In Carnatic music, concerts with instrumentalist headliners such as the veena, flute or violin are a small fraction of performances at most music festivals, including the biggest one of them all the ...

If the tradition of Carnatic music is continuing it is because of the countless number of music teachers who are introducing the young generation to the rich treasure. One of the prominent teachers is ...

If it is December, it is time to celebrate the city’s rich musical tradition, which has brought it international recognition. In 2017, Chennai became part of UNESCO’s ‘Creative Cities Network’. We ...

Carnatic musician Saketharaman will be presenting a concert tomorrow, which will be about advocating egalitarianism through music. Carnatic musician Saketharaman will be presenting a concert tomorrow, ...

CHENNAI: Our ancestors had the vision to set aside Margazhi month to reflect on and progress in our inward journey that will develop and grow our existential intelligence. Margazhi 2024, however, has ...

The results of Carnatic Thukkada – instrumental and Carnatic Thukkada – vocal in The Hindu Margazhi Music Contest have been released. A total of 654 entries were received under the Krithi and Thukkada ...

On the sixth day of Margazhi, sweet notes of a melody exploring the shankarabharanam raagam drifted out from Sathyanarayanan Krishnababu’s music studio in Chennai. Inside the room, Keyboard Sathya, as ...

"I have never heard this song before,” an elderly audience member told me right after my recent concert in Bengaluru. The song he was referring to was Athi Saavadana, composed by the 17th century ...

Ajazz/Carnatic guitarist and composer of repute, R.Prasanna started playing the instrument when he was very young. Today, he is known as one of the most innovative guitarists in the country, who has ...