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The singer in a still from ‘P!nk: All I Know So Far’

Pink: parent, performer, pacesetter

Mini Anthikad Chhibber Director Michael Gracey on shooting Pink for his new documentary 'P!nk: All I Know So Far,' and how her eight-year-old daughter often stole the show

Vinod Venugopal and Reshmi George

Vires versus virus in the second wave

Prince Frederick Since the beginning of the pandemic, two singers have been supporting light-music performers through a charity sustained by live shows on Facebook. The initiative has undergone a major change, in fact ‘100 Changes’

How AR Rahman’s ‘O Paalanhaare’ became a prayer board for people battling COVID-19

Srinivasa Ramanujam The comments section under the devotional track from 2001 Hindi film ‘Lagaan’ is filling up with messages from doctors and patients

Yuvan Shankar Raja, AR Ameen collaborate for new spiritual single

The Hindu Net Desk Titled ‘Tala Al Badru Alayna’, the Islamic indie song has been released on the occasion of Eid

A panel depicting Ramapattabhishekam at Bhadrachalam temple

Compositions with Rama as muse

R.K. Shriramkumar Rama was not just inspired Tyagaraja, but many other composers

Guru Prema Hariharan

Prema Hariharan was as graceful as her music

Chithra Srikanth Prema Hariharan, who passed away recently, was an exemplary guru and vocalist

Vyjayanti Kashi

Vyjayanti Kashi: ‘Kesava Prasad was a dedicated guru and guide’

Vyjayanthi Kashi I have had a long association with Pasumarthy Kesava Prasad. In fact, he was instrumental in making possible my first visit to Kuchipudi village, which made a huge difference to my dance career.This village in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh was gifted to the Kuchipudi Bhagavata families several centuries ago in recognition and appreciation of their art. Since then, the families here took up the dance form as a profession, practised it with utmost dedication, and propagated it. Sadly, the

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In December, Kalakshetra also played host to their annual festival and sold tickets at 50% occupancy. At the Bharata Kalakshetra auditorium, director Revathy Ramachandran recently wrapped up the two-day Trinity Festival, which was streamed online too.

Curtains up: Chennai gets back onstage

The Hindu Margazhi Classical Music Competition: Amrutha Achalla, second prize in Violin, 0 to 12 years

The Hindu Margazhi Classical Music Competition: Karthik G, first prize in Vocal, 20-40 years

The Hindu Margazhi Classical Music Competition: Akhilesh Pandey, second prize in Hindustani, 20-40 years

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The four-hour challenge in Carnatic music

G. Swaminathan Young Bharat Narayanan produced a rich variety of ragas and kritis but the very concept might need rethinking

Right choice of compositions

G. Swaminathan The judicious selection of ragas and kritis by both Nithyasree and Pantula Rama made their concerts stand out

Many moods of melody

MEENA BANERJEE Concerts at the SaMaPa Sangeet Sammelan showcased the essence of tradition

Classical

The physical representation of ‘Betty’s Notebook’

crypto World’s first programmable master of classical music NFT bought for more than US$375,000

Divya Kala Bhavani After shooting to crypto-fame for buying Beeple’s ‘Everydays’, Metapurse dives into classical music with a choral piece drawn on one of the world’s most fascinating missing person’s cases: Amelia Earhart

Pandit Rajan Mishra. File

Classical singer Rajan Mishra passes away

Special Correspondent Belonging to the Benaras gharana, Mr. Mishra, along with brother Sajan Mishra, made a mark for himself as a vocalist in the khyal style of Indian classical singing.

NCPA Bandish : T.M.Krishna (Vocal) during the performance at Tata Theatre, NCPA on 04/08/2018. Photo By : NARENDRA DANGIYA

Government must come up with schemes to provide socio-economic security for artistes, says TM Krishna

Saraswathy Nagarajan TM Krishna says the government must come up schemes to provide socio-economic security for artistes. He has been selected for the Kerala government’s Swathi Puraskaram for 2020

NCPA Bandish : T.M.Krishna (Vocal) during the performance at Tata Theatre, NCPA on 04/08/2018. Photo By : NARENDRA DANGIYA

Government must come up with schemes to provide socio-economic security for artistes, says TM Krishna

Karukurichi P. Arunachalam with Gemini and Sivaji.

