Art speaks loudly even before it is taught. One does not need formal training to understand and appreciate it. While music, ...

At two years old, Rahul Vellal wasn’t humming absent-mindedly—he was identifying devotional and film songs. Up to 50 of them.

Carnatic musician Amritha Murali, trained in both vocal music and violin from a young age, has carved a niche for herself with her expansive repertoire and deep-rooted classicism. Under the mentorship ...

Carnatic music is gaining immense popularity in the United States of America with scores of youngsters taking to Indian classical music and excelling in it. Apart from music schools set up by Indian ...

They all seem to forget that the Music Academy is as much an independent institution as T M Krishna is an individual musician. In drawing those red lines for the Academy management, they do not seem ...

At a modest house in Plymouth, the best veena player in North America goes about her busy schedule. Amid teaching a select set of students and organizing her global concert itinerary — including a ...

Carnatic music is drawing recruits from different geographies. I expect it to flourish especially among the youth for decades to come. Yet another edition of Chennai’s Carnatic music season has come ...

Rithvik Raja, among the younger stars of the Carnatic vocal scene, has an astonishing estimate to share. Of the around 1,000 Carnatic classical concerts scheduled in Chennai this festive season, close ...