Bengaluru gets second Ed Sheeran show. Check date, ticket price and booking detailsGlobal superstar Ed Sheeran is coming to India in 2025. He will perform in six cities as part of his Mathematics Tour. Due to popular deman...
20 Dec, 2024, 03.18 PM IST
Narayanan Vaghul cremated in Chennai, industry doyens pay last respects to veteran bankerVeteran banker and Padma Bhushan recipient Narayanan Vaghul, who passed away on May 18 at the age of 88, was cremated in Chennai on Sunday....
19 May, 2024, 04.22 PM IST
Uma Ramanan death: Iconic Tamil playback singer passes away at 72Singer Uma Ramanan, renowned for her contributions to Tamil cinema, passed away at 72 in Chennai. Her career spanned over three decades, co...
02 May, 2024, 12.56 PM IST
In Chennai, they do hear their music differentlyThe concert hall, adorned with sponsor logos, contrasts with the orderly entrance. Musicians emerge from the visual spectacle, their attire...
30 Dec, 2023, 10.27 PM IST
Is the lack of good audio technology affecting the melody of classical music?Classical music is in dire need of good audio in concert halls and recording studios.
06 Aug, 2017, 12.47 PM 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
Are you attending the Chennai music and dance festival, this December?The Chennai fest holds special attractions at a number of venues around the city by various sabhas or organisations.
01 Dec, 2016, 05.19 AM IST
Kabali, Magsaysay Awards to Bezwada Wilson and T M Krishna bring Dalit issues to the foreKrishna has gone on record saying he wants a Dalit to break into the Brahmin-dominated Carnatic world and win the top honour of Kalaimamani.
30 Jul, 2016, 04.21 AM IST
Bengaluru to host International Transgender Arts Festival soonThis will include music concerts, poetry recitals, drama & art exhibitions. The aim is to celebrate gender & not talk about the problems.
06 Jul, 2016, 11.43 AM IST
Webcasters, film makers take Chennai's Carnatic festival globalAlso jazzing up the music season are web and app developers, who are attracting classical music buffs from all over the world.
15 Nov, 2014, 11.52 AM 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
Indian-American Arunachala "Raj" Nagarajan presented US flag flown over US CapitolWith just eight dollars in pocket, Chennai-boy Nagarajan undertook a 22-day boat ride to land in the US on September 9, 1962, to do a PhD i...
16 Nov, 2012, 02.25 PM IST
Indian concert goers spoilt for choice with new Western & indie music festivalsIndian concert goers are spoilt for choice with a slew of new Western and indie music festivals coming up. Is this a fad or are we looking ...
15 Jan, 2012, 12.36 AM IST
‘Classical music and dance speak of the intangible’In an exclusive interaction with ET, Malavika Sarukkai, who was once described by The Guardian newspaper as a “a goddess” who danced “at Ed...
05 Apr, 2010, 12.20 AM IST
- 'Nothing compares to a Nobel'
Raman Ramakrishnan, 33, a professional musician who plays the cello, is quite like his father and Nobel prize winner for chemistry, Venkatr...
05 Nov, 2009, 11.50 AM IST