Chinmaya Sisters Explained

Background:group_or_band
Chinmaya Sisters
Native Name:Uma & Radhika
Genre:Carnatic music
Occupation:singers
Instrument:vocal
Website:http://chinmayasisters.com

The Chinmaya Sisters, Uma and Radhika, are Carnatic music singing duo[1] [2] [3]

Early life

The sisters were taught Carnatic music by their mother Bhavani Natesan, and went on to receive training from T. N. Seshagopalan and Neyveli Santhanagopalan.[4]

Musical career

Their first concert was in 1992 in the "Spirit of Youth" Series of the Music Academy. In 2003 they were invited by Carnatic Music Association of North America-New Jersey for a concert to perform in USA.[5] They have also performed in the music series organised by Kamban Kazhagam in Colombo-SriLanka. later in 2018 the duo performed in Navarasam, a thematic concert organised by Rasikapriya Fine Arts Academy. later they have performed at the Swaralaya Samanwayam Festival held in Palakkad.[6] they have become a regular performer and part of the Margazhi season music festival.[7] They have also given performance in Doordarshan & they are ‘A’ graded artists of All India Radio.

Discography

Performed for "Naada Vaibavam" of "Art of Living" in which 5000 musicians group rendition[8]

Awards

Notes and References

  1. News: Fresh perspectives . H. . Ramakrishnan . 1 January 2015 . The Hindu . 7 July 2020.
  2. News: Siblings enthrall a full house . H. . Ramakrishnan . 22 December 2011 . The Hindu . 7 July 2020.
  3. Web site: Chinmaya Sisters (SMT Uma and SMT Radhika) at Chettinad Vidhyasram - Carnatic Music - Indian Events & Articles. 13 December 2012.
  4. Web site: Chinmaya sisters, and the story of their unique ‘shruti’ . 2023-03-02 . The New Indian Express.
  5. Web site: Lakshmansruthi.com . 2023-03-02 . profiles.lakshmansruthi.com.
  6. News: Chinmaya Sisters perform at Swaralaya Samanwayam festival . The Times of India . 2023-03-02 . 0971-8257.
  7. News: Sah . Purnima . Our preparations are never concert-based: Chinmaya Sisters . The Times of India . 2023-03-02 . 0971-8257.
  8. Web site: Naadha Vaibhavam concert brings 5000 carnatic musicians on a single stage . 2023-03-02 . India Today . en.
  9. News: 2012-08-30 . Honour for artists . en-IN . The Hindu . 2023-03-02 . 0971-751X.
  10. News: 2006-10-05 . Bharat Kalachar awards . en-IN . The Hindu . 2023-03-02 . 0971-751X.

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