Carnatic Vocal Duet By Malladi Brothers: Events in Hyderabad

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There are several people in town for whom 9-7 is bad math now. On the flip side, on its penultimate day, this 9-day feast of classical music is bringing in one of the state's most famous sibling pairs.

The 17th Annual Cultural Festival and the 160th Aradhana of Sri Thyagaraja Swamy is being organised by Sharada Cultural Trust from 10th to 18th February at Srirangam Srimad Andavan Ashramam. The 9-day music festival will feature kacheris of renowned artistes, like I S Thiyagarajan, Sikkil Gurucharan, Malladi Brothers, Chinmaya Sisters, Sudha Raghunathan and Lalgudi G J R Krishnan.

Today, the penultimate day, the Malladi Brothers will present a Carnatic vocal duet. The Malladi Brothers, Sriram Prasad and Ravi Kumar, hail from a family of musicians. Their father Malladi Suri Babu is a distinguished vocalist and staff artiste of AIR, Vijayawada. The brothers had their initial training from their father, and thereafter fine-tuned their skills from Sangeeta Kalanidhi Dr Nedunuri Krishnamoorthy and Sangeeta Kalanidhi Dr Sripada Pinakapani.

The brothers have established themselves as one of the leading pairs of vocal musicians, and are indeed a pride for Andhra Pradesh. Endowed with rich and vibrant voices, they combine extremely well and sing with great verve and coordination, steeped in bhakti and bhaava, and adhering to pure classicism.

The Sharada Cultural Trust was formed in 2000 by a group of female musicians and music-loving housewives. The trust trains youngsters and housewives in Carnatic vocal and instrumental music. Every year during January-February, the trust conducts a grand Thyagaraja festival where renowned musicians participate, but utmost preference is given to youngsters. Without draining too many resources on shamianas and garlands, the trust comes up with some of the best music festivals.

The entry to the festival is free of cost. For further details, please contact 2786-0680/2780-1662.