Aparna Karthikeyan, The Hindu, April 11, 2015 | To read the full story and view more photographs, click here >> It takes many days to make a block of wood sing. And it takes exceptionally talented craftsmen to do it. The four families who still make the nadaswaram by hand in Narasingapettai (a village near Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu) …
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Tambura / Tanpura “tree of enlightenment” for Mallikarjun Mansur
N. Manu Chakravarthy, The Hindu, September 22, 2011 It [2011] is the centenary year of the legendary Jaipur-Atrauli musician Mallikarjun Mansur. Unravelling the individual genius of the maestro is also the study of a living tradition It is not easy to locate the greatness of Pandit Mallikarjuna Mansur and understand his relevance in our times. The …
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Video | Weighty rendition by new generation of Karaikudi vina tradition
Kapila & Sushruta, sons and disciples of Sreevidhya Chandramouli, perform “Sarasiruhasana” (Nata raga, Adi tala); a kriti composed by Puliyur Doresvami. Recorded on the occasion of Dhvani’s Carnatic Composers’ Day 2012
Video | Documentary on S. Rajam singer, scholar, teacher and painter
S.Rajam is a multifaceted genius with creative talents in a variety of fields such as music, musicology, classical painting and acting. In the field of music, S. Rajam is an unparalleled authority on Vivadi ragas and has done much to popularize Koteeswara Iyer’s kritis. He has the distinction of being the only musician to have …
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Pia Srinivasan – Veröffentlichungen
Initiatorin von Sangitam ist Pia Srinivasan (Neapel/Reinbek). Sie hat viele Jahre bei Rajeswari Padmanabhan in Madras Vina (Laute) gelernt, sowie Gesang und Geige bei bekannten Musikern. Für die Archive des Ethnologischen Museums in Berlin hat sie zahlreiche live Konzerte und Musikunterricht in Madras zu Forschungszwecken aufgenommen und dokumentiert. Veröffentlichungen Kommentar zum Doppelalbum Musik für Vina, …