Bombay Sisters

Bombay Sisters
Origin Bombay, Maharastra, India
Genres Carnatic music
Occupations Classical Vocalist, Duo singers
Website Official site

The Bombay sisters, C. Saroja and C. Lalitha, are a Carnatic music singing duo.[1]

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Early life

Bombay Sisters were born in Bombay. They have been trained by H. A. S. Mani, Musiri Subramania Iyer and T. K. Govinda Rao.[2][3]

Career

Part of the trend of duo singing in Carnatic music, which started in the 1950s, with performers like Radha Jayalakshmi, and Soolamangalam Sisters,[4] they have been singing since 1963 when they started with light classical music, subsequently progressing to classical music; they sing in multiple languages including Sanskrit, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi and Marathi.[5] They are also known for promoting young musicians through endowments and scholarships. At present Sangeetha Kalanidhi Smt.C.Lalitha, is bringing up students Tiruvarur Shri.S.Venkateshwaran, Sri.Abirami and few others. She has nurtured her style of music on to the veena by imparting her custom of acoustic solo to the upcoming veena vidwan [[Palakkad Shri.R.Hari Ram Iyer]] . [6]

Awards

References

  1. ^ Saravanan & Hari Krishnan. "Interview with Bombay Sisters". ChennaiOnline.com. http://archives.chennaionline.com/entertainment/carnatic/bsisters.asp. Retrieved 2009-08-03. 
  2. ^ "Bombay sisters in concert". The Hindu. September 22, 2007. http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2007/09/22/stories/2007092252420400.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-03. 
  3. ^ "C Saroja & C Lalita - The Bombay Sisters". Carnatica.com. http://www.carnatica.net/artiste/bombaysisters.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-03. 
  4. ^ "Sisters in song". The Hindu. January 30, 2010. http://beta.thehindu.com/arts/music/article95639.ece. 
  5. ^ "Concert by Bombay sisters". New Straits Times. February 16, 1994. pp. 13. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iu8VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1xMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4559,1638849&dq=bombay-sisters. Retrieved 2009-08-03. 
  6. ^ "R.R. Sabha: The zest continues". The Hindu. December 27, 2002. http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/12/27/stories/2002122701700600.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-03. 
  7. ^ "Bombay Sisters to get Isai Perarignar Award". The Hindu. November 11, 2006. http://www.hindu.com/2006/11/11/stories/2006111103880200.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-03. 
  8. ^ "Profile - Bombay Sisters". ChennaiOnline.com. http://archives.chennaionline.com/musicseason99/profile/bombaysisters.html. Retrieved 2009-08-03. 
  9. ^ "Sheer hard work has brought us this far". The Hindu. September 28, 2007. http://www.hindu.com/fr/2007/09/28/stories/2007092850950200.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-03. 
  10. ^ "Sangita Kalanidhi award for Bombay Sisters". The Hindu. July 20, 2010. http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article523573.ece?homepage=true. Retrieved 2010-07-20. 

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