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Musical heritage
Violinist, Dr M Narmadha, begins a fortnightly column on the various aspects of music...
Music/dance/law
Smitha plans to move to Chennai soon to pursue a career in Carnatic music and
Bharatanatyam...
Amazing Versatility
Meet Leela Rammohan Rao, a unique twenty-in-one personality...
‘The Jhallari –
Gethu’
This rare instrument was introduced to the audience at the TTD
Centre...
Midnight concert at Malibu
Isai Sangam Inc of California is arranging a New Year’s Eve Carnatic concert...
Title for Aaravamudhachariar
The Harikatha exponent was honoured by the Indian Fine Arts Society...
Pleasing quartet
It was virtually vocal music as the words could be easily comprehended...
Veena music with a difference
It was virtually vocal music as the words could be easily comprehended...
Whistling Ragas
The next time you see a pretty teenager seemingy whistling at you, it's probably Niveditha at her brand of music...
From Kunjamma to MS
Join Rangaraj in paying your tributes to MS...
KFA Music Festival
The 25-day 30th annual festival got under way on Dec 1...
Isai Peroli for Priya Sisters
The award will be conferred by Kartik Fine Arts on Dec 1...
Flavour and fervour
It was an evening of coffee flavour and musical fervour...
Tributes to Tanjore Quartet
The Tanjai Naalvar Music and Dance festival was held in Chennai recently...
Mridangam player's Guinness record
K Ramakrishnan's 36-hour performance at Palakkad has won him this
honour...
Bala, the musical giant
The musician left deep impressions on the golden sands of Dubai...
The Saxophone Charm
M S Lavanya and M S Subbalaxmi must be the 'only' sister duo in the entire country who play this Western wind instrument...
M M Dandapani Desikar
He also played the lead role in six tamil films...
Sankari’s wholesome recital
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams' Information
Centre, and their Dharma Prachara...
Nisha’s Impressive Recital
Considering her poise, eagerness and potential, she should join the frontrankers soon...
Unbridled Jayanth
Master J A Jayanth's two-hour flute recital, at the ongoing 49th Gokulashtami Sangeetha Utsavam of the prestigious Krishna Gana
Sabha...
Sidharth has bright future
The second-year medical student is also brilliant at his studies...
Mridangam arangetram
Charan's performance was blessed by his guru Umayalpuram
Sivaraman...
Sathya's second album
Serendipity Music Productions (SMP) launched
'Carnatic on Keyboard'...
Concert on Annamacharya Keerthanas
Overwhelming religious fervour, in the minds of pure
souls...
Ramanavami at Ayodhya Mandapam
It is evening. Buses thunder past...
Saveri
- 3
- (March 30th, 2004)
Saveri and Cauvery are the pride of the south...
Composition:
Evaraina lEra
- (March 29th, 2004)
This Tyagaraja kriti, 'Evaraina Lera', reflects the musician's
devotion beautifully...
Tyagaraja
aradhana in Dubai
- (March 26th, 2004)
There was also a beautiful tribute to the Trinity...
Short
story - 3
- (March 25th, 2004)
Does grammar stifle the growth of music?...
Festival
of violin in London
- (March 24th, 2004)
Balu Raguraman will represent south Indian style...
The
Lord of joy
- (March 22nd, 2004)
This kriti is devoted to one of the Siva shrines in Tiruvarur...
Book
Club to discuss MS book
- (March 21st, 2004)
The biography has been written by T J S George...
A
short story - 2
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(March 19th, 2004)
Sanjay follows this musician in his dream...
Hi-tech
gadgets-III
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(March 18th, 2004)
A list of Phony's gadgets for the halpless musician...
Caught
in a quiz
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(March 15th, 2004)
Tyagaraja and Muttuswami Dikshitar save the day...
What's
in a name?
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(March 14th, 2004)
Tyagaraja finds greatness in the name Rama...
Tyagaraja
aradhana in Sydney
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(March 13th, 2004)
The weekend programme is into its 20th year...
A
musical diary
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(March 12th, 2004)
Some interesting jottings on future greats...
Saverii
- II
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(March 11th, 2004)
Sanjay reflects on the beauty of the raga and recounts from
memory beautiful renditions...
Hi-tech
gadgets-II
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(March 10th, 2004)
How about roping in the pharma industry to help musicians...
Musical
critique
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(March 9th, 2004)
Reminiscences of music critic K S Mahadevan have been published
as a book...
