboration with Grammy awarded artist Michael League along with the team including Hamilton Hollanda, Rajesh Vaidhya, Pramath Kiran, Praveen D Rao.