Deepikaa Sreenivasan, a disciple of Dr. Nandyala Ramamurthy and Dr. Patri Satish Kumar, is fast emerging as a force to reckon with amongst young Indian classical percussionists. She plays the Mridanga and recites Konnakkol, for which she has received central and state government scholarships and fellowships. She is a recipient of the Young Artistes grant from the Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India.
She has wide classical concert experience, with performances having taken her all over the country and abroad. She has produced music for theatre and contemporary explorations apart from performing as a part of multiple percussive ensembles of international renown. She also works on a pioneering project, “Kannada Kavya Kamanabillu”, that explores Classical Kannada poetry from within a Classical musical framework. She has served as a mentor for British Council's IN_UK Season of Culture programme.
Additionally, she is a qualified software engineer and writer. She predominantly writes about classical music and allied artforms."