V
Subrahmaniam's CD on Ragas
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(March 7th, 2004)
V Subramaniam's CD deals with the nuances of 30 ragas...
sAvEri
- Part 1
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(March 6th, 2004)
The raga seems to have developed into an established melody in
the pre-Trinity era...
Dreaming
of Tyagaraja
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(March 5th, 2004)
Sanjay Subrahmanyan entertains us with a short story on meeting
a musician in his dream...
The
Harikatha avatar
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(March 4th, 2004)
T N Seshagopalan does full justice to this effort...
Hi-tech
concerts
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(March 3rd, 2004)
If only gadgets could save bad musicians...
From
verse to dance
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(Feb 24th, 2004)
A cue from the audience led to the creation of a verse, song,
painting and dance...
A
Harikatha for thieves
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(Feb 23rd, 2004)
Krishna Bhagavatar stole their hearts...
Composition
: taruNamidammA
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(Feb 22nd, 2004)
Tarunamidamma kriti pleads with Goddess Kamakshi for protection
as She is the mother who protects the universe...
Simizhi
Sundaram Iyer
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(Feb 20th, 2004)
Simizhi Sundaram Iyer was a talented teacher who taught many
noted musicians...
The
Vaithis of Carnatic Music
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(Feb 19th, 2004)
One name has brought fame to many...
Sangita
Sampradaya Pradarshini - 4
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(Feb 17th, 2004)
This million dollar question has been debated down the
centuries...
Soolamangalam
Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar - 4
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(Feb 16th, 2004)
Bhagavatar died like a true sanyasi...
Semmangudi
Awards for veteran artistes
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(Feb 15th, 2004)
The Tyagaraja Aradhana was held at the YGP auditorium by Bharat
Kalachar...
The organisers' questions
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(Feb 12th, 2004)
Handling artistes is in itself an art...
Composition
: daNDamu bETTEnurA -
(Feb 11th, 2004)
Tyagaraja pleads in this kriti with the Lord who mounts the
Garuda to save him...
An
afternoon with S Rajam - Part II
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(Feb 10th, 2004)
S Rajam speaks more about Mylapore's heritage...
Sangita
Sampradaya Pradarshini - 3
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(Feb 9th, 2004)
An interesting exchange of letters shows how the seeds of the
Sangita Sampradaya Pradarshini were sown...
Soolamangalam
Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar - 3
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(Feb 6th, 2004)
Soolamangalam Bhagavatar was an authority in explaining the
meaning and import of Tyagaraja kritis...
Composition
: AnandAmrtakarShiNi
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(Feb 5th, 2004)
The magical music of Muttuswami Dikshitar set off a flood in
drought-hit Ettayapuram...
Question
bank
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(Feb 4th, 2004)
Here is a solution to artistes facing the same questions while
on a foreign tour...
An
afternoon with S Rajam
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(Feb 3rd, 2004)
He paints pictures of a bygone era...
Sangita
Sampradaya Pradarshini - 2
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(Feb 2nd, 2004)
Chinnaswami Mudaliar put down Carnatic music in Western notation
to widen its appeal...
Anecdotes
on Patnam
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(Feb 1st, 2004)
The musician was so fond of snuff that he would be lost without
its whiff...
Soolamangalam
Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar - Part 2
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(Jan 31st, 2004)
Soolamangalam Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar was one of those who
initiated the Tyagaraja Aradhana...
Composition
: puraharajAyE ! pAlaya mAm
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(Jan 30th, 2004)
The kriti speaks of the qualities of Bhavani...
Once
Upon a Season-VII
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(Jan 29th, 2004)
The burden of the song is that music has no language...
Chip
of the old block
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(Jan 28th, 2004)
Papanasam's daughter Rukmini Ramani has taken over the mantle...
Music
Academy journal
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(Jan 27th, 2004)
The journal released in 2002 has many interesting and absorbing
articles for musicians...
Sangita
Sampradaya Pradarshini
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(Jan 26th, 2004)
It is an invaluable book...
Jungle
Book - From Poochi to Tiger
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(Jan 25th, 2004)
This is a list of Patnam's great disciples...
Soolamangalam
Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar-I
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(Jan 24th, 2004)
Soolamangalam had a famous son in this musician...
Composition:
nE nEndu vEtukudura
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(Jan 23rd, 2004)
Tyagaraja pleads with Hari to heed his prayers...
Once
Upon A Season-VI
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(Jan 22nd, 2004)
The audience were ready to hear the concert...
An
open letter
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(Jan 21st, 2004)
This is a plea for festivals of India in India...
The
musical debate
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(Jan 20th, 2004)
It's not right to compare Carnatic music with Hindustani
music...
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