Video | Jati (konnakkol) exercise for intercultural education

Tony Makarome teaching a musicianship class at Yong Siew Toh Conservatory (Singapore)with the help of Carnatic jatis (solfège)*Subject: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks by Richard Strauss >>Courtesy © Tony Makarome – mridangam student of TR Sundaresan >> I am working on a new composition for a singer, to be premiered in the States which is based …

Subbulakshmi and contemporary feminism: Sunil Khilnani on BBC Radio 4 Incarnations: India in 50 Lives

Listen to this programme on BBC Radio 4 (15 minutes) >>Find song lyrics, translations and more (type “M.S. Subbulakshmi”) >> M.S. SubbulakshmiBorn 16 September 1916. Died 11 December 2004Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi (Tamil: மதுரை சண்முகவடிவு சுப்புலட்சுமி, Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi ? 16 September 1916 – 11 December 2004), also known as M.S., was a Carnatic vocalist. She was the first musician ever …

Video | Tambura-tanpura explained

Tambura (detail) © Victoria and Albert Museum, LondonView this and close images in high resolution >> Source: Musical instrument (tanpura) with keys for four string, © Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2021URL: https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O452622/stringed-instrument/Date Visited: 7 December 2021 Tambura (detail) © Victoria and Albert Museum, LondonView more details here >> The tambura or tanpura is a …