Brindha Manickavasakan is a performing vocalist and research scholar in Indian Classical Carnatic Music based in Chennai, India. She has been performing for the past 22 years, from the age of 10. She is an ‘A’ grade artist of All India Radio, Chennai.  Training: Carnatic Classical Vocal for 26 years Current Guru: ‘Sangita Kalaacharya’ Smt. Suguna Varadachari, Chennai (for the past 12 years)

Early Music Training:

• Sri Neyveli Santhanagopalan, Dr. Manjula Sriram, Sri Madurai Rajaram, Sri Nagercoil M S Muthappa Bhagavathar, Smt. Durga Venkatesh, Sri D. J. Balakrishna, Smt. Bhagavathi Shankaran, Smt. Jayashri Rao, Smt. Rajalakshmi Ashok
• Trained in Veena by Smt. Radhika Chandrashekar, Smt. Radhika Bhaskar. Learned Bharathanatyam from Sri Melatur S Natarajan; Thiruppugazh from Smt. Vilasini Karthik.