Every year, as the December Carnatic music season picks up momentum, a frequent topic of discussion is the place of sahitya in Carnatic music. Is sahitya central or secondary? Instrumentalists of high ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

While Carnatic music follows a set of ragas which are dedicated to God, Hindustani is more receptive to innovation. At a recent concert, a jugalbandhi of Carnatic and Hindustani, both genres of music ...

The occasional pair of shoulders could be seen swaying among the hundreds gathered in the audience, as heads nodded and feet tapped to the rhythm of percussion and vocals of the Indian classical art ...

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, ...

The proximity of the annual music festival season provides an occasion for stock-taking. The Carnatic music scene today presents indeed a striking contrast to what was obtaining over three years ago ...

Through fretless guitars and portable veenas, some Bengaluru-based artists have been instrumental in helping Carnatic music evolve and enhance its importance in a digitised world. Sampagodu and many ...