Classical Music
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What happens when a classical musician gets off the concert stage to perform at a site of activism?
Malini Nair
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Meet the women who have made the cello an ‘Indian instrument’
Malini Nair
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Why is ‘The Disciple’ being likened to ‘Pather Panchali’ – and not in a good way?
Malini Nair
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‘Is this judgement intrinsically problematic?’ TM Krishna on Karnatik music versus Hindustani music
TM Krishna
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Listening to the world: Amit Chaudhuri’s book argues that classical Hindustani music is modernist
Ashok Vajpeyi
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On his 250th birth anniversary, remembering Beethoven the astute businessman
Luis Dias
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Watch: A YouTuber faces social media backlash after appearing to mock Indian classical music
Scroll Staff
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Western India’s Ragamala paintings blend music and art into a single frame
Simran Agarwal, Sahapedia
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Listen: Ten Indian classical music performances by writer Amit Chaudhuri from 1989 to 2002
Amit Chaudhuri
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Coronavirus: This piece of classical music urging people to ‘not spread the disease’ is a social hit
Scroll Staff
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Listen: Buddhadev Dasgupta, Girija Devi and others demonstrate Bhairavi’s flexibility
Aneesh Pradhan
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How the Maharaja of Mysore ended up fulfilling the last wish of composer Richard Strauss
Nikhil Sardana
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Watch: Would you believe rap songs can be performed to the beat of a mridangam?
Scroll Staff
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In Kolkata, the inheritor of the Lucknow-Shahjahanpur gharana is trying to keep its legacy alive
Arnab Chakrabarty
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Why a ‘flag-bearer’ of Kishori Amonkar and Alladiya Khan’s gharana isn’t often seen at big concerts
Nikhil Inamdar
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Listen: Bal Gandharva sings Marathi natya geet based on a Hindustani dadra
Aneesh Pradhan
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Listen: Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Narayan Bodas, Bhimsen Joshi demonstrate how expansive Ektaal is
Aneesh Pradhan
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What made Kishori Amonkar’s music sublime, complex and radical? Her foremost disciple explains
Nikhil Inamdar
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Listen: Explore Chautaal through these performances by Zia Mohiuddin Dagar and Abhay Narayan Mallick
Aneesh Pradhan
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Listen: A poem and qawwali celebrate Diwali – but classical compositions about the festival are rare
Aneesh Pradhan