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Hindustani Music

Kalyan Mukherjea, the master sarod player with a mathematician’s day job, as remembered by a student

Sumana Ramanan
· Feb 19, 2023 · 11:30 am
Listen: Songs from the film ‘Nagad Narayan’ composed by Hindustani violinist Shridhar Parsekar

Aneesh Pradhan
· Nov 19, 2022 · 07:30 am
Meet the Hindustani violinist who has spawned a rare all-women classical musical lineage

Malini Nair
· Nov 05, 2022 · 11:30 am
Listen: Seven film songs composed by tabla maestro Alla Rakha

Aneesh Pradhan
· Oct 01, 2022 · 07:30 am
What makes Venkatesh Kumar a rock star among Hindustani vocalists? A documentary has some answers

Malini Nair
· Sep 24, 2022 · 11:30 am
How are freedom and democracy reflected in Hindustani music practice? A tabla maestro’s reflections

Aneesh Pradhan
· Aug 13, 2022 · 07:30 am
Listen: Strolling past the chowk in Mumbai named after sitar maestro Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan

Aneesh Pradhan
· Jul 16, 2022 · 07:30 am
Listen: The music of Hariprasad Chaurasia and the story of the Vrindaban Gurukul he set up

Aneesh Pradhan
· Jun 04, 2022 · 07:30 am
Listen: The vocals of CR Vyas, who lends his name to a Chembur street

Aneesh Pradhan
· May 21, 2022 · 07:30 am
‘An instrument with no potential’: How Shivkumar Sharma went on to master the santoor

Susheela Misra
· May 15, 2022 · 08:30 am
Listen: Music and memories from the storied halls of the NCPA, which graces a corner of South Mumbai

Aneesh Pradhan
· Apr 09, 2022 · 07:30 am
Listen: The music of pathbreaking bansuri player Pannalal Ghosh, after whom a Malad street is named

Aneesh Pradhan
· Mar 26, 2022 · 07:30 am
Is thumri louche or evolved? 100 years on, a debate around the classical form still rages

Malini Nair
· Feb 10, 2022 · 11:30 am
Listen: A raag by bansuri player Malharrao Kulkarni, who lent his name to a Borivali street

Aneesh Pradhan
· Jan 15, 2022 · 07:30 am
Listen: Recordings by Ram Marathe, who is commemorated in a park and street in Thane

Aneesh Pradhan
· Dec 18, 2021 · 07:30 am
Meet the women who have made the cello an ‘Indian instrument’

Malini Nair
· Nov 13, 2021 · 11:30 am
Why khayal, with all its majesty, is content to sing of saas-bahu strife

Malini Nair
· Oct 09, 2021 · 11:30 am
For seven decades, Prabha Atre has been questioning her stellar musical legacy while upholding it

Malini Nair
· Sep 22, 2021 · 11:30 am
Listen: Given how diverse audiences can be, how do performers meet their expectations?

Aneesh Pradhan
· Jan 23, 2021 · 07:30 am
Listen: A Khadim Hussain Khan recording echoes the time musicians sat down to listen to their peers

Aneesh Pradhan
· Jan 16, 2021 · 07:00 am