India@75 1949: Lata Mangeshkar arrives as the voice of IndiaTEAM FRONTLINEYet success did not come easy.
Obituary Immortal melodyP.B. Sreenivas (1930-2013) was a playback singer who could effortlessly bring a range of emotions into the songs he sang.
Documentary Remembering Begum AkhtarPARTHA CHATTERJEENirmal Chander’s documentary focusses on the essentials of Begum Akhtar’s music and her rise to greatness in the feudal ambience of pre-Independe
Music Original octavesV. RAMNARAYANHis fearless experimentation, his willingness to collaborate with artists belonging to other genres, his zest for life and his appeal to the young gav
Awards Music for changeR.K. RADHAKRISHNANThe Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation is honouring T.M. Krishna with its award this year in recognition of “his forceful commitment as artist and adv
Interview: T.M. Krishna T.M. Krishna: Reshaping the contours of Carnatic musicR.K. RADHAKRISHNANInterview with the Carnatic music exponent T.M. Krishna.
Aikya concert Music from the marginsVIKHAR AHMED SAYEED in NIPANIBELAGAVIWhen T.M. Krishna, the “enfant terrible” of Carnatic music, and five Jogappas, belonging to a traditional community of transwomen musicians in rur
Beethoven Musical expressionsFOR many listeners, the string quartet provides at once the most intimate and the most expansive of musical possibilities. The combination of two viol
Tribute Magical fingersAt 80, mridangam vidwan Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman is as committed to his art as ever. The veteran of more than six decades on the concert stage has rew
MARCH 25, 2011 Living memoriesDO not forget to say that it is the grace of Lord Veeranarayana that made our Bhimanna a Bharat Ratna,” the priest at the historic temple in Gadag,
DECEMBER 2, 2011 Renaissance manPOET, musician, lyricist, film director, writer, thespian, artist, winner of the Dadasaheb Phalke award in 1993 and the Padma Bhushan in 2001, Bhupen
September 10, 1993 Master of melodyIS Ilaiyaraaja a classical Western musician? Or is he a folk musician? Is he just a successful film music director? Or is he an experimenter in Carnat
Behemoth studios in the era of pan-Indian films Yash Raj Films used to set trends, not follow them. Can it turn the tide?
SlideshowStepping into a male bastionWith their entry, it’s curtains for a 90-year-old, male-only tradition at the Kalamandalam.
