Kum Bhargavi Venkatram hails from an illustrious musical family. She is the granddaughter of Sangeetha Kalartana Prof HV Krishnamurthy and daughter of Sri HK Venkatram and Smt Triveni Saralaya. She was initiated into music by her parents and Aunt Kavitha Saralaya. At the tender age of two, Bhargavi could identify several ragas and had a perfect sense of Swaragnana.
Bhargavi is currently under the tutelage of Sri TM Krishna of Chennai. She has won several prizes in many national and state level Music competitions, and awards.
Bhargavi is a graded artiste at All India Radio. She has given performances at various Sabhas and organizations including the Madras Music Academy (Spirit Of Youth in August 2016 and HCL Concert Series in January 2019), Krishna Gana Sabha, Bramha Gana Sabha, Indian Fine
Arts, Mylapore Fine Arts, Sri Shanmukhananda – Mumbai, The Karnataka Ganakala Parishath annual conference, Sri Rama Lalitha Kala Mandira, Sree Rama Seva Mandali- Fort High School, the Bangalore Gayana Samaja annual conference and various other music organisations in Bangalore and Mysore.
Bhargavi also shows a keen interest in Bharathnatyam, and was a disciple of Smt and Sri Anuradha Sridhar for over 10 years. She has completed her dance examination with distinction.
Bhargavi has shown tremendous promise of achieving great heights in the field of Carnatic Music. Coupled with a rich tradition and Pataantatra, Bhargavi’s music is characterized by displays of intuitive and Manodharma based music. She is bestowed with a melodious Bhava laden voice. Bhargavi excels in her academic pursuit and has completed her Computer Science Engineering degree with distinction.