For the lay music lover, Desigar lives in such wonderful songs as Jagajjanani (Ratipatipriya - Ghanam Krishna Iyer) and Taamarai poota tadaagamadi (Hindustan Gandhari – Tiruchi G. Tyagarajan). Tuned by him, both these songs are honeyed webs…
Famed in India as "Kumari Kamala" during her prime as a dancer, the acclaimed Bharatanatyam exponent has dedicated about seven decades of her life to its propagation. Endowed with a rare and uncommon prowess at the art, her name has become synonymous…
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S. Janaki
Neyyatinkara Vasudevan shone like a meteor in the field of Carnatic music. Hailing from a humble background, he attained success in his career as a vocalist and teacher against heavy odds, facing many rough patches along the way.…
Leela Venkataraman
At first glance, he looks like another fresh-faced young man with a genial smile. But Guru Syed Sallauddin Pasha, has for over twenty five years, served the cause of the mentally and physically handicapped with his art expertise.…
Born on 7th December 1914 to Sengammal and Chockalingam Pillai, Subbaraya Pillai, like his father, was extensively trained by Pandanallur Meenakshisundaram Pillai. After early training at Pandanallur, he assisted his father at Kalakshetra and…
V. Ramnarayan
Fusion in music involving Indian classical together with other forms, mainly from the West, has been a controversial subject in the music community over the years. Traditionalists may not appreciate or approve these collaborative…
shankar9262/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/logo.pngshankar92622008-07-30 07:41:312017-02-12 00:10:00Striking new notes
P.K. DORAISWAMY
This is the concluding part of the dialogue between two rasika-s: the senior Rasika-1 (R-1) and Rasika-2 (R-2) the junior, on the role of accompanists in Carnatic music. The first part was published in Sruti 285/ June 2008.
R-2…
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R.K. Shriram Kumar
Vijay is an exemplary musician and a wonderful human being, a real suddhatma. He strives hard for perfection and idealism marks all his endeavours. He makes sure that his music has been perfected before his well presented…
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My friend and long-time co-contributor to Sruti, B.M. Sundaram, has raised the confusion prevailing in the minds of musicians as well as the public on the use of the terms ‘akshara’ and ‘matra’ (see Sruti Box, Sruti 283). The few books…
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The preparation for next year’s Wimbledon tennis tourney starts even before the completion of this year’s championships. Advance planning and consultations are always helpful. It is not too early now to think of the Music Academy’s choice…
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S. Rajam’s paintings
The twelve chakras of music and the twelve months of the English calendar have been beautifully and artistically correlated by renowned artist-musicologist S. Rajam in a calendar brought out by Larsen & Toubro (L&T)…
Kalakshetra functioned from 1936 to 1963 in the sylvan surroundings of the Theosophical gardens, Adyar. There was an intimate relationship between the institutions run by the Besant Trust such as the Besant Theosophical High School, Arundale…
shankar9262/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/logo.pngshankar92622008-04-30 07:46:202017-02-12 00:10:44The past and the present
