Savita Narasimhan is one of the most talented artistes of her generation. Born to a family of music connoisseurs, Savita began learning Carnatic music from Sankara Sarma. She also had the privilege of training under Rama Ravi and O V Subramaniam, besides learning Tiruppugazh from A S Raghavan. Since 1995, she has been under the tutelage of Chitravina N Ravikiran.

An A-grade artiste of All India Radio and Doordarshan, Savita has performed in the annual festivals of many prominent organisations in Chennai, such as Narada Gana Sabha, Krishna Gana Sabha, and Mylapore Fine Arts, as also in other venues outside Chennai, like, The Shanmukhananda Sabha, Bombay and The India International Centre, New Delhi. In January 1998, the Indian Cultural Centre of Berlin invited Savita to render a solo vocal recital that was broadcast by the West Deutsche Rundfunk, the West German Radio, Cologne. In September 2002, she performed for the BBC Radio's programme 'Outlook', as a representative of the festival of Indian arts, 'Sangeetam', held at the Sadler's Wells Theatre, London. Savita has conducted workshops and performed extensively in her tours of the USA in 2005 and 2006.

Savita has also been the lead vocalist for Alarmel Valli, the noted danseuse, at many prestigious venues such as the Theatre De La Ville, Paris, The Music Academy, Chennai, Vienna International Festival, Austria, Festival of Normandy, France and The Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC and The Edinburgh festival, Scotland. She also had the distinction of performing for the Queen and King of Norway in the Bergen International Festival, and for Prince Charles at the Royal Albert Hall, London, and at the Munich State Opera in the presence of Zubin Mehta,as a member of Valli's troupe.

Savita is one of the lead singers in Chitravina Ravikiran's ensemble Vintage Virtuosos, which aims at perfecting and projecting masterpieces of the great composers of Carnatic music. She has been featured in six albums by the group, including Songs of the Nine Nights, Brilliance of Begada, The Exquisite Bhairavi and Oottukkadu Venkata Kavi's Saptaratna-s. She also participated in the Indo-Canadian music-dance production Cosmos, jointly directed by Ravikiran and Timothy Sullivan, the latter, a composer of western music from Toronto.

Savita was among the artistes selected by Carnatica.com to sing for the first VCD on Carnatic music education, Nadopasana. She was conferred the 'Talent of the Year' award by Krishna Gana Sabha, Chennai, in 2003, and by Narada Gana Sabha, in 2004. and 'Best Junior concert' award by The Music Academy in 2006. She is also recipient of the prestigious Kalki Krishnamurthy Memorial award for the year 2006.

Savita has authored and published the book 'Adityodayam', containing select compositions of her guru, Ravikiran.

A recipient of the scholarship for Carnatic classical music instituted by the Department of Culture, Government of India, Savita is also the Principal of the School of Fine Arts established (in 1999) by Hamsadhwani, Chennai, and member of faculty in The International Foundation for Carnatic Music. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from the University of Delhi and a Master's in English Literature from the Annamalai University.

Press
"Savita has a powerful voice, chaste diction...satisfying recital" - The Hindu

"It needed the unsullied melody of Savita's singing to highlight the sheer musical imagination and creativity..." - The Hindu

"In her music, what captivated the audience were her naturally effortless singing, simple sangatis, deep alapanas and swift swaraprastharas" - Dinamalar

"Savita, disciple of Chitravina Ravikiran, in particular lent good support" - Sruti

"Savita performed with distinction, her voice lending a special aura to the recital" - The Hindu

"In Carnatic music, an assured welcome awaits a singer with a melodic and flexible voice, approved padantara of krtis of major composers and supported by steady laya. Savita Narasimhan's vocal recital...had these assets in abundance..." - Indian Express

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