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| genre = [[Carnatic classical music|Indian classical music]]
| occupation = Classical Vocalist
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'''Abhishek Raghuram''' (born 1985) is an Indian [[carnatic music|carnatic]] [[vocalist]].<ref name="TH" >{{cite web | url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/the-heir-apparent/article4438720.ece | title=The Heir Apparent | work=The Hindu | access-date=16 June 2021}}</ref>

==Life==
[[File:Abhishek Raghuram et al 31A.jpg|thumb|Abhishek Raghuram]]

Abhishek was born into a family of notable musicians. He is the grandson of mridangam maestro [[Palghat R. Raghu]]. His mother Usha is the niece of violin maestro [[Lalgudi Jayaraman]]. Veena exponent [[Jayanthi Kumaresh]] is his mother's sister. Mridangam exponent Anantha R Krishnan, another grandson of Palghat R Raghu, is his cousin. Ghazal and playback singer [[Hariharan (singer)]] is a relative on his father's side.<ref name="TH"/>

Abhishek started out as a mridangam player under the tutelage of his grandfather Palghat R Raghu but later, on his grandmother's insistence, he went for vocal training. Initially he trained under his mother Usha. From 1994, he began taking lessons from [[P. S. Narayanaswamy]]. After completing his B.Sc in Mathematics from [[Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College]], he joined [[Anna University]] for his Masters in Computer Science but later abandoned it to pursue music.<ref name="TH"/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://profiles.lakshmansruthi.com/index.php?uid=24 | title=Abhishek Raghuram | work=Lakshman Sruthi | access-date=16 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/in-tune-with-the-teacher/article17406400.ece | title=In Tune With The Teacher | work=The Hindu | access-date=16 June 2021}} </ref><ref name="IE" >{{cite web | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chennai/abhishek-raghuram-interview-theres-no-right-and-wrong-in-art-for-me-its-about-self-expression-6182656/ | title=Abhishek Raghuram - The Interview | work=Indian Express | access-date=16 June 2021}}</ref>

He has performed with musicians such as [[T. K. Murthy]], [[Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman]], [[Karaikudi Mani]], [[Trichy Sankaran]], [[G. Harishankar]], [[Thiruvarur Bakthavathsalam]], [[Ganesh and Kumaresh]], the [[Mysore brothers]], [[Jayateerth Mevundi]] and [[Sanjeev Abhyankar]]. He considers mandolin maestro [[U. Srinivas]] to have had the greatest influence on his sense of Carnatic music.<ref name="IE"/><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/mark-of-his-music/article21013518.ece | title=Mark of his Music | work=The Hindu | access-date=16 June 2021}}</ref>

In the year 2014, Abhishek directed the Children's Carnatic choir organized by the Bhoomija trust as a fund-raiser for Drishti Eye Care, Bangalore and was presented by [[Zakir Hussain (musician)|Zakir Hussain]] in the "Barsi" festival dedicated to his father [[Alla Rakha]].

Abhishek was involved in the making of the album ''Kaadalan Bharathi'', composed of songs of Subramanya Bharati's, and also gave a mridangam recital along with Anantha R Krishnan for the 70th birthday celebrations of Karaikudi Mani.

Since 2012, Abhishek is an "A" grade artiste of All India Radio. In 2017, he performed at the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] in New York during the exhibition 'Modernism on the Ganges' at the [[Met Breuer]] celebrating the work of the Indian photographer [[Raghubir Singh (photographer)|Raghubir Singh]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.aaartsalliance.org/events/raghuram-abhishek | title=Abhishek Raghuram | work=Asian American Arts Alliance | access-date=16 June 2021}}</ref>

==Awards==
Abhishek has won several prizes in the competitions conducted by the [[Madras Music Academy]], [[Narada Gana Sabha]], Mylapore Fine Arts Club, Tyaga Brahma Gana Sabha and others. He won his first prize, a gold medal awarded by [[Ananda Vikatan]], at the age of seven, for his mridangam playing in the all India Mazhalai Medhai contest. He also won a first prize in the pallavi singing competition organized by the [[S. Balachander]] Trust in 1996.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sruti.com/index.php?route=archives/artist_details&artId=160 |title=Abhishek Raghuram |work=Sruti |access-date=16 June 2021}}</ref>
*Best concert in the Spirit of Youth concert series conducted by Music Academy in 1997.
*'Most Inspiring Youth Artiste' Best Junior vocalist – The Music Academy, Madras in Dec 1999
*'Asthana Vidwan' title from the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam in October 2006
*'Yagnaraman Youth Excellence Award' by Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, Chennai in July 2009
*'Shanmukha Sangeetha Shironmani Award' by Shanmukhananda Sangeetha Sabha, Mumbai in December 2009
*Sangeet Natak Akademi’s Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar 2013
*'Yogam Nagaswami Award' for Best Senior Vocalist – Madras Music Academy, December Season 2013-14

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