| Priya R. Pai | |
| Birth Date: | 1976 2, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Idukki |
| Genre: | Playback singing, Carnatic music |
| Occupation: | Singer, music teacher |
Priya R. Pai is a Carnatic vocalist,[1] composer and playback singer. She is the host of musical TV show Layatharang on Kairali we channel. She is famous for Karnatic-western fusion music and has released five albums. On the album Harshamo Dukhamo she sang poems by former minister Binoy Viswam.[2] She also sings and composes devotional and Classical songs.
She has more than 1000 recorded songs in various Indian languages including Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Sanskrit, Hindi, Konkani, and Marathi.She is conducting a music school 'Saveri School of Music' where she trains more than 200 students. She is the recipient of Senior Scholarship from Human Resources Development by the Central Government of India and an accreditation award for Carnatic Music from Kalady Sree Sankara School of Music and Dance. She has composed and sung in more than 30 classical fusion albums. She was the host of Musical TV show 'Laya Tharang' in Kairali we channel. She has been rendering Narayaneeyam and Bhaagavatham in the program 'Sandhya Deepam' in Amrita Channel for the past 6 years. And also she was the host for the program 'Sangamam' in Jeevan TV. She has sung the title song for the famous TV show in Amrita Channel 'Kadhayallithu Jeevitham'.
Born in Idukki District, Kerala into a family of musicians, Priya' s father, was a Mridangist. Her younger sister Praveena is also a singer. She did her studies in Trivandrum in Cotton Hills GHS, NSS College, Mar Ivanios College, and Women's College Tvm. She is a double degree holder of both Maths and Music and also she did her PG in Music. Priya received her training in Carnatic Music from Valiyammal also known as Pattu Maami who lived at Karamana. She also learned music from Sree Varkala C.S Jayaram and Sree N.P Ramaswamy. She was selected for the National talent search scholarship from the Central Government from 1988 to 1992.
Priya R Pai is married to Remesh Pai VP. They have 2 daughters, Shradha R Pai and Shreya R Pai who are also singers.
In 2004, Priya R Pai established a music school 'Saveri School of Music' at Edappally, Ernakulam and now it has 2 more branches at Thevakkal, Ernakulam and Bengaluru where more than 200 students are learning classical music.