Annual raga identification competition by Music Academy offers Carnatic music enthusiasts a chance to deepen their raga ...

Day 6 of academic sessions at The Music Academy began with a lecture titled ‘An examination of Alapa and Thaya’, by Arati Rao. Both Alapa and Thaya have been described in the 17th century treatises, ...

They all seem to forget that the Music Academy is as much an independent institution as T M Krishna is an individual musician. In drawing those red lines for the Academy management, they do not seem ...

The 18th century is considered as the golden age of Carnatic music. During this time lived three great composers/ musicians who were later celebrated as the musical trinity: Shyama Shastri, Tyagaraja ...

It's time for a gig where the north meets the south again. Two maestros who have been praised by critics and their peers alike will liven up the stage with monsoon-based ragas. Ustad Rashid Khan, the ...

Priyadarshini wants other Carnatic musicians and singers to perform this in their concerts. Mahesh Mahadev, who has composed the music for several devotional albums and for Andrea Jeremiah's Maligai, ...

While Hindustani music began to change due to external influences, Carnatic music continued to develop along the same path as before. Sri Vidyaranya (1320–80), the Shankaracharya of Sringeri Sharada ...

Meet Guitar Prasanna, a musician extraordinaire. On September 20, at 5.30pm, his guitar will play the sublime strains of the revered Carnatic trinity Tyagaraja, Dikshitar and Shyama Shastri. Two hours ...

There are no seats left. No place to sit, even in the aisles. The auditorium is so full, there are audience members sitting on the stage, squeezing the performers into a tight semi-circle slightly off ...