Drawn to an instrument that sounded exotic to him, he became one of the most prominent classical musicians in India. By Giovanni Russonello Kadri Gopalnath was a youngster growing up in a village in ...

A student of class IX, Indian High School, Abu Dhabi and a disciple of Saxophone Chakravarthy, Padmashri Kadri Gopalnath, young Chinmay is well versed in vocal music, clarinet, piano ... and the ...

Born to Taniyappa and Gangamma, Kadri Gopalnath was a trailblazer in the world of Carnatic music. His accolades include the Kalaimamani Award from the Tamil Nadu government and the Karnataka ...

Two masters of the alto saxophone - one a living legend of classical South Indian Carnatic music and the other a fiercely innovative Indian American jazz musician - present a highly acclaimed and ...

The first time Lata Kumar heard saxophonist Kadri Gopalnath was on the soundtrack of a popular Indian movie called Duet. "It was so fascinating because I never realized that the sax could produce that ...

Kinsmen is the physical actualization of a long path that started with alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa's desire to create a music that is a hybrid (not a fusion) of American jazz and classical ...

Rudresh Mahanthappa's Kinsmen blends South Asian music with American jazz. The jazz saxophonist says his inspiration to explore Indian music on the saxophone came from a CD his brother gave him as a ...