Suguna Varadachari

Suguna Varadachari is a Carnatic vocalist and Carnatic music teacher from Tamil Nadu, India. She is also a Veena artist. She received several awards including Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and Sangita Kala Acharya Award by Madras Music Academy.

Life and career Suguna Varadachari was born on 20 December 1945, in Dharapuram in present-day Thirupur district of Tamil Nadu.

Suguna, an A-Top artist in All India Radio, Chennai, who has performed in many programs of AIR and was a Carnatic music teacher in the series Isai Payirchi, has also sung in many recordings for the AIR Archives. She has participated in numerous national and international seminars and presented numerous lectures on music.

Personal life She lives in Raja Annamalaipuram in Chennai.She has two sons and her grandson is a Carnatic vocal singer

Awards and honors Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 2015 Kalajyoti by Suswaraa 2007 Acharya Ratnakara Award 2011 at the Cleveland Tyagaraja Festival Sangita Kala Acharya Award 2011 by Music Academy, Chennai Sangeet Pracharya Award 2014 by Shanmukhananda Fine Arts, Mumbai