Raga enthusiasts and curious students got their fill of the traditional Indian musical idiom during a Saturday performance by world-renowned sitar player Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan. Parvez, accompanied ...

Ektaal (a cycle of 12 matras or time-units) and the 16-matra Teentaal are both versatile taals as is evident from the fact that they are employed at any tempi. Yet, unlike Teentaal, while Ektaal has ...

Pt. Rajeev Janardan is an exponent of Hindustani Classical Music and recognised as one of the leading sitar and surbahar players of his generation. A serious musician who believes in preserving the ...

Sursagar, in association with ITC Sangeet Research Academy, Alliance Francaise and supported by Canara Union, will present Hindustani Raagdhaari Sangeet featuring sitarist Partha Chatterjee and Medha ...

The 10th edition of the festival is set to take place on April 14 and 15 at Godrej Dance Academy Theatre and will feature four instrumentalists wielding instruments from four different categories ...

Ravi Shankar's life has followed an unusual path. From humble beginnings in India he rose to become, as George Harrison called him, "the godfather of world music." Through that journey he has done ...

On Thursday 1 August, the open air stage at Cairo's Beyt Al-Sinnari cultural centre gathered a few dozen listeners who were looking to get a taste of Indian classical music. With its greenery and ...

Sitar maestro and Oscar winner Ravi Shankar, dubbed the “godfather of world music” by George Harrison, who helped popularize North Indian classical music in the West, died today at San Diego’s Scripps ...