A tiny one-bedroom flat tucked into a quieter lane of Chennai’s Mandavelli neighbourhood is something of a pilgrimage destination for Carnatic violin students. This is where, overseen by images of ...

Art speaks loudly even before it is taught. One does not need formal training to understand and appreciate it. While music, ...

For Dr. N. Rajam, who just added the Pt. Bhimsen Joshi Lifetime Achievement Award to her long list of honours (including the Padma Bhushan, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, and the Padma Shri), ...

Popular Chennai-based band IndoSoul is back to light up the Margazhi scene with their upcoming show, Margarita Margazhi, a ...

Born into a family that breathes Carnatic music, the melodious cadences of ragas seeped into USA-based Indian-American composer Shanker Krishnan’s system quite early in life. His guru, Brindamma, left ...

He's performed with George Harrison, Yehudi Menuhin; taken the Carnatic violin around the world; created a new formula for music. We must try new things,he says He was only six when he performed live ...

A newcomer to the Capital District is dedicating herself to introducing a classical music form largely unfamiliar to Western ears: an ancient musical tradition from southern India. Vocalist Vidya ...

CHENNAI:Despite threats from Hindu fundamentalist groups, ‘Yesuvin Sangama Sangeetham’, a concert envisioned by renowned Carnatic artist T Samuel Joseph (Shyaam) went on as planned in the city on ...

Award-winning violinist Ambi Subramaniam was honored in Russia at Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre, inspiring a new generation with his innovative fusion of Indian and Western classical music Violinist Ambi ...

L. Subramaniam, whose family's contribution to bringing the Carnatic violin to the limelight has been pivotal, is also known for his celebrated symphonies based on ragas of Indian classical music.

N Rajam is surprised that you see a quartet of women violinists from across three generations of a family as an inspirational saga of feminist triumph. “Really? Things have changed now, no?” she asks, ...