Just as audience sits down to listen to the Wandering Note con cert, singer Sinduri begins the kutcheri with a varnam, followed by Vathapi Ganapathim in raga Hamsadhwani. She moves on to Marivere ...

Among the many issues that remain unresolved in Carnatic music is the language that should be used. I hold that a key reason for alienating nonbrahmins is that the language of Carnatic music used in ...

Growing up in Chennai, I remember the game we used to play with our cousins and friends from other cities. It involved guessing the names of places by describing the characteristics they would have ...

If on an evening, you find yourself in Chennai, do go visit a temple. Not the quiet ones in the bylanes, but the more boisterous ones that surround themselves with pomp and colour, just the right ...

CHENNAI: He started his musical journey when he was eight and has been creating magic with strings ever since. Karthick Iyer who started training in Carnatic music — violin and vocals then went on to ...

Speaking at the traditional oriental convocation aka the Sadas of the Music Academy in 2020, Suresh Krishna, chairman, Sundaram Fasteners Ltd, made a strong case for striking a balance between lyrics ...

A little girl speaks freely with the wind, flows gently with the river, has conversations with birds and wonders if clouds are changing shapes for her. She discovers Nature at its purest form. ‘Kaatre ...

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The occasional pair of shoulders could be seen swaying among the hundreds gathered in the audience, as heads nodded and feet tapped to the rhythm of percussion and vocals of the Indian classical art ...

For 35 years, O.S. Arun has been a professional singer of Carnatic music, a classical genre popular in South India. It's an embellished form of singing frequently backed by the tanpura, a long-necked, ...