The news of supermodel Gisele Bundchen learning to play the tanpura has created quite a ripple among Indian classical musicians. “Thank you Ivan and Mayra for the Tanpura class, we loved it! When will ...

At a time when the acoustic tanpura is bidding a quiet adieu to the classical concert stage, a book Acoustical Analysis of the Tanpura, Indian Plucked String Instrument written by a team of physicists ...

It's a musical journey of a different note. There's an apparent set-up of classical ambience but shrouded in mystery. The clues to a treasure, in this case Tansen's tanpura, is hidden in some ...

CHENNAI : When the audience gathered for the virtual Library Talk by Dakshina Chitra Heritage Museum expected Jyothika KP to pick up a tanpura and play a song by tuning and twisting its strings, they ...

There's a whole world under the surface and only Ron has any idea about it. And sometimes the two worlds collide, and sometimes they don't. Ron holds them at arm's length from each other. Watch every ...

A scientific rethink of a craft steeped in tradition, unencumbered by hallowed strictures, can shatter long-held beliefs, shed valuable insight, and provide interesting perspective. Dr. Bhushan M.

The acoustic tanpura persists perhaps because the technology cannot, as Kumar says, yet replicate the full range of sounds or because people inevitably resist change. Whatever the case, acoustic ...

A pakhawaj and sitar lying unattended at the Mumbai airport’s Terminal 2. We are living in times of seemingly extraordinary sensitivity, when even the most innocent of remarks or statements can ...

f there ever was unanimity among the practitioners of classical music in this country about the stature of a vocalist, it was for Roshan Ara Begum. Whenever she performed, live on stage or on the ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The Sitarmakers of Miraj, India, have been crafting musical instruments out of pumpkins for almost 200 years. They are known for making the tanpura, a string instrument ...

hoichoi is ready to stream its biggest release of the first half of the year, Tansener Tanpura, shot extensively in beautiful locations across West Bengal (before the lockdown). Since the release of ...

In good news for Pune residents, the much-anticipated tanpura-shaped cable-stayed pedestrian bridge connecting Chhatrapati Sambhaji Park Metro Station to Shaniwar Peth is almost complete. Built across ...