Chinmaya Sisters
Carnatic singers
The Chinmaya Sisters, Uma and Radhika, are a Carnatic music singing duo.
Early life
The sisters were taught Carnatic music by their mother Bhavani Natesan, and went on to receive training from T. N. Seshagopalan and Neyveli Santhanagopalan.
Musical career
Their first concert was in 1992 in the "Spirit of Youth" Series of the Music Academy. In 2003 they were invited by Carnatic Music Association of North America-New Jersey for a concert to perform in USA. They have also performed in the music series organised by Kamban Kazhagam in Colombo-SriLanka. later in 2018 the duo performed in Navarasam, a thematic concert organised by Rasikapriya Fine Arts Academy. later they have performed at the Swaralaya Samanwayam Festival held in Palakkad. they have become a regular performer and part of the Margazhi season music festival. They have also given performance in Doordarshan & they are ‘A’ graded artists of All India Radio.
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