Violin Duet By Lalgudi GJR Krishnan & Vijayalakshmi: Events in Hyderabad

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Sharada Cultural Trust is organising its 20th Annual Cultural Festival Of Music & The 163rd Aradhana Of Sadguru Sri Thyagaraja Swamy, from 30th January to 7th February, at Keyes High School. The 9-day festival will feature several renowned Carnatic musicians from all the country - O S Thyagarajan, Dr. Ganesh, Sudha Raghunathan, Sanjay Subrahmanyam, Lalgudi GJR Krishnan & Vijayalakshmi, Nityasree Mahadevan, the Hyderabad Sisters and T V Sankaranarayanan - providing a musical fiesta for the Carnatic music lovers of the twin cities

The 5th day of the festival will feature a violin duet by brother-sister duo Lalgudi GJR Krishnan and Vijayalakshmi. The accompanying musicians for the recital are D S R Murthy on the mridangam and Shyam Kumar on the morsing.

GJR began his early lessons on the violin at the age of 5, under the tutelage of his grandfather and guru Lalgudi Gopala Iyer, and later from his father Lalgudi Jayaraman. He is a post-graduate in commerce (M Com), a Cost & Works Accountant (ICWA) and a Company Secretary (ACS), but chose to pursue it as his profession.

Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi commenced her lessons at the age of 6 under the watchful eyes of her illustrous father Lalgudi Jayaraman. She holds a Master of Arts in English Literature, and has followed it up with a diploma in music. She had her first performance at the age of 13 alongside her father.

The brother and sister duo have performed all over India and abroad. Their concerts overseas have been at Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Italy, West Germany, the USA, Canada, the Middle East and Greece. In 1996, Krishnan and Vijayalakshmi performed in 33 cities in the USA and Canada. The pair has released several cassettes and CDs together, in addition to their individual endeavours.

The Sharada Cultural Trust is an all-women voluntary organisation that has been rendering yeomen service for the last 19 years in the field of cultural activities. The programs conducted by the organisation include the annual music festival and Thyagaraja Aradhana, annual music competitions, donation of rice to veda pathashalas, and donating money to the Sri Vidya School For Special Children and the Devnar School For The Blind.

Entry is free for everyone. Please contact Sharada Krishnan at 92461-54482 / 98498-02891 for further details.