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The percussionist talks about her musical journey
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Lakshmi Pillai is one of the few female mridangam players of India. Daughter of mridanga vidwan Sri.Gurumurthy Thangavelu, Lakshmi hails from a family of musicians. She is the disciple of Padmabhushan Dr. T. V Gopalakrishnan. She is a national gold medalist of the year 2009-2010 organised by Nehru Yuva Kendra held at Chennai. She is a ‘B-High’ grade artist from All India Radio, Bangalore and a recipient of the CCRT scholarship. She has performed extensively in India and abroad. As part of Pandita Anuradha Pal’s Sthree Shakti group, Lakshmi has been part of concert tours in Nigeria and Europe.