Compositions

Vocalist C.V.P Sastry with K.V. Krishna (violin), Burra Sriram (mridangam) and Sainath (ghatam) performing at Raga Sudha hall, Chennai on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: Akhila Easwaran On the occasion of vidwan M. Balamuralikrishna’s 93rd…

Music, for us, is an emotion and we have raagas for every one of them. Indian classical music has a vast collection of musical notes dedicated to celebrate everything including the weather! With the rain pelting down, it is time for the…

Quick Links Rean, Lloyd, Elie, & Estelle + Joshua Rean, Musse/Elliot, Randy, & Kurt + LP Like the greatest games of its respective genre, Trails Into Reverie designed an endgame-heavy approach to this entry into the…

Manjunada, comprising compositions on Kshetra Dharmasthala, organised by Mani Krishnaswami Academy and Madhuradhwani in May 2023. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Listening to the music concert Manjunada, comprising compositions on…

V.L.V Sudharsan, with support from vocalist Calcutta V.N. Shankar, accompanied by Shertalai R. Ananthakrishnan on the mridangam, A.S. Krishnan on the morsing. | Photo Credit: Photo Courtesy: Sarvani Sangeetha Sabha ‘Tyagayya-Annamacharya…

Shertalai Renganatha Sharma with B.U. Ganesh Prasad (violin), and Shertalai R. Anantakrishnan (mridangam) at the Veenavadhini Dikshitar utsavam held on April 29, 2023, at Arkay Convention Center, Mylapore. | Photo Credit: SRINATH M…

Sriranjani Santhanagopalan, Vocal with R.K. Shriram Kumar on the violin, Sumesh Narayanan on the mridangam, and S. Karthick on the ghatam at Hamsadhwani, Youth Hostel, Adyar. | Photo Credit: VELANKANNI RAJ B Sriranjani Santhanagopalan’s…

It is hard to imagine the double bass — the lowest-pitched member of the violin family that resembles a string instrument on steroids — setting the tone for the Sufi song ‘Dama dam mast kalandar’, but in Debjit Mahalanobis’s hands, it does.…

Pranati Ramadorai performing at Vani Mahal Mini Hall, T. Nagar. | Photo Credit: RAVINDRAN R Pranathi Ramadorai, a student of guru Rhadha, belongs to the Vazhuvoor bani and learnt from the doyen himself. Her Bharatanatyam recital at Vani…

Praveen Kumar at The Music Academy’s margazhi festival, in January 2023. | Photo Credit: RAGU R The Pandemic lockdown led Bharatanatyam dancer Praveen Kumar to revisit old compositions to gain new insights. His recital commenced with ‘Ka…