Earning her stripes

She had the rare privilege of learning both Carnatic and Hindustani systems of music simultaneously from her father, violin maestro MS Gopalakrishnan. Exponent of what is now called the “Parur-MSG” bani (style) of playing violin, M. Narmadha is one of ...


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Where harmony ruled

It's that time of the year when small hamlets in Dakshina Kanara region come alive with Carnatic music. Tiny tots, children, teenagers, and adults converge at Nidle, near Dharmasthala, for the annual 'shibira'— the free music camp that is open to all.See all stories on this topic »The Hindu


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Devoted to his art

N. Govindarajan passed away on May 7, the Carnatic music world lost a dedicated artist and a committed teacher. Govindarajan was born into a musical family. He began learning mridangam at the age of seven from TR Harihara Sharma.See all stories on this topic »The Hindu


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Scoring with swara exchanges

Kadri can make the masses swoon over his gymnastics on the sax and at the same time beguile the connoisseur with his impeccable understanding of the Carnatic idiom. He always forms a formidable alliance with violinist A. Kanyakumari and they enthral ...


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Sreevalsan J Menon In Concert

Trivandrum: In memory of the late veteran Carnatic vocalists Neyyatinkara N Vasudevan and Neyattinkara N Mohana Chandran, the Kerala University Department Of Music arranged a musical concert by Sreevalsan J Menon. Honouring these two vocalists for ...


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Trivandrum V. Balaji

Trivandrum Balaji had his initial training under Trivandrum Sri R. Vaidyanathan and later had the privilege to have gurukulavasam with a National Talent scholarship under the legendary Palghat R. Raghu. Besides being an 'A' grade artist in All India Radio, Chennai, he has received numerous prizes, a...

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Summer Camp for Children
3:00 PM on 20th May. 2012 at Ragasudha Hall
Amritha Murali, Dr. R. Hemalatha, J. Vaidhyanathan
4:00 PM on 20th May. at Murdock Hall 101, ASU
B. Vijaygopal, Mysore V. Srikanth, Neyveli Skandasubramaniam
6:00 PM on 20th May. at Arkay Convention Centre

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