![]() ![]() Pemmaraju was also the cultural reporter for the The Hindu in Vijayawada from 1975. Vempati Chinna Satyam titled ‘Vempati - the Maestro with a Mission’ along with Andavilli Satyanarayana, an eminent educationist from the SRR & CVR College and Indian Express columnist from Vijayawada. Pemmaraju Surya rao also authored the biography of Kuchipudi exponent Dr. He was also bestowed with titles like ‘Sangeeta Ratna’, ‘Sunada Sudhanidhi’ and ‘Lakshya Lakshana Geya Swarakartagresara'. He was honoured with ‘Suvarna Ghanta Kankanam’ in 2006, ‘Ugadi Puraskaram-2012’ in combined Andhra Pradesh, received the prestigious ‘Hamsa Award’ in 2018 from the State government. Strong in both theory and practice, he had a distinguished career as a performing artist. He was a highly regarded artist in the field of Carnatic music. ![]() Pemmaraju Surya Rao (87), was born in 1934 and hailed from Machilipatnam of Krishna district. At the age of 13, she also participated in Tyagaraja Aradhana utsavalu along with her guru Pemmaraju Surya Rao She participated in several concerts, and programs featured by All India Radio at Vijayawada under his tutelage. At a very young age of six she trained in music from Pemaraju Surya Rao in Carnatic Vocal and Light music from Kalaga Krishna Mohan. A post shared by Sunitha Upadrasta Upadrashta who originally hails from Guntur is a child prodigy and had learnt classical music from Pemmaraju. ![]()
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