How Zakir Hussain helped bridge the North-South divide in Indian classical music

Malini Nair

· Yesterday · 11:30 am

After ridiculing him all his life, the Carnatic music world is celebrating MD Ramanathan

Malini Nair

· Dec 10, 2024 · 11:30 am

The Carnatic world is dominated by vocalists. How can instrumentalists find larger audiences?

Chitra Srikrishna

· Nov 24, 2024 · 11:30 am

Why generations of Carnatic artistes see RK Shriramkumar’s violin as an indispensable ally on stage

Malini Nair

· Jul 27, 2024 · 11:30 am

By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music

Malini Nair

· Apr 25, 2024 · 03:30 pm

Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book is about orchestral compositions for Indian ragas masters

L Subramaniam

· Apr 18, 2024 · 08:30 am

What explains the outrage in the Carnatic world about vocalist TM Krishna’s prestigious award?

Abhik Deb

· Mar 21, 2024 · 01:49 pm

Carnatic vocalist TM Krishna to be conferred with the Sangita Kalanidhi award

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· Mar 17, 2024 · 08:42 pm

Remembering the first major Carnatic music concert in the United States

Ajay Kamalakaran

· May 24, 2023 · 11:30 am

Three generations of the brightest Carnatic violinists have trained under this one legend

Malini Nair

· Feb 11, 2023 · 11:30 am

Nearly every Carnatic music star today owes a debt of thanks to this youth group in Chennai

Malini Nair

· Oct 15, 2022 · 11:30 am

Carnatic musician Parassala B Ponnammal died at 96. Watch some of her most treasured performances

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· Jun 24, 2021 · 11:30 am

Watch: Music composer Sid Sriram’s a cappella version of Carnatic song ‘Enna Kavi Padinalum’

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· Dec 07, 2020 · 07:13 pm

TN Krishnan (1928-2020): The beauty of his violin playing knew no bounds

Lalitha Ram

· Nov 08, 2020 · 10:30 am

Watch: Beautiful interpretation of Subramania Bharathi’s poetry by Carnatic singer Vikram Raghavan

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· Nov 07, 2020 · 01:38 pm

Noted saxophone player Kadri Gopalnath dies at 69 in Mangaluru

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· Oct 11, 2019 · 09:56 am

The Weekend Fix: Can the Congress survive without the Gandhis and ten other Sunday reads

Shoaib Daniyal

· Jul 21, 2019 · 09:39 am

Listen: This composition in Kirwani shows how Hindustani music enriched Marathi theatre

Aneesh Pradhan

· Apr 20, 2019 · 07:15 am

Carnatic music and a folk theatre form come together to push the stubborn lines of caste and gender

Urmi Chanda-Vaz

· Jan 27, 2019 · 11:30 am

Delhi: TM Krishna concert scrapped days after trolls attack AAI for sponsoring ‘anti-India’ musician

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· Nov 15, 2018 · 09:04 am