Carnatic

Revanta Sarabhai's interpretative Bharatanatyam recital showcases his contemporary take on the ‘dancer-deity’ paradigm

Revanta Sarabhai's In the Shadow of the Gods has been a work in progress for some time now, it was introduced properly on stage in its present format as recently as January 2019 and has been previously showcased at Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Pune

Sound of music: With inadequate arrangements at Indian classical music concerts, what's lost in transmission?

The inadequacy of sound arrangements in classical music concerts is a fact reinforced too often.

Songs of defiance: With sudden scrapping of TM Krishna’s concert, AAI helps AAP score political point

The AAP government in Delhi reinstated its commitment towards social reform by publicly and enthusiastically backing TM Krishna’s activism, and thereby, succeeded in sending out a positive social message

Row over Christian 'appropriation' of Carnatic music aims to further the divide between the art and common people

The recent outrage about the Christian appropriation of Carnatic music is yet another tool and tactic of persons with a narrow worldview who aim to further increase the divide between classical music and the common people.

Renowned sitar player Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan passed away at 88

Renowned sitar player Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan — the last survivor of the "Sitar Trinity" of India along with the late Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad Vilayat Khan — died in Mumbai on Wednesday after a brief illness, a family member said. He was 88.

Remembering M Balamuralikrishna: The legend, pioneer, and human

Let us remember during this time, as we are flooded with information on M Balamuralikrishna, that no matter what thinks of his musicality and how he lived his life, that this was a man who dared to be innovative.

Legendary violinist MS Gopalakrishnan passes away at 82

Legendary violinist MS Gopalakrishnan, passed away in Chennai at around 2 am this morning.