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Of endless possibilities FILMMAKER Documentary is the ideal way to preserve an experience, especially relating to the arts, says Margaret Kavounas. Columns MUSICSCAN Vision of Kanchi Kamakshi During the Navaratri festival, there’s a very old tradition of singing some or all of the Navaratri kritis of Swati Tirunal and the Nava’avarana kritis of Muthuswami Dikshitar and Oothukkadu Venkata Kavi. CHAT CORNER Sruthi is the watchword SOUND PLAY Instrument of Nandi Exponents Palghat Mani Iyer, Palghat Raghu, Umayalpuram Sivaraman, Vellore G.Ramabhadran, T.V.Gopalakrishnan… The primary percussion instrument of Carnatic music, the mridangam has an ancient history and many divine ... My favourite Raga What’s new? You keep hearing this question in music circles and outside too. It is exciting to come up with something novel. But at the cost of sounding clichéd, I can say the charm of the traditional (ragas or compositions) never ... New Releases Written and directed by Nathanael Coste and Nicolas Ploumpidis. Co-authors: K.Anupama, O.Aubriot and Y. Gunnell. Contact: Sales-library @ifpindia.org.

Happenings

Veteran Carnatic musician Madurai Sri T. N. Seshagopalan has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award – Sangeethasaagara” by the Carnatic Music Association of North America .The Award was presented to him as a part of ...

The Oothukkadu Venkatakavi Academy Trust conducted a five-day festival of music and dance to mark the birth anniversary of the composer. Concerts and competitions had been organised. The Trust had chosen Alamelu and Subbaraman, veterans for ...

The third year anniversary celebrations of Anusham Chamber Concert Series of veena expert Rajhesh Vaidya was celebrated recently with concerts and discourses.

The three-day event was a good mix of vocal and instrumental, the latter, ...

Music

Mellifluous rendition
Student of musician Vedavalli, Sumithra Vasudev’s recital was appealing.

Drama awards – stage plays: stage ...

The special proclamation, piloted