4-547: Alathur Brothers Srinivasa Iyer (1911–1980) & Sivasubramania Iyer (1916–1965) were Carnatic vocalists. They learnt under Alathur Venkatesa Iyer , the father of Sivasubramania Iyer. They were not brothers by birth but were rather bound by the brotherhood of music. Srinivasa Iyer was born to Angarai Sankara Sroudigal and Lakshmi Ammal at Ariyalur village as one of 12 siblings. They gave their first concert at Thyagaraja Aradhana festival in Thiruvaiyaru in 1928. Following
8-512: A few. From 1944 to 1968 the brothers were the court musicians for the Maharajah of Travancore . They were awarded the prestigious Sangeetha Kalanidhi award in two consecutive years, 1964 and 1965. Alathur Srinivasa Iyer Alathur Srinivasa Iyer (1911–1980), born in Tamil Nadu, was an Indian vocalist . Together with Alathur Sivasubramania Iyer, he formed the successful duo known as
12-549: The Alathur Brothers (though the two were not in fact brothers). He was awarded the Madras Music Academy 's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 1965. A student of Alathur Venkatesa Iyer , Srinivasa gave his first performances when he was ten years old. From 1944 to 1968, he was a court musician for the Maharajah of Travancore . He lived longer than his partner, Alathur Sivasubramania Iyer, and performed many solo concerts after
16-652: The grand tradition set by their guru, the duo excelled in the authentic version of Carnatic music bringing together its technicalities to develop a taste for this patantara in the audience, both the experts and the laymen, alike. The Alathur brothers performed with most of the star accompanists of the world of Carnatic music. On the violin, earlier they were accompanied by Thiruvalangadu Sundaresa Iyer, Mayavaram V. R. Govindaraja Pillai , Kumbakonam Rajamanickam Pillai , Mysore T. Chowdiah among others. Later T. N. Krishnan and Lalgudi G. Jayaraman accompanied them in most of their concerts while Kandadevi Azhagirisami accompanied them in
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