{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Priya Sisters | image = | alt = | caption = | image_size = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | background = group_or_band | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = <!-- {{birth date and age|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | birth_place = | origin = Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh India | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date 1st) --> | death_place = | genre = Carnatic music | occupation = Singers | instrument = | years_active = <!-- YYYY–YYYY (or –present) --> | label = | associated_acts = }} '''Shanmukhapriya and Haripriya''', popularly known as the '''Priya Sisters''', are Carnatic music singers.<ref>{{cite news |title= Cascade of musical charms|author= Velcheti Subrahmanyam|url= http://www.thehindu.com/arts/music/article2896228.ece|newspaper= The Hindu|access-date=18 February 2012}}</ref>
==Early life== They attended Little Flower School in Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh. They started learning Carnatic music from their father, Sri V.V.Subbaram, at an early age. In order to nurture their musical talent, their father shifted base to Chennai. Later they became the disciples of the renowned duo Radha and Jayalakshmi who were disciples of the legendary G. N. Balasubramaniam. They learnt many nuances and subtleties of music during the five-year tenure under Radha and Jayalakshmi including the advice that the singing should be so clear that the listener should be able to notate the entire kriti.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/04/04/stories/2008040451310200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409025206/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/04/04/stories/2008040451310200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 April 2008|title=We owe it to Radha-Jayalakshmi|date=4 April 2008|work=The Hindu|access-date=18 May 2010}}</ref>
==Career== Improving their repertoire was a major project and learning, a continuous process. Hence they joined Professor T.R.Subramaniam. They learnt many pallavis and kritis from him.
They are part of the trend of duo singing in Carnatic music, which started in the 1950s, with performers like Radha Jayalakshmi, Soolamangalam Sisters and later continued by Bombay Sisters<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/article95639.ece|title=Sisters in song|date=30 January 2010|work=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>Priya Sisters are conferred with title "Sangeetha Vipanchi" by Sangeetha Bharathi music School, Auckland during their classical music concert "Priya Ragam" held on 10 November 2013 in Auckland, New Zealand</ref>
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140518094427/http://priyasisters.com/ Official site] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090209222516/http://www.indiamusicinfo.com/profiles/carnatic/priyasisters.html Artist Profiles : Shanmukha Priya and Hari Priya]
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