I did my under graduation in Arts with a specialization in Music. It was in my 8 th grade that I was introduced to violin gurus Sri Pulliah garu and Sri Subbanna Garu and it was then that I started my formal classical music training. I did not have any idea nor did I understand the difference between poetry and literature. My first performance was at the age of 3 yrs, when I first composed my own song on Lord Krishna in Nepali.

When did you start your formal education in music and when did you start singing? I was fortunate to have my mother as my first music guru and my father as my spiritual mentor.

I was born to Late Smt Rajyalakshmi garu and Late Sri Narayana Raju garu. Ĭan you please tell us about your childhood? TAGB, recently invited Dr Shobha Raju an renowned musician, devotional singer, writer and composer, known as an exponent of sankirtana of the gospel of the 15th-century saint-composer, Annamacharya. Interview with Padma Shri Dr Shoba Raju Garu (translated from a Telugu interview) (This article is sponsored by Tanna Insurance)

Annamayya keerthanalu shobha raju