Ramakrishnan Murthy's philosophy on music, and opportunities for young Carnatic musicians
“Art has no objective measure, no statistics to help you determine parameters for what’s appealing. It simply comes down to public opinion. Either you...
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A podcast from The Hindu that delves deep into music as a performance art. We talk to some of the most talented performers of Carnatic and Hindustani music in India and bring to bear our decades of experience in understanding and reviewing music.
Anil Srinivasan: "I love Beethoven, but Carnatic music is me"
“Piano adapted for Carnatic music is becoming a sub-genre in itself. Harmony does not exist in the South Indian classical system, so I think there’s a...
Anita Ratnam on the need for dance infrastructure to raise its sensitivity to aesthetics
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Prince Rama Varma and a career that picked up speed with the Internet
“Carnatic Music is building a wide audience. Earlier, at concert venues, I would only run into people I knew already. Now, complete strangers greet me...
S. Sowmya: "All Carnatic musicians have a cerebral approach, not just me"
“I do like to take up ragas that have not been sung much during the last few decades — these have takers among students and rasikas alike,” says Sowmy...