S Aishwarya and S Saundarya, great granddaughters of the legendary M S Subbulakshmi, have just released their rendering of an evergreen invocation she first recorded in 1963. Sri Venkatesa Suprabhatam was first broadcast in Subbulakshmi’s voice on All India Radio in 1958 on Vaikuntha Ekadashi. The 20-minute hymn became an LP record in 1963, and its popularity continued well
S Aishwarya and S Saundarya, great granddaughters of the legendary M S Subbulakshmi, have just released their rendering of an evergreen invocation she first recorded in 1963. Sri Venkatesa Suprabhatam was first broadcast in Subbulakshmi’s voice on All India Radio in 1958 on Vaikuntha Ekadashi. The 20-minute hymn became an LP record in 1963, and its popularity continued well
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The legacy keepers
Sun, Apr 18 2021 8:27 IST |
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New Delhi, April 18 : While sisters S. Aishwarya and S. Saundarya, two of the most popular Carnatic musicians from the younger generation and great-granddaughters of M.S. Subbulakshmi, recipient of the Bharat Ratna honour feel fortunate to be the musical inheritors of the MS legacy, they say that while drawing inspiration from that, they also maintain their own musical individualities, ensuring there is freedom to operate in their own spaces while still remaining under the framework of the legacy. My Grandmother Radha Viswanathan was the main reason for this as she assiduously taught me a huge repertoire of the songs which constitute the MS Bani (Gharana). However, we both of us have also learned under different Gurus. While I have been training under Karnataka Kalashree Smt Jambu Kannan, Saundarya has been under the tutelage of Sangita Kala Acharya Smt Neela Ramgopal. This helps us in getting exposed to di