Nithyasree Mahadevan has more than 750 albums to her credit on various themes and titles which are very popular among rasikas. Her three thematic albums that solely consisted of his compositions have been very popular, both online and offline. She presented a paper on the Life and Contribution of Gopalakrishna Bharathi for the Music Department of PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore. Pattammal, Nithyasree has also popularised compositions of Gopalakrishna Bharathi. Similarly, in 1999, her album "BHAIRAVI" was released by Charsur Digital Workstation which solely consisted of a Ragam Tanam Pallavi in ragas containing the name "Bhairavi". Nithyasree's concert was presented in 1994 over a duration of 3 hours, and consisted of 17 compositions in total. Pattammal, Nithyasree presented a concert consisting solely of compositions set to raga Bhairavi. She has also given a lecture demonstration in Coimbatore for Manoranjitham on "Papanasam Sivan – A Legend", and made two special thematic albums that solely contained his compositions. Pattammal were known for singing and popularising the compositions of Papanasam Sivan, having learnt them directly from the composer himself. Pattammal before her grandmother stopped performing in public.ĭ. She has given numerous concerts consisting of only patriotic songs to commemorate the 50th year of Indian Independence, a few with D. Pattammal (left) and Nithyasree Mahadevan Thematic presentations Ī collage photo depicting D. Jayaraman, as well as the chief guest at that concert, K. Prominent Carnatic musicians that were present at the concert, included D. The 1 hour concert, which was scheduled between 6:00 pm and 7:00 pm, was held for the Youth Association For Classical Music on 10 August 1987. Nithyasree's first public Carnatic performance was at the age of 14. Tanujashree and Tejashree, their two daughters, have also accompanied their mother on stage in concerts. Nithyasree has also been vocally accompanied in some concerts by her niece and disciple, Lavanya Sundararaman.
Her father, an accomplished mridangist and disciple of his father-in-law Palghat Mani Iyer, constantly shows his support and accompanies her when she performs. Pattammal, and would accompany her in concert. Like her mother, Nithyasree was also the disciple of D. Nithyasree first learnt music from her mother, Lalitha Sivakumar. Her maternal grandfather was the mridangam maestro, Palghat Mani Iyer. Jayaraman, were prominent Carnatic vocalists who were established disciples of Ambi Dikshithar, Papanasam Sivan, Koteeswara Iyer, T.L.Venkataramayyar and others. Nithyasree was born to Lalitha Sivakumar and Iswaran Sivakumar.