A great duet recorded separately in nagaswaram and vocal

Easy like Sunday morning

Sarod player Indrayuddh Majumder

Online music and dance festival Music

Online music and dance festival Swar Samrat online music and dance festival to the (virtual) rescue of artistes

Film Music

S.P. Balasubrahmanyam (1946 - 2020)

The Hindu Net Desk Few singers could rival him in popularity. Fewer were as versatile. Still fewer were as prolific.

The Hindu Music Podcast: In conversation with Sid Sriram

Jayant Sriram In episode 6 of The Hindu’s Music Podcast, singer Sid Sriram takes us on an eclectic journey, from Carnatic music concerts in Chennai, finding stardom in playback singing and breaking barriers with his new independent music projects.

Bollywood tunes: A still from Manmarziyan

In praise of Amit Trivedi

Narendra Kusnur And the award for the Best Hindi Film Musician 2018 goes to... Amit Trivedi. Before anyone asks why I haven’t named Arijit Singh, Ajay-Atul or the now

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‘We Are The People’: UEFA EURO 2020 anthem is out

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Pink: parent, performer, pacesetter

Vires versus virus in the second wave

How AR Rahman’s ‘O Paalanhaare’ became a prayer board for people battling COVID-19

Music

Yuvan Shankar Raja, AR Ameen collaborate for new spiritual single

Music

Singer VV Prassanna takes the independent route with ‘Masikkadhey’

Compositions with Rama as muse

Rama was not just inspired Tyagaraja, but many other composers

Prema Hariharan was as graceful as her music

Prema Hariharan, who passed away recently, was an exemplary guru and vocalist

Vyjayanti Kashi: ‘Kesava Prasad was a dedicated guru and guide’

I have had a long association with Pasumarthy Kesava Prasad. In fact, he was instrumental in making possible my first visit to Kuchipudi village,

Jayanth’s flute captures the beauty of Mohanam

Jayanth’s concert stood out for aesthetic and elaborate interpretation of ragas

Vanraj Bhatia’s extraordinary, multi-faceted oeuvre

The composer’s transcultural experiments were always intense and persuasive

Jayanthi Kumaresh tells stories through the veena

Veena exponent Jayanthi Kumaresh’s new series attempts to catch listeners young

Tyagaraja’s opera and the French connect

Nauka Charitram was staged across Europe, thanks to Christian and Miriam Ledoux’s love for the composer’s works

‘Manzar’ tells of hope and smiles during the pandemic

Singers Salman Ali and Vipin Aneja’s recently released music video is an ode to humanity during the pandemic

World’s first programmable master of classical music NFT bought for more than US$375,000

After shooting to crypto-fame for buying Beeple’s ‘Everydays’, Metapurse dives into classical music with a choral piece drawn on one of the world’s most fascinating missing person’s cases: Amelia Earhart

Community-led online radio meets live-streaming across Clubhouse and Twitter Spaces

Whether you are planning a live on filmmaking or just a live-streamed jam session, the rise of drop-in audio social spaces such as Clubhouse and Twitter Spaces across India harken back to the era of community radio

The music of Chennai-based bass singer Dr Samuel Grubb

Dr Samuel Grubb, who passed away recently, has been conductor of the Madras Musical Association, member of the GATT Quintet that performed at the Sydney Olympics and sung for Ilaiyaraaja. But what he will be undoubtedly remembered for is his deep voice, one that American gospel queen, Mahalia Jackson, called ‘the Bottomless Bass’

Vineet Hukmani’s new single ‘So New’ has optimism at the forefront

The Harvard alumnus and former Radio One CEO shares his winning formula on remaining at the top of the charts

Meet Ashwin Bhaskar, the musician behind ‘Perfect OK’, the ‘dialogue-with-beat’ video

The musician mixed beats with dialogues from a WhatsApp video by KP Naisal

Shah Rule: ‘The simplest verse can get the job done’

Rapper Shah Rule says trust is the most important factor when collaborating with other artistes as he discusses his debut EP ‘Hooked’

‘Yenna Sonna’ is a song by a CSK fan, made for a legion of CSK fans

Bjorn Surrao and Arivu combine to give a Chennai Super Kings anthem titled ‘Yenna Sonna’

Vanraj Bhatia, master of background scores and composer of less-heard melodies

The gifted musician, who faced financial difficulties in the evening of his life, never got his due

