Malladi brothers biography for kids

Chicago Tyagaraja Utsavam fondly remembers with great respect the contributions of legendary artists to the world of classical music and dance.

Sri Daroor Seshachari

I am shocked to hear that Vidwan Daroor Seshachari (b. 1956), the younger of the twosome Hyderabad Brothers, passed away on 24th February 2024. He is survived by his wife Sharada, son Srinivas Chari, daughter Archana and elder brother and musical partner D. Raghavachari.

I want to share with all music lovers about this superb, classical Carnatic musician of Andhra and Telangana.

Hyderabad Brothers’ first visit to Chicago Tyagaraja Utsavam was in 1993. They were accompanied on violin by Delhi Sunder Rajan and on Mridangam bygd Srimushnam Raja Rao. I vividly remember the team staying with us at Villa Park. The video 40 Years of CTU shows their performance with the kriti Nada Sudha Rasam Pilanu (Arabhi). The concert started with the composition of Saint Tyagaraja’s Ninne Bhajana Seya (Chala Nattai), w

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The performing pairs

As a child Lalitha was not interested in music, unlike her sister Sarojawho was a child prodigy. Last year, Saroja and Lalitha, who perform as the Bombay Sisters, bagged the Sangeetha Kalanidhi award from Music Academy.
“Saroja pulled me into music, and now I can’t sing anything without her next to me. Even when she is ill, I ask her to sit beside me during a performance,” says Lalitha.
The trend of performing in pairs became popular in the Carnatic world in the 1950s. Some of the more popular duos of that time were Radha and Jayalakshmi , cousins who became famous as playback singers, and the Soolamangalam sisters — Jayalakhmi and Rajalakshmi — known for their devotional album ‘Kandha Shashthi Kavacham’.
In some cases, the trend crosses generations. The Iyer Sisters—Srividya and Sudha—always wanted to perform together, just like their mother Geetha Ramasubramanian and aunt Uma Prabhakaran , the Mayavaram Sisters, had. Sreeram Prasad, one of the Malladi