Ranjani Balasubramanian

Ranjani Balasubramanian (born 13 May 1973) is a Carnatic vocalist and violinist who performs as part of the renowned Ranjani-Gayatri sister duo. Born into a musical Tamil Brahmin family, she had her initial vocal training from her mother Smt. Meenakshi Balasubramanian. The sisters began performing as a violin duo before their teens and established themselves as top-class violinists of international repute. Since 1997, after becoming students of Padma Bhushan Sangeeta Kala Acharya P.S. Narayanaswamy, they have also given vocal concerts. Ranjani and Gayatri are world-renowned versatile musicians with over thirty years of professional accomplishments including studio recordings, television, radio, concerts, festivals, and lecture demonstrations. They perform songs in Sanskrit, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi, Marathi, and Gujarati, and have appeared at prestigious venues including the Kennedy Centre in Washington DC, Southbank Centre in London, Ravenna Festival in Italy, and Esplanade Theatre in Singapore.