Ambi Subramaniam may have been born into a rich legacy of Carnatic music, but he didn’t take it for granted. His parents, noted violinist Dr L Subramaniam and singer Kavita Krishnamurthy wouldn’t ...

CHENNAI: How would you feel listening to the famous Tamil carnatic song Enna Thavam Seidane and the mesmeric Hindi bhajan Raghupathi Raghav Rajaram delivered in a single piece? Wouldn’t that leave you ...

Sathyanarayanan has been proving that even the keyboard could be adapted to play Indian classical music. Like his guru, the late Mandolin U Shrinivas, who showed the world that Carnatic music could be ...

Gone are the days when Margazhi was all about classical Carnatic music kutcheries entertaining only a select audience. CHENNAI: Gone are the days when Margazhi was all about classical Carnatic music ...

If you are a Carnatic music enthusiast, chances are that you will come across the name Sriram or Shriram at least once every day in the newspapers or social media. I refer to Sriram Parasuram, RK ...

“The only mystery in life is why the Kamikaze pilots wore helmets,” said Al McGuire. Other mysteries are right up there too — why khayal performers use the harmonium to accompany their incredibly ...

They all seem to forget that the Music Academy is as much an independent institution as T M Krishna is an individual musician. In drawing those red lines for the Academy management, they do not seem ...

CHENNAI: Almost two years ago, when Akhila Krishnamurthy launched Aalaap, a Chennai-based performing arts initiative, one of its objectives included taking classical performing arts to non-traditional ...

“It is not a fusion concert, but an artistic collaboration, where two diverse forms converse with each other, challenging many established notions while retaining the aesthetics of each style,’’ said ...

From the intimacy of the guru–shishya parampara to collaborations with jazz ensembles, electronic producers and global ...