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How Indian classical music got divided into Hindustani and Carnatic
3 days, 5 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 …

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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 …

Carnatic Music Kanyakumari
Palakkad Sreeram’s singing flute captures the finer nuances of Carnatic ragas
6 months, 1 week ago

Palakkad Sreeram’s singing flute captures the finer nuances of Carnatic ragas

The Hindu  

Palakkad Sreeram, who is a versatile musician and playback singer recently presented a flute recital for Madhuradhwani. Sreeram developed the ‘singing flute’, which enables finer musical nuances to be played on the flute with an additional tone-hole for the thumb while another was shrunk for the same purpose. Sreeram began his concert with Muthuswami Dikshitar’s ‘Sree mahaganapathi’ in Gowlai. Attention …

Raga Sreeram Flute
A peek into maestro S. Ramanathan’s life and music
8 months, 1 week ago

A peek into maestro S. Ramanathan’s life and music

The Hindu  

By catching talents young and nurturing their skills in groups, S. Ramanathan adhered to the Suzuki method of education that earned Carnatic music eminent practitioners of varying styles, according to the late musician’s granddaughter and vocalist S. Sucharithra. Letting his students choose their tuition time on a first-come-first-serve basis at his Chennai home, the pedagogy was a classic instance of …

Music Carnatic Ramanathan Sucharithra
A tribute in Carnatic idiom to Ilaiyaraaja’s classicism in film music
2 years, 6 months ago

A tribute in Carnatic idiom to Ilaiyaraaja’s classicism in film music

The Hindu  

When Carnatic singers Ranjani and Gayatri perform a unique concert RaajabyRaGa, on June 5, to celebrate the legendary music director Ilaiyaraaja’s 80th birthday, they will be fulfilling the stated or unstated desire of many musicians, including flautist T. Viswanathan. While receiving the Sangita Kalanidhi award of The Music Academy, the late Viswanathan called upon traditional musicians to take the first …

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Jeyaraaj and Jayasri present taanam in a nutshell
2 years, 10 months ago

Jeyaraaj and Jayasri present taanam in a nutshell

The Hindu  

Like many other artistes, veena duo Jeyaraaj and Jayasri too decided to go virtual in 2020 with an online series titled ‘Taanam Thursdays’, which has run for two seasons now. The interesting aspect of the series is that the duo presents some rare ragas such as Mandari, Kuntalavarali, Balahamsa and Navroj in the taanam format. They also use popular ragas …

Hindustani Dikshitar Veena Jayasri Ragas Jeyaraaj Taanam
The Friday List: From Bridgerton, Margazhi music festival to FirstAct play Star Light, your weekly calendar of virtual events
3 years, 11 months ago

The Friday List: From Bridgerton, Margazhi music festival to FirstAct play Star Light, your weekly calendar of virtual events

Firstpost  

Compiled by Aishwarya Sahasrabudhe Christmas in 2020 has been a rather toned down version of the usual cheer. When: 25 December Where: Jaipur Literature Festival’s Facebook — Music and plays Ever since the first lockdown came into effect, Royal Opera House, Mumbai has been screening excerpts from archived concerts and live performances to the effect of infusing some colour in …

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Watch: TM Krishna's new project sets Ashoka's edicts to Carnatic music ragas
4 years, 2 months ago

Watch: TM Krishna's new project sets Ashoka's edicts to Carnatic music ragas

Firstpost  

The edicts are sung in the original Magadhi Prakrit by TM Krishna, in ragas drawn from the Carnatic music tradition. The project has been conceptualised, composed and produced by noted Carnatic vocalist and social commentator TM Krishna in association with Ashoka University. Sung in the original Magadhi Prakrit, in ragas drawn from the Carnatic music tradition, with their meaning given …

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