In 2017, they launched the Melbourne Veena Festival, to take the veena to a wider audience and provide performance opportunities to veena artistes. Over the years, the brothers built networks with local artists as well as visiting Indian musicians. In 1990, the Iyer brothers established the Pichumani School of Carnatic Music in Melbourne (named for their guru), which offers training in veena and vocal. The number of top-quality artistes and teachers has also been declining,” says Ramnath. With the demise of many stalwarts, veena concerts have reduced, the audience is dwindling.
“Patronage worldwide has been dwindling over the last two decades. This ancient plucked-string instrument with recorded origins dating to 1700 BC was considered the queen of Indian classical music instruments, but has suffered a decline in popularity due to the time and effort required to learn it, and the lack of exposure to it, particularly among the youth. As they built their careers in the tech industry, they began to promote Carnatic music, specifically the veena, in their adopted city. Trained as mechanical engineers, Ramnath moved to Melbourne in 1986 and Gopinath in 1993.
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The Iyer twins, now 62, are both professional veena artists who have played and loved the instrument since they were 16. The veena is not often on that list, and two Indian brothers now based in Australia, Ramnath Iyer and Gopinath Iyer, are working to change that.
There are some instruments that just seem inherently cool.
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