S. Aishwarya

S.Aishwarya & S.Saundarya
Birth name	S.Aishwarya & S.Saundarya
Genres	Carnatic music,
Occupation	Carnatic Classical Vocalists
Years active	2007–present
Website	[1] [2]

S.Aishwarya & her sister S.Saundarya are two of the most popular Carnatic musicians from the younger generation. They are the great-granddaughters of Bharat Ratna M. S. Subbulakshmi. and the grand-daughters of Sangeeta Ratnakara Dr.Radha Viswanathan and the torch bearers of the precious MS and Radha Legacy.

Career

Aishwarya began her first lessons from Smt.M.S Subbulakshmi and Smt.Radha Viswanathan when she was hardly 4 years old. The huge repertoire of songs which was part of the MS Bani, was painstakingly taught to Aishwarya by her Grandmother Dr.Radha for a period of 20 years.

S.Aishwarya is a disciple of Karnataka Kalashree Smt.Jambu Kannan. She currently learns the Veena from Smt. B. Nagalakshmi.

Saundarya is a disciple of Sangeeta Kala Acharya Smt.Neela Ramgopal. She learns the Carnatic Violin from Sri.Vishwajith Mathur. She learns Bharatntayam from Smt. Sumitra Nitin and also plays the western Violin.

Both the sisters learn Hindustani Music from Sri. Omkarnath Havaldar.

In October 2017, Aishwarya & Saundarya were invited by the Honorable Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi to sing at his residence wherein they sang the composition "Maithreem Bhajatha" of the Mahaperiaval of Kanchi which was composed for World Peace and sung at the United Nations in 1966 by Smt. M. S. Subbulakshmi and Smt. Radha Viswanathan.

The sisters are a sensation on Social Media with their videos on Facebook and YouTube garnering over 25 Million views.

The sisters have given more than 500 concerts in many prestigious venues across the world.

Awards and recognitions

Year	Honour	Honouring bestowed or presented by
2017	Yuva Kala Bharati	Bharat Kalachar, Chennai
2017	SVN Rao Award for Youth Excellence	Sri Rama Seva Mandali, Bangalore
2017	Vocational Excellence Award	Rotary Club, Chennai
2017	Young Woman Achiever Award	AMN Global Group, Chennai
2016	Ambassador of Classical Arts	Connecticut General Assembly, USA
2016	Best Young Carnatic Vocalist and Rising Star of Indian Classical Music	AMN Global Group, Chennai
2016	Young Achiever Award	A3 Foundation, Chandigarh
2016	M.S.Subbulakshmi Sangeetha Puraskar	M.S.Subbulakshmi Foundation, Varkala, Kerala
2016	M.S.Subbulakshmi Centenary Award	Trinity Fine Arts, Chennai
2016	Sangeetha Parampara Puraskar	Kalalaya, San Jose
2016	Kaveri Kannada Award	Kannada Koota, Washington DC
2015	Most Promising Artist of the Year – Dr.Chithra Narayanaswamy Award	Brahma Gana Sabha
2015	T.K.Govinda Rao Award	Sri Krishna Gana Sabha
2011	Madurai Mani Iyer Award	Sri Krishna Gana Sabha

Further reading

• Govind, Ranjani (6 September 2015). "M.S. Subbulakshmi birth centenary: Tribute to a legend" – via The Hindu.