Veteran music composer Vanraj Bhatia dead at 94

With Shyam Benegal, he found his niche in parallel cinema, blending the western with the Indian classical idiom

A link to the Senia tradition is broken

Pt. Debu Chaudhury, who passed away recently, made it his life’s aim to popularise the gharana

What’s unique about the Sankat Mochan festival

The popular Sankat Mochan festival in Benaras celebrates inclusivity as much as music

Papanasam Sivan’s songs in Sanskrit

Carnatic vocalist Gayathri Girish’s recent workshop showed the composer’s flair for the language

Umayalpuram Sivaraman: ‘I have not even touched the tip of the iceberg’

With 75 years of performance behind him, mridangam maestro Umayalpuram Sivaraman’s zest is still as high as it was when he started playing at the age of five

Watch | Indian-American classical musicians perform in solidarity with India

The online performance organised by Classical Movements will include Indian and Western classical music and personal statements.

I wanted ‘Mandela’ to have an African flavour: Composer Bharath Sankar

Composer Bharath Sankar breaks down the individual songs in his recently-released debut album, ‘Mandela’, and discusses its African connection

Rapper Rap Kid India turns composer-lyricist for Malayalam film

Rapper Aditi Nair aka Rap Kid India talks about having sung and written for ‘Kho Kho’

Hear it from Khaled

The 14-track album features R&B artist Jeremih, back after recovering from COVID-19 and Lil Wayne apart from music industry bigwigs

‘Ullam’ narrates the plight of women through a song about lost love

Composed and sung by Pranav CP, the song is about a relationship that gets burnt at the altar of inequality

‘Kanji’ gets a song and a dance to celebrate it

The music video ‘Oru Kanji paattu’ is about the goodness of ‘kanji’

Sitar maestro Pandit Debu Chaudhuri dies of Covid-related complications

Sitar maestro Pandit Devbrata Chaudhuri died of Covid-related complications at a Delhi hospital on Saturday. He was 85.His son Prateek Chaudhuri

IIT Madras releases a music video on river conservation

A video launched on Earth Day by IIT Madras alumni combines ragas, eminent singers and a message

Svatantra Festival pays tribute to T.N. Krishnan

The ongoing Svatantra 2021 festival is dedicated to maestro T.N. Krishnan

The custodian of KVN’s legacy

Padma Narayanaswamy speaks about her passion for music and her life with the maestro KVN

Pt. Rajan Mishra’s bond with Benaras

How the river and the ancient city defined his art

Pt. Rajan Mishra’s jugalbandi with life

Pt. Rajan Mishra’s music perfectly blended the Benaras gharana’s ethos with contemporary sensibility

‘Enjoy Enjaami’ sound engineer Sai Shravanam: ‘Views do not define music, intent does’

Loved ‘Enjoy Enjaami’ and the tracks from ‘Karnan’? It is the result of several hours put in by sound engineer Sai Shravanam whose latest project is a tribute to India’s rivers

Gourov Dasgupta on composing for 'The Big Bull' and Amitabh Bachchan's 'Chehre'

The composer talks about composing for films, remixes, independent music and more

Immortals Fenyx Rising is ‘ancient Greek meets Fantasia’, says composer Gareth Coker

From commissioning Greek lyres to writing ‘chicken music’, animation and games composer Gareth Coker chats about how Ubisoft’s Immortals Fenyx Rising does not take itself too seriously

On song: Shashwat Singh is the new kid on the block

The lead voice of AR Rahman’s recently-released '99 Songs', Shashwat Singh on the lessons he learnt from the maestro

Classical singer Rajan Mishra passes away

Belonging to the Benaras gharana, Mr. Mishra, along with brother Sajan Mishra, made a mark for himself as a vocalist in the khyal style of Indian classical singing.

Bengaluru singer Saahas Patil’s single ‘California’ is about his life in Los Angeles

Saahas was previously the lead singer of the Bengaluru-based band Allegro Fudge

Nadeem-Shravan made 1990s Bollywood melodious

Composer Shravan Rathod, of popular music director duo Nadeem-Shravan, passed away on Thursday due to COVID-19 related complications

Looking beyond Swati Tirunal

Kerala has produced several brilliant composers, but their works remain neglected in the Carnatic repertoire

Concert themed on Dasavataram

Vignesh Ishwar chose the perfect raga and song to describe each of the avatars of Vishnu

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