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FROM THE EDITOR
Sruti, April 2018The venerable D.K. Pattammal was a sprightly 64 when we launched Sruti magazine. Can you imagine the excitement the young Sruti team (the editor Pattabhi Raman was himself a mere...
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Namagiripettai Krishnan
Birthdays & Anniversaries4.4.1924 - 30.4.2001Krishnan, born in April 1924 as the eldest of 10 children, hailed from Salem, a region not particularly fertile with reference to the nagaswara...
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Suguna Purushothaman
Birthdays & Anniversaries4.4.1941 - 25.2.2015Suguna Purushothaman was a versatile Carnatic musician, guru and composer. It was said that her proficiency in lakshya was matched by her knowledge of...
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Kottakkal Sivaraman
Birthdays & Anniversaries5.4.1937 - 19.7.2010 To read full story, visit sruti.com...
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Kollam G.S. Balamurali
Reviving an endangered speciesBy R. Narayanan"Who is afraid of keezhkalam?"Kollam G.S. Balamurali appeared to be asking right through his mesmerising concert. Come to think of it, it would be fair to...
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Sound of Music
Who amongst us has not been at a concert where the singer kept on asking the sound engineer to adjust the volume? Worse yet, I remember one or two concerts where the entire duration was marred by...
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Ravi Shankar
Birthdays & Anniversaries7.4.1920 - 11.12.2012 To read full story, visit sruti.com and buy Sruti...
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M K Saroja
Birthdays & Anniversaries7.4.1931 To read full story, visit sruti.com and buy Sruti 355
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Gurucharan and team on song
The Concert SceneBy R NarayananDvaitamu sukhama? Advaitamu sukhama?"Midway through his Madhuradhwani concert, Sikkil Gurucharan suddenly popped this question (without so much as a whispered...
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Kumar Gandharva
Birthdays & Anniversaries8.4.1924 - 12.1.1992 To read full story, visit sruti.com and buy...
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Musiri Subramania Iyer
Birthdays & Anniversaries9.4.1899 - 25.3.1975 To read full story, visit sruti.com and buy...
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Neyveli at his nuanced best
The Concert SceneBy R Narayanan At a ten-day Rama Navami concert series recently organised by Parampara, Neyveli Santhanagopalan seemed to have decided to make his...
View ArticleAre gharanas relevant today? - A tabla player’s perspective
By Soham BhattWhile it is commonly perceived that gharanas are losing their relevance in today’s times, this article attempts to put forth a persuasive case for the relevance of gharanas in Indian...
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Kishori Amonkar
Birthdays & Anniversaries10.4.1931 - 3.4.2017 To read full story, visit sruti.com and...
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Master class by Rama Ravi
The Concert SceneBy R NarayananAge cannot wither nor custom stale the infinite variety of Sangita Kala Acharya Rama Ravi's music.It is music of pristine purity,-straight from the heart,completely...
View ArticlePudukottai Krishnamurthy is no more
"A Great loss to the Music Fraternity," said veena vidwan Ananthanarayanan in a Facebook post today. He added:Maha vidwan veena maestro Pudukkottai R.Krishnamurthy passed away today. My sashtanga...
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