Want to master different aspects of Carnatic music? Listen to the stalwarts
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Want to master different aspects of Carnatic music? Listen to the stalwarts

The Hindu  

Carnatic music students are often told to listen to yesteryear masters, in order to develop and finetune their art. Madurai Mani Iyer’s music appeared deceptively easy though. Ragas had quasi owners too, by the sheen engineered by some performers — Maharajapuram school came to be renowned for Arabhi and Mukhari; Semmangudi for Varali and Nilambari; and Ramnad Krishnan for Sahana or Begada — just a short enumeration of outstanding new vistas in raga ornamentation. So, like the ‘go to’ books for different subjects, there are specialist lessons that are inscribed in the music of many stalwarts.

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How Indian classical music got divided into Hindustani and Carnatic
2 days, 8 hours ago

How Indian classical music got divided into Hindustani and Carnatic

The Hindu  

Day 5 of the Academic Sessions at The Music Academy featured an interesting panel discussion with Pantula Rama, Subhashini Parthasarathy, and vidwan M.A. The session opened with Pantula Rama exploring the evolution of Indian classical music and the eventual division into Carnatic and Hindustani traditions. Ramanathan’s research also highlighted differences in oscillatory techniques, with Carnatic music carrying a lot of …

I am the connecting link between two generations
6 days, 12 hours ago

I am the connecting link between two generations

The Hindu  

As I enter the 80th year of my musical career, I look back at the many dimensions of Carnatic music that has left an indelible impression on me. Today, 9 a.m.: Bangalore Brothers; 11.45 a.m.: J. Yoga Kirtana; 1.30 p.m.: Ananya Ashok; 4 p.m.: Madurai T.N.S. Vittaldas Jayakrishna Dikshitar’s Maha Bhaktha Vijayam at 7 a.m.; Malladi Brothers’ vocal concert at …

Articulating cadences, notes
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Articulating cadences, notes

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: For many, Carnatic music is a comforting presence — the sound of a morning raga filling the house, the joy of concerts during Margazhi, or the familiar lyrics of a timeless kriti. For Vishakha Hari, Carnatic music’s magic lies in its power to unite — transcending barriers of caste, religion, and creed, touching hearts in ways words often cannot. …

Varijashree Venugopal on Spreading Indian Classical Music Globally
1 month ago

Varijashree Venugopal on Spreading Indian Classical Music Globally

Deccan Chronicle  

Varijashree Venugopal, a child prodigy turned Grammy nominee, is redefining the boundaries of Indian classical music with her innovative fusion approach. Indian classical music in general has a huge space for improvisation, where the artist expresses their thoughts and emotions using the very intricately designed set of fundamentals of ragas and talas that we are taught to be mastered over …

Enjoy music Made of Chennai at The Hindu festival on September 14 and 15
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Enjoy music Made of Chennai at The Hindu festival on September 14 and 15

The Hindu  

Festivals, almost by definition, ought to be egalitarian and collaborative. The Hindu’s upcoming 10-act musical event aspires to achieve exactly this by bringing musicians of diverse genres on a single platform The two-day celebration will explore Chennai’s music ecosystem, which is known for its proclivity to tradition, but is evolving to embrace new settings and sounds. Says Badhri Narayanan Seshadri …

T.M. Krishna | The dissident vocalist
8 months, 3 weeks ago

T.M. Krishna | The dissident vocalist

The Hindu  

If two hypothetical roads diverged in the mature Carnatic woods, T.M. The idea of a Music Academy originally emerged as an offshoot of the All India Congress Session held in Madras in December 1927 as an institution that would set the standards for Carnatic music. It was here that Krishna, a prodigy who gave his first Carnatic concert at the …

The Carnatic wars
8 months, 3 weeks ago

The Carnatic wars

The Hindu  

Published : Mar 29, 2024 11:40 IST - 7 MINS READ The Sangita Kalanidhi is a coveted award given annually by The Music Academy, Chennai, to a Carnatic musician. This set off a string of protests in the Carnatic music community, with prominent musicians withdrawing from the year’s conference since it will be presided over by a person they accuse …

A dissonant chord in the world of Carnatic music
8 months, 3 weeks ago

A dissonant chord in the world of Carnatic music

The Hindu  

Krishna, the stormy petrel of Carnatic music, and this year’s winner of The Music Academy, Madras’s prestigious Sangita Kalanidhi award, is an ardent artiste and an avid activist. Vidwan N. Ravikiran, recipient of the Sangita Kalanidhi in 2017 announced that he would return the award as Mr. Krishna was ‘trying to polarise and destabilise Indian classical music’. In a letter …

I have always dreamt of taking Carnatic music to every corner of the world: Varijashree Venugopal
10 months ago

I have always dreamt of taking Carnatic music to every corner of the world: Varijashree Venugopal

Hindustan Times  

Carnatic musician Varijashree Venugopal is now the first Indian to be signed with the American music label GroundUP. “I’ve always dreamt of taking Carnatic music to every corner of the world. This milestone is facilitating the process of introducing this genre of music to audiences who probably have no idea of it,” she says, adding, “As an artiste, I would …

Playing the same Carnatic tunes for 100 years
11 months ago

Playing the same Carnatic tunes for 100 years

Live Mint  

"I have never heard this song before,” an elderly audience member told me right after my recent concert in Bengaluru. “While audiences may enjoy a song or two by new composers in a concert, how would they respond to many songs by an unfamiliar composer,” Arkay Ramakrishnan, art connoisseur and concert organiser, asks rhetorically. “How we talk about composers is …

Amrit Ramnath: ‘Though I respond to other forms, Carnatic music is my core’
3 years, 6 months ago

Amrit Ramnath: ‘Though I respond to other forms, Carnatic music is my core’

The Hindu  

Amrit Ramnath clearly doesn’t think much of the canons of the music world: in his realm, music is many, and to conform to one means losing out on several others. Carnatic music surely forms his core, but he doesn’t carry it everywhere — neither in terms of his personal aesthetics nor with respect to music. Though I respond to other …

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