Chennai: Percussion instruments come in various shape and sizes. The rhythmic sophistication of Carnatic classical music has for long depended on the mridangam to guide the tempo. The double barreled ...

K.V. Prasad and G. Narendra honored with prestigious titles at the 69th Margazhi Mela inauguration in Chennai.

Meet Raju, a master craftsman from Thrissur, and explore a version of mridangam and tabla making that blends centuries-old ...

Oscar-nominated percussionist and music composer Bickram Ghosh holds forth on traditional Indian drums and how electronic sounds can never replace them. I have spent most of my career trying to break ...

It was not expected of a young boy growing up in a small town in America to pick up an instrument like the Mridangam to play but then that was what Rohan Krishnamurthy did when he was an 8 year old.

Thiruvaarur Bakthavathsalam awarded 'Nadhabrahmam' at Isai Natya Nataka Vizha inauguration in Chennai, celebrating renowned ...

I have completed 70 years of musical career and am stepping into my 71st year . I started playing mridangam at the age of 10. These seven decades of music profession have given me only joy and ...

In a case of science meeting art, scientists at CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute here have developed a detachable mridangam that musicians will find easier to carry. CHENNAI: In a case of ...

CHENNAI: As you near Mundakanni Amman temple in Mylapore, beats of the mridangam welcome you. If you follow the sound, you reach a narrow passage beside the temple. We walked till the end of the road ...

PALAKKAD: Mridangam maestro Palghat Raghu, 81, passed away at a private hospital at Mylapore in Chennai on Tuesday morning. He was born on January 9, 1928 in Rangoon, Burma, to R Ramaswamy Iyer who ...

Legendary mridangam exponent Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman, who has completed 75 years of his musical career, has authored the book, Musical Excellence of Mridangam, jointly with eminent scientists T.

The complex world of Indian raga and taal has for long fascinated musicians and students within the country and across the world. Sandy Evans, one of Australia’s leading jazz musicians and composers, ...