THE Perak Cultural and Arts Department auditorium was filled with thunderous beats of the thavil, a percussion instrument, as renowned artiste NRS Suthakaran gave his maiden performance in Ipoh, Perak ...

The occasional pair of shoulders could be seen swaying among the hundreds gathered in the audience, as heads nodded and feet tapped to the rhythm of percussion and vocals of the Indian classical art ...

Born into a family that breathes Carnatic music, the melodious cadences of ragas seeped into USA-based Indian-American composer Shanker Krishnan’s system quite early in life. The legendary vocalist ...

The writer — an entrepreneur, founder of Airdeccan, a retired Captain Of Indian Army, an author of a best seller "Simplifly" , a farmer and a 'failed' politician. When art and activism are at cross ...

Day 5 of the Academic Sessions at The Music Academy featured an interesting panel discussion with Pantula Rama, Subhashini Parthasarathy, and vidwan M.A. Sundareswaran. The session opened with Pantula ...

CHENNAI: Our ancestors had the vision to set aside Margazhi month to reflect on and progress in our inward journey that will develop and grow our existential intelligence. Margazhi 2024, however, has ...

At a modest house in Plymouth, the best veena player in North America goes about her busy schedule. Amid teaching a select set of students and organizing her global concert itinerary — including a ...

Having grown up on, and studied Carnatic music in Mumbai, Shanker Krishnan discovered a new and a different world, once he was at the University of California, Berkeley (for a course in applied ...