A life to treasure
A book titled “Chithira Tiruppavai” was published in 1965. It had beautiful illustrations for each Pasuram, by Chitralekha, who did the cover illustrations for Ananda Vikatan’s Deepavali Specials in...
View ArticleInvoking the guru
It is always interesting to watch an artist’s journey. Narthaki Nataraj is a disciple of the famed Guru K.P. Kittappa Pillai, one of the last members of the illustrious nattuvanar family, the Thanjavur...
View ArticleT.M. Krishna’s book
The article “No caste, no creed, no gender” by T.M. Krishna (December 13) was disappointing to read. The author descends from lofty thoughts on imagination and creativity...
View ArticleRagas hit a high
Can film music composed in different times in different situations by different composers sound similar? Just pin back your ears to ‘Kannale Pesi Pesi Kolladhe…’ from Adutha Veetu Pen (1960) composed...
View ArticleA four-day musical tribute to Bhakti saints
NEW DELHI: Delhi is getting ready for a feast of music. A four-day show titled, Sun BhaiSadho, will offer a tribute to medieval India's Bhakti saints Surdas, Tulsidas and Kabir. The music festival will...
View ArticleLegendary bhajan singer Juthika Roy dead
Tweet Kolkata, Feb 6 (IANS) Legendary bhajan singer Juthika Roy, who enthralled the likes of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru with her enchanting voice, died at a city hospital following multiple...
View ArticlePriyadarshini Govind appointed director of Kalakshetra
CHENNAI: For probably the first time in its 77-year history, the Kalakshetra Foundation, known the world over for its promotion of classical music and dance, will be led by a person who is not a...
View ArticleA life of musical moments
Talking to S. Krishnamurthy is like opening the floodgates to a golden past. At 92, his memory is razor sharp. This musician, who is the retired Station Director of All India Radio, is also an author...
View ArticleShekar enthrals on Day Two of Virasat '13
INDORE: Bharatnatyam maestro Ragini Chander Shekar performed on Tuesday, the second day of Virasat 2013 organized by the SPIC MACAY Indore Chapter, at New Digamber Public School....
View ArticleNobel laureate sets date for Nalanda Classes from mid-2014 G.C. SHEKHAR...
Chennai, Dec. 17: Eight hundred years lost. Nine months left. Nalanda University, one of the world’s oldest seats of learning, will start classes from August/September 2014 after a gap of over 800...
View ArticleYearnings of a forsaken heart
Was Buddha right to make his wife a victim in his search for enlightenment? ‘Yashodhara’ seeks answers. The pain of longing and yearning defies description. Yasdhodhara, wife of Prince Siddhartha, who...
View ArticleSita as a powerful metaphor
To many in our culture, Sita is revered as the perfect wife, steadfastly faithful to her husband Rama. ‘Aham Sita,’ a JustUs Repertory production, presented different perspectives of the women in the...
View ArticleDaughter keeps M.S. amma’s vocal style alive
As we enter the Suswaralakshmi Foundation for Classical Music and Performing Arts, a wheelchair-bound Radha Vishwanathan, daughter of legendary Carnatic vocalist M.S. Subbulakshmi, is immersed in...
View ArticleIn conversation with his music
Rasikapriya, a new sabha set up by a young team of music lovers on the OMR, has become the latest hallmark of new spaces that takes Carnatic music beyond its familiar prosceniums. As T.M. Krishna took...
View ArticleListening between the notes
Despite a rich performative tradition, writings and books on fine arts, especially performing arts and music, is a rarity in Malayalam. Whatever is written often ends up either as technical guides or...
View ArticleRhythm and notes
This year’s edition of Akashvani Sangeeth Sammelan was simultaneously conducted at AIR’s 33 kendras on September 28. The Chennai All India Radio Multi-track Recording Studio Auditorium featured three...
View ArticleQueen of thumri and much more
KOLKATA: She is Appaji to even those in this music loving city who don't know how she got the name. To Ravi Shankar, she was a little sister, "chhoto bon". Kishori Amonkor calls her Didi but thinks of...
View ArticleNew website on D.K. Pattammal
She was just nine when she first appeared on the dais. She went on to secure a permanent place in a field that was once considered a bastion of men. When the country’s tryst with destiny began on the...
View ArticleTeachers come to the fore
“It is an unparalleled experience for rasikas to view a Kalakshetra production in the Kalakshetra ambience,” says Priyadarsini Govind, the director. “Our faculty members are highly creative and...
View ArticleMS Subbulakshmi's unheard 1978 album out today in Bengaluru
BENGALURU: Carnatic vocalist MS Subbulakshmi's legendary recital Venkatesha Suprabhatam, that thousands of homes wake up to every morning, took one year to become an album. Here's how. In 1962,...
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