Gita Swaminathan
Gita Swaminathan, popularly known as "Veenai Gita" (born February 12th, 1985) is a veena exponent of the traditional Carnatic music. She is also a physician by profession in Linkoping, Sweden.
Career
Gita Swaminathan (Tamil: கீதா சுவாமிநாதன்) was born on February 12th, 1985 to Swaminathan Selleswamy Kurukkal and Nalini Swaminathan. She started playing veena at the age of 15 Gita started to learn western piano from Mr. Kaj Verner Bækdal in 1993 until 1999. She trained under Mrs.Kumudhini Prithviraj since 1999. In 2006 she learned veena from Mrs.Subathra Raguram. In 2007 she was introduced to professor PhD RS Jayalakshmi and Kamala Vaidyanathan. In 2009 she was introduced to Kamala Aswathama. She continuously learns from Mrs.Kumudhini Prithviraj, Mrs.RS.jayalaksmi and Mrs.Kamala Aswathama.