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How violin exponent A. Kanyakumari put together a Carnatic choir
5 months, 2 weeks ago

How violin exponent A. Kanyakumari put together a Carnatic choir

The Hindu  

Conducting a large-scale Carnatic music choir is generally an energy-sapping exercise with disproportionately meagre returns in terms of melodic aesthetics. So, it was an enchanting evening as Team Mohana Dubai recently organised ‘Guru Vandanam 2024’ — a tribute to the violin exponent, who was also the chief mentor of the ensemble — at the Narada Gana Sabha Hall under the …

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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 …

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The Hindu Lit Fest 2024 | Reimagining Sangam-era songs with a Carnatic touch
10 months, 3 weeks ago

The Hindu Lit Fest 2024 | Reimagining Sangam-era songs with a Carnatic touch

The Hindu  

Krishna and Tamil writer Perumal Murugan, who have collaborated recently in Introducing Sangam Poetry into Carnatic music said the work was important because it engages with contemporary politics and makes Sangam works accessible to today’s world. It also has very important thoughts on caste,” said Mr. Krishna, who went on to sing the lines Semmannil Peitha Mazhi Pole, a Sangam …

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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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Carnatic music marries theatre in The Madras Players’ ‘Trinity’, set to reach a global audience
3 years, 6 months ago

Carnatic music marries theatre in The Madras Players’ ‘Trinity’, set to reach a global audience

The Hindu  

In 2020, the celebrated trinity of Carnatic music —Thyagaraja Swamy, Muthuswami Dikshitar and Shyama Sastry — was witness to thundering applause on a stage in Toronto, Canada. Trinity, The Madras Players’ rendition of Seetha Ravi’s short stories translated by Prabha Sridevan, retired judge of the Madras High Court, has been on stage since 2018. The 66-year-old theatre group’s creation, which …

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TM Krishna's The Edict Project is a stunning endeavour that doesn't fully transcend its technical challenges
4 years, 1 month ago

TM Krishna's The Edict Project is a stunning endeavour that doesn't fully transcend its technical challenges

Firstpost  

Dressed elegantly, a shawl thrown casually over his shirt, TM Krishna sings Emperor Ashoka’s edicts as one possessed: “There is no gift like dharma daanam, like dharma samstavo …” This was the first video for “The Edict Project”, Krishna’s collaboration with Ashoka University; it was released on 14 October, the anniversary of Dr BR Ambedkar’s formal conversion to Buddhism along …

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