Jayanthi Kumaresh

Jayanthi Kumaresh, also known as Veena Jayanthi, is an adept veena player. She was a student of maestro Veena S. Balachander.She has many credits to her name including the youngest veena player to receive 'A Top' from All India Radio and has quite a few musical productions to her credit. She has received four Best Veena Artiste awards from the Music Academy in Chennai.

She is the niece of the legendary Lalgudi G. Jayaraman. She is married to violinist Kumaresh, the younger one of the renowned violin brothers, Ganesh-Kumaresh, and lives in Bangalore.