Carnatic Vocal By Hyderabad Sisters: Events in Hyderabad

REVIEW FOR CARNATIC VOCAL BY HYDERABAD...

There's a difference between celebrating the Brahmotsavas in Tirupati and in Hyderabad. Here's one of the attempts at making it negligible.

On the occasion of Lord Venkateshwara's annual Brahmotsava celebrations, the Tirumala Tirupati Devastanams of Hyderabad is organising a Carnatic vocal concert of the Hyderabad Sisters, on 22nd June, at the Sri Venkateshwara Temple in Himayathnagar.

The Hyderabad Sisters, Lalitha and Haripriya, were born in 1950 and 1952 respectively, and were disciples of T G Padmanabham, belonging to the Alathur Sishya parampara. They are A-grade artists of AIR and DD, and have given innumerable classical vocal Carnatic concerts. They have featured quite a few times in the national programs of music, the radio sangeet sammelans and the special programs of DD, and have performed extensively in all prestigious music sabhas in India and abroad.

The Spirit Of Unity concerts have presented their concerts several times. And like you may expect, the awards have just overflowed, with the prominent being the prestigious Saptagiri Sangeeta Vidhwanmani Award from TTD Tirupati, and the Raja Annamalai Award of the Madras Music Academy. The sisters have released several cassettes, too.

The popular duo have strong, pleasing voices which blend well. Verve in presentation, fidelity to laya and well-planned concerts add to their popularity. They combine well; their brika-based voice is sweet and their rendition is satisfying. Haripriya is qualified in Law, too.

Their concerts are absorbing and entertaining - the delineation of ragas is impressive, and the swara prastara is well-conceived and structured. It is said that the sisters follow the style of the Alathur Brothers.

Lalitha and Haripriya will be accompanied by B S Narayanan on the violin and G Ramachandran on the mridangam. Please contact Dharma Prachara Parishad of TTD at 2322-0852/94404-98299 for further details.