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Launch of Vishwashanti Sangeet Kala Academy
By BuzybeeLata Mangeshkar, Chairperson of the Vishwashanti Sangeet Foundation, announced the opening of Vishwashanti Sangeet Kala Academy--envisioned as India’s biggest gurukul--in Pune. The Gurukul...
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FROM THE EDITOR
Tyagaraja’s 250th anniversary is quite possibly the biggest among many milestones this year. Thankfully, most of the celebrations of the bard consist of concerts featuring his songs and not speeches,...
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Attendance celebrates World Dance Day in Bengaluru
By Manjula AmareshThe focus of the World Dance Day celebrations organised this year by Attendance on 29 April in Bengaluru, focussed on the Guru Sishya Parampara. In its seventh year now, it was...
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Birthdays & Anniversaries
A. Kanan: Respected Senior MusicianBy Basavi Mukerji-Rath(Excerpted from the Sruti archives)A. Kanan is a respected Hindustani vocalist who has had an illustrious music career spanning almost five...
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Krishnaveni Lakshmanan (1942 - 2004)(Excerpted from the Sruti archives)The following is by S. SARADA, more famous as Peria Sarada, of Kalakshetra. Rukmini Devi and I noticed a girl watching, day after...
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Chittoor Subramania Pillai A True Legatee Of The Kanchipuram Style(Excerpted from the Sruti archives)The following article was written by Contributing Editor K.S. KALIDAS, with inputs from T. Sankaran,...
View ArticleSangita Kalanidhi Poll by Sruti
Your vote for the titleIt's that time of the year. The Music Academy, Chennai, will soon sit down to select the Sangita Kalanidhi designate for the 2017-'18 season. We invite readers to submit their...
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Some Sangita Kalanidhi speculations The Music Academy of Chennai will soon announce the name of the next Sangita Kalanidhi. Many sabhas will also announce similar awards and honour musicians with...
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Birthdays & Anniversaries
Bal Gandharva(Excerpted from the Sruti archives)Bal Gandharva was a singing star who excelled in feminine roles on the Marathi stage in the first half of the twentieth century. He was hailed as “Nat...
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ARTS ABROAD
Building community through musicKanniks Kannikeswaran in conversation with Shanthi MuraliDr. Kanniks Kannikeswaran holds a Ph.D in Indian music and has been teaching Indian Music Theory and History as...
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Music Academy awards
By S. JanakiNow that the elections are over at the Music Academy, the committee will now get down in right earnest to discussing and declaring the Sangita Kalanidhi and other awards. The Meccademy...
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Man of the Season(Excerpted from the Sruti archives)Dr. Pappu Venugopala Rao would have been an automatic choice for such an award this Chennai music season; only, going by the number of recent...
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