2500+ Concerts

Prestigious Performances Worldwide Featured in December Music Season, Music Academy, Indian Fine Arts Society, and international venues in USA, UAE, and Australia. Performed at AKASHVANI SANGEETH SAMMELAN and National Programme of Music.

Chembai Sangeetholsavam

special programmes They have performed special programmes several times at Guruvayur Chembai Sangeetholsavam.

Foreign Tours

USA, UAE and Australia They have also performed in the USA, UAE and Australia.

Audio Releases

Pujya Swami Dayananda Saraswathiji They have had the privilege of presenting a lecture demonstration on Muthuswamy Dikshitar's Kritis in the august presence of Pujya Swami Dayananda Saraswathiji at Arsha Vidhya Gurukulam, Anaikatti, Coimbatore, which was widely appreciated.

Marathon Concerts

Marathon Concerts Firm in their belief that veena music should be representative of vocal music, the artists have presented many intricate pallavis in their concerts, including nadai pallavis and pallavis in 8-kalai. They have also performed Marathon Concerts extending 4 or more hours which have been very well received.

Novel thematic presentations

NOVEL THEMATIC PRESENTATIONS The Artists have rendered many thematic concerts based topics like Dasavathra and Subramanya, and those comprising exclusively of Dikshitar Krithis, or Thyagaraja compositions.

AKASHVANI SANGEETH SAMMELAN

National Programme of Music They have had the privilege of performing at the AKASHVANI SANGEETH SAMMELAN as well as the National Programme of Music.

Lecture Demonstrations

Lecture Demonstrations Jeyaraaj and Jaysri have also used the platform of Lecture Demonstrations to popularize and highlight the attributes of the Veena. The Indian Fine Arts Society, Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, Gayana Samaja and other organizations have featured Jeyaraaj and Jaysri in special programmes during their prestigious annual festivals, where, a rare insight was provided into the evolution of the instrument, tracing its history from the Vedic Ages to its contemporary pride of place in the world of Carnatic Music.

The Veena Foundation

The Veena Foundation Jeyaraaj and Jaysri have been regularly called upon to participate in concerts organized by “The Veena Foundation”, New Delhi in various parts of the country

MAMMOTH ARCHIVALRECORDING 1000 COMPOSITIONS AND 100 RAGA ALAPANAS

MAMMOTH ARCHIVAL PROJECT OF RECORDING 1000 COMPOSITIONS AND 100 RAGA ALAPANAS The couple has started an organization called “VEENAVAADHINI”, with multifarious objectives, namely, teaching keen students the art of veena playing; conducting chamber concerts to provide an accessible platform for musicians; retracing Muthuswamy Dikshitar’s pilgrimage and singing the kritis that he has composed on various gods and goddesses enshrined in the respective temples; and undertaking a MAMMOTH ARCHIVAL PROJECT OF RECORDING 1000 COMPOSITIONS AND 100 RAGA ALAPANAS played on the veena by the duo.

AUDIO Releases

Anandam Anantam Their latest audio album is a unique offering called "Anandam Anantam" featuring tanams in 18 rare carnatic ragas like Balahamsa, Navroj, Nadanamakriya, Vegavahini, etc, and has received very favourable response from the critic and rasika community alike. This album has been released by Swati Soft Solutions (www.kalakendra.com), market leaders in Carnatiic Music CD and DVD manufacturing. Among other albums, they have also released a CD titled "Subramanya", in which they have rendered Muthuswamy Dikshitar's Krithis on Lord Karthikeya. This was featured among the Top 10 Classical Instrumental Releases of the year.

HMV

Pandit Ravi Kichlu Their first audio release was under the aegis of HMV, with the encouragement of esteemed Hindustani vocalist Pandit Ravi Kichlu.

The Hindu

Perfect melody, sweetness and raga bhava Veena playing is delicate and difficult and only a few have been able to master the instrument and perform on stage. The Jeyaraaj’s have learnt nurtured and retained their traditional learning and performing skills with great commitment. Jeyaraaj and Jaysri, who anchor their play completely on the gayaki style for which the instrument is special, gave a recital of lofty excellence. In their expert fingers, the ragas, steeped in perfect melody, sweetness and raga bhava, unfolded in their many shades

The Statesman

Serenity of chaste veena music The duo blended so well that they made the rasika realize that the veena can communicate with sweetness, the human voice cannot easily match. The performance upheld the serenity of chaste veena music in an exemplary fashion.

The Telegraph

version of technical excellence The veena recital by the husband and wife duo Jeyaraaj and Jaysri was sampradaya based. Many of them were mammoth pieces and yet all of them were rendered by the artists in disciplined version of technical excellence. They could weave the elongated gamakas almost an octave from a single stroke.

The Indian Express

Classical essence in full measure Jeyaraaj and Jaysri's veena duet concert at Narada Gana Sabha bore testimony to their sincere and dedicated approach to their music. They brought out the classical essence in full measure by exploring the nuances of every note and tone.

Carnatic Darbar

Over-shot the time The Mini Hall at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mylapore, was packed. The Veena couple - Jeyaraaj Krishnan and Jaysri Jeyaraaj – made the evening memorable for those who had made it to the venue that evening. It was billed to be a ‘four-hour Veena concert’. In the end, it over-shot the time. There were only eleven items during the entire length of the concert. It wasn’t a ‘record-breaking’ type of a concert. It triggered ecstasy all around. The music was pristine. Well, a Veena concert was able to keep the audience riveted to their seats, hypnotized for over four hours!