Carnatic Vocalist S. Sowmya has been chosen to be the recipient of the prestigious Sangita Kalanidhi award from The Music Academy, Chennai.” She is a high-Calibre vocalist who has an intellectual approach towards Carnatic music” says N.Murali, President of the Academy.

She is the youngest musician to receive this coveted award this year after Sanjay Subramaninam. Sangita  Kala Acharya Awards will go to vocalists Seetha Narayanan & Mrs. Sheela.

Nadaswaram player Vyasarpadi Kothandaraman and vocalist Rajkumar Bharathi will get the TTK awards while Aarti N. Rao will get the Musicologist Award this year. 

The Nritya Kalanidhi award for Dance will be conferred on Priyadarshini Govind at the inauguration of the dance festival on January 3, 2020.

All awards will be conferred during the Sadas of the Academy on January 1 2020.