Jaysri-Jeyaraaj
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Jaysri Jeyaraaj and Jeyaraaj Krishnan are artistes who play the South Indian musical instrument Veena
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, who is revered as one of the Trinity of Carnatic composers.
, India
and they regularly give concerts and hold chamber concerts. They are working on a compilation of recordings of all available songs of Muthuswami Dikshitar.
Veena
Veena may refer to one of several Indian plucked instruments:With frets*Rudra veena, plucked string instrument used in Hindustani music*Saraswati veena, plucked string instrument used in Carnatic musicFretless...
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Lineage
They are directly descendants of the line of students of the well-known composer, Muthuswami DikshitarMuthuswami Dikshitar
Muthuswami Dikshitar is a South Indian poet and composer and is one of the Musical Trinity of Carnatic music...
, who is revered as one of the Trinity of Carnatic composers.
Current work
Their residence is in ChennaiChennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and they regularly give concerts and hold chamber concerts. They are working on a compilation of recordings of all available songs of Muthuswami Dikshitar.