Hindustani Music

On Pandit Ravi Shankar's 100th birth anniversary, his wife Sukanya remembers a 'peerless musician, charming man'

“I want the world to remember him just as he was,” Sukanya Shankar said of her husband, he late sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar. “A devoted and dedicated musician, who lived and breathed music until the very end."

Odissi on High: A transnational production displays the dance form's synergy between male and female elements

Odissi is a young dance form, though it has assimilated and is born of ancient temple dance traditions, music, poetry, and devotion to Jagannatha. At a recent performance of Odissi on High, an all-male ensemble achieved striking masculine vigour with quintessential movements – movements that only easily lend themselves to execution with feminine grace.

The Musician and His Art: Deepak Raja's essays on Hindustani music deserve serious consideration

Deepak Raja's book, The Musician and His Art, is a collection of essays and lectures published and delivered at various forums over the past seven years.

For Carnatic and Hindustani classical music worlds, mutual appreciation remains elusive, but isn't impossible

How can we build meaningful links between the worlds of Carnatic and Hindustani classical music?

MTV India Music Summit 2018, a celebration of musical genres from across the country, concludes on a high note

The event hosted a masterclass by Shujaat Khan, titled Taleem and Kanjeevaram Conquers Kolkata, a chat with Usha Uthup

Noted Malayalam ghazal singer and composer Umbayee, passes away aged 68

Umbayee, who popularised ghazals among the common people in Kerala, had been undergoing treatment for some ailments for the last seven months.

Violin maestro Dr N Rajam, daughter Sangeeta Shankar, granddaughters Ragini and Nandini on their three generation-spanning art

With a women-shouldered lineage, the N Rajam school of music (of gayaki ang) continues with her daughter Sangeeta Shankar and granddaughters Nandini and Ragini Shankar.

On Kishori Amonkar's 86th birth anniversary, a student looks back on the legendary singer's career, teaching

A student remembers what it was like to watch Kishori Amonkar perform speak about her divine relationship with music | #FirstCulture

Pandit Buddhadev Dasgupta passes away aged 84: The man, his music, and legacy

Those closest to sarod maestro Pandit Buddhadev Dasgupta paint a picture of a highly intelligent man, who loved jokes, good food, nurturing young talent and above all — music | #Firstpost

Kishori Amonkar, renowned Hindustani classical vocalist, passes away aged 84

Renowned Hindustani classical vocalist Kishori Amonkar passed away here late on Monday, 3 April 2017, after a brief illness.