Conducting a large-scale Carnatic music choir is generally an energy-sapping exercise with disproportionately meagre returns in terms of melodic aesthetics. But not when you have someone as ...

For violin virtuosos Ganesh and Kumaresh Rajagopalan, the instrument is more than just a bridge between East and West—it is ...

Getting RK Shriramkumar to talk about his creative feats is like pulling teeth. With a bashful grin, the Carnatic violinist protests that it is nothing really. The credit roll of those to whom he ...

CHENNAI:Despite threats from Hindu fundamentalist groups, ‘Yesuvin Sangama Sangeetham’, a concert envisioned by renowned Carnatic artist T Samuel Joseph (Shyaam) went on as planned in the city on ...

Madurai Somu is said to have remarked that his popular ity catapulted to a new high after “Marudhamalai Mamaniye“ became a superhit song. A veteran of the Carnatic music world, Somu is said to have ...

Award-winning violinist Ambi Subramaniam was honored in Russia at Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre, inspiring a new generation with his innovative fusion of Indian and Western classical music Violinist Ambi ...

CHENNAI: HCL Concerts and Rhapsody Music Foundation have launched Carnatic Quest Junior to identify gifted Carnatic musicians aged 12 to 18 years. The talent hunt is for musicians in five categories, ...

Six Carnatic musicians — Vani Ramamurthi, Anavita Hariharan, Kamalakiran Vinjamuri, Akshay Ananthapadmanabhan, Sanjith Narayanan and Sowmiya Narayanan — are due to perform at Hotel Sangam tomorrow ...

Violinist Ambi Subramaniam had an extremely special moment at Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre, when he won the BraVo award for best musician from a partner country. “These are the biggest music awards in ...