Rama's musical ensemble consists of top ranking professional musicians who work with Rama on a permanent basis. She derives great support from them in her endeavour to achieve excellence. Rama's performances stand out for their high quality musical accompaniment provided by the following well known artists:

K. Sivakumar - Nattuvangam

A maestro in creating rhythmic patterns, Sivakumar has been working with Rama for the past five years. Hails from a musical family he is the disciple of Mridangam maestro Karaikudi Krishnamurthy. He has also composed jatis (complicated rhythmic patterns) and presented them in recitals of veteran dancers and for percussion ensembles. Sivakumar received the prestigious award 'maestro of rhythm' from Apoorva ragam, in Chennai in 2007.

Valsarajan Niliyath - Vocal

Valsarajan has been performing Carnatic vocal concerts for the past one decade besides singing for dance. He has worked with a number of dancers belonging to various South Indian classical dance. He is a disciple of Chertallai Ranganatha Sharma and a graduate of Chembai Memorial Music College, Palakkad, Kerala. Valsarajan joined Rama's team in 2008.

Sumod Sreedharan - Mridangam

Sumod has been playing Mridangam since his childhood and hails from a musicial family. His father Shreedharan Mundagatan was a well-known vocalist. He is a disciple of Mridangam maestro Puthucode Krishnamurthy. He also plays other percussion instruments - both traditional and electronic. He has also composed music for albums in Kerala. Sumod has accompanied veteran musicians in their classical music concerts including Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Veteran vocalsit KJ Yesudas, Pandit GS Rajan and others. In the field of dance Sumod has accompanied veterans including Guru Rajaratnam Pillai and others. Sumod joined Rama's group since 2006.

GS RAJAN - Composer-Flautist

An outstanding music composer and classical flautist. Rajan has been performing solo flute recitals in India and abroad since 1985. He has composed music for innumerable films, documentaries, ballets, television advertisements, signature tunes for channels and albums of great artists including Abida Parween and others. His compositions were appreciated by none other than maestro Zubin Mehta who attended his concert in Munich, Germany. RAJAN is a product of Rukmini Devi Arundale's Kalakshetra and a student of MD Ramanathan in vocal music and H Ramachandra Shastri in Flute. He received a special fellowship from the Government of France to live in France and compose raga-symphony. RAJAN has been composing for Rama and playing flute in her concerts since the last eight years. Rajan worked as Deputy Secretary of SNA - National Academy of music, dance and drama, Ministry of Culture, Government of India for almost 14 years. He also contribute articles/reviews to national dailies such as The Hindu and The Statesman. For more information on GS RAJAN visit his website at www.malabarian.com