Mysore Brothers enthral audience with violin duet at SICA annual festival in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: The fifth day of the 68th Annual Festival of Music and Dance, organised by the South Indian Cultural Association (SICA), featured an enthralling violin duo concert by the renowned Mysore Brothers, Sri Mysore M. Nagaraj and Sri Mysore M. Manjunath accompanied by B. C. Manjunath on the Mridangam and M. Chandrakant on Ghatam.

On this occasion, the celebrated duo was conferred with the title of ‘Sangeetha Chakravarthy’ in recognition of their outstanding contribution to Carnatic music. The award was presented by Ramesh Mantha, Design and Project Management Consultant, in the presence of the SICA Managing Committee, led by Dr. Chakravarthy, President, S. Ranganadhan, Secretary, and Dr. P. Raghu, former Director General of Income Tax and a member of the Managing Committee.

Among others, the concert featured Tyagaraja’s composition ‘Entha Muddo’ in Bindumalini set to Adi Tala, ‘Naadasudha Rasambilanu’ in Arabhi, set to Rupaka Tala, ‘Ramanee Samanamevaru’, set to Rupaka Tala. Their rendition of Neraval at ‘Paluku Palukulaku Thene’ was followed by Tyagaraja’s ‘Marugelara O Raghava’ in Jayanthasri, set to Desadi Tala, and ‘Anandamritakarshini’, a composition of Muthuswami Dikshitar in Amritavarshini, set to Adi Tala.

The Ragam-Tanam-Pallavi was the major highlight of the concert followed by a Thani Avarthanam in Adi Tala, while the second part of the concert began with ‘Nanati Brathuku’, the soulful Annamacharya composition in Revathi, set to Adi Tala.