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Unforgettable Monsoon Saga in Milan
By Bidisha RoyApart from the typical bio-geographical aspects of the monsoon, several poignant, humane feelings and emotions entwined with the rain are universalin nature. The wife-husband duo from...
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View ArticleBharat Sangeet Utsav- Days 4, 5, 6
Successful partnerships By Lavanya Narayanan Day 45 November 2016Day 4 was easily one of the most-awaited...
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Star jugalbandi
Rashid Khan and Shahid Parvez at the Hindu November Fest 2016An interesting jugalbandi, Naad Ninaad, between brilliant vocalist Rashid Khan of the Jaipur Atrauli gharana, and sitar maestro Shahid...
View ArticleFIVE FOR THE FUTURE
TAG - MUSIC FORUM –SRUTI TALENT HUNT An exciting opportunity for emerging Carnatic vocalists below 25 TAG Corporation and Karnatic Music Forum, both involved in promoting Carnatic music, and Sruti,...
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SAK Durga is no more
She was a great but humble scholar By LalitharamLalitharam Ramachandran, biographer of GN Balasubramaniam and Palani Subramania Pillai, has written this on his Facebook page:"Just came to know from a...
View ArticleBharat Sangeet Utsav- Day 8
By Lavanya Narayanan9 November 2016Day 8 began quite solemnly around the globe, when countries around the world expressed their desolation as news of the American election results came in. A sudden...
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Bharat Sangeet Utsav- Day 10
By Lavanya Narayanan4 November 2016The tenth and final day of the festival was a grand culmination of all the occurrences of the ten days, with the crowd in the Mylapore area flocking in as early as...
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Maestro Balamuralikrishna passes away
Veteran Carnatic musician Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna died on Tuesday 22 November in Chennai. He was 86. An incomparable musician with a silken voice and a charismatic personality,...
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Kanniks KannikeswaranMy friend Ramesh from our IIT days in the 1980s called me last evening on my father’s mobile as I was headed back to T'Nagar from Mandaveli with the terse line, ‘Dai, Balamurali...
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Sruti BoxThe immortal voice has been stilled, but his music will live on. Balamurali was not a legendary musician; he was a phenomenon. He was a controversial musician, criticised by the orthodox as a...
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Sruti BoxThe great Balamuralikrishna will be missed by his fans and disciples. The denial of India's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna to this multifaceted genius must rankle in the minds of...
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A sishya moves on (after Balamuralikrishna’s passing)Ragavan Manian I heard from Guruji’s family that he was no more, within minutes of his peaceful passing away yesterday, 22nd November. It was as if...
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G Ravikiran
Young VoicesBy Sushma SomasekharanMany musicians are really passionate about the art form, keen to share their love for music with their listeners and others. Meet a musician who is so overcome by one...
View ArticleThe great December challenge
Music Academy Season Tickets. Rajagopalan Venkatraman(Reprinted from Sri. Sri. Sri. Faceseasonananda's diary entry of three seasons ago. Suitably modified with addendum #9 to factor in the current...
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