128 artists to receive Sangeet Natak Akademi awards for 2019, 2020, 2021The fellows are: Bharatnatyam dancer Saroja Vaidyanathan, Kathakali exponent Sadanam Krishnan Kutty, Manipuri dancer Darshana Jhaveri, clas...
25 Nov, 2022, 10.28 PM IST
View: The TM Krishna episode and why India must rid itself of this cultural barbarismNehru would've been aghast at the soft Hindutva that Rahul and his gutless cohorts have begun to exhibit.
18 Nov, 2018, 11.10 AM IST
Digital archive brings rare Carnatic compositions to lifeComposer KM Soundaryavalli’s 500 original compositions in Tamil, Telugu and Sanskrit now available online.
15 Mar, 2018, 11.25 AM IST
How neuroscience is reinventing music therapyClassical music can contribute to helping children learn how to both process and react to sensory stimulation.
02 Jul, 2017, 11.38 AM IST
Why Carnatic music is in a crisis of context and curationAIR, India’s long standing state run radio service, has a rich history of supporting classical music and has a well-established ‘grading’ s...
04 Jun, 2017, 12.24 AM IST
Music on the moveAfter a devotional start, the concert took a revolutionary turn near Nungambakkam as Suren Vikash and Sofia Ashraf gave a shrilly rendition.
11 Feb, 2017, 12.55 AM IST
Remembering M Balamuralikrishna: 'I don’t know music, I am a mere instrument'The maestro who paved the way for an entire generation of Carnatic musicians to sing with a fresh, modern appeal.
02 Dec, 2016, 06.22 PM IST
Carnatic singer & Padma Vibhushan winner Balamuralikrishna passes away at 86He also played musical instruments like the viola, the violin and the mridangam.
22 Nov, 2016, 06.11 PM IST
Bezwada Wilson, TM Krishna win the Ramon Magsaysay Award for 2016The annual award is named after former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay, to honour the greatness of spirit in selfless service to the p...
27 Jul, 2016, 12.26 PM IST
Indian experts honoured in UKMilapfest established the awards in order to recognise the dedication of arts professionals working in the field of Indian arts and to cele...
25 Oct, 2015, 12.49 PM IST
'All is well with Carnatic: Critics have no clue'Chitravina Ravikiran responds to the criticism of TM Krishna and others that Carnatic music is the exclusive preserve of brahmins.
20 Jul, 2015, 04.26 PM IST
Urur Alcott Kuppam Margazhi Vizha: An attempt to let the strains of carnatic music out of the usual sabhasFor carnatic music, it was a quite a shift to perform to an audience that had the elite sitting on the sand.
18 Jan, 2015, 10.25 AM IST
Prime Minister condoles death of mandolin exponent U SrinivasPrime Minister Narendra Modi today condoled the death of carnatic musician U Srinivas and recalled the mandolin maestro's contribution to m...
19 Sep, 2014, 12.57 PM IST
Visakhapatnam post division to release stamps on Indian musiciansThe stamps will be released on sitar maestros Pandit Ravi Shankar and Vilayat Khan, renowned Hindustani classical vocalist Pandit Bhimsen J...
02 Sep, 2014, 03.45 PM IST
Google pays tribute to M S Subbulakshmi by dedicating doodle on her 97th birthdayGoogle on Monday paid tribute to the doyen of Carnatic music M S Subbulakshmi by dedicating a colourful doodle on her 97th birthday.
16 Sep, 2013, 02.17 PM IST
Bombay Jayashri makes it to Oscars 2013The city-based classical musician and playback singer has been nominated for 2013 Academy Awards for writing the Tamil song Pi's Lullaby fo...
19 Jan, 2013, 04.21 PM IST
Can India Inc’s patrons like Indra Nooyi, Seshasayee & others ensure that carnatic music tradition lives on?"I would like to see a sabha get into Carnatic symphony or fusion. We shouldn’t get trapped into forms of music just because they have been...
04 Dec, 2012, 06.38 AM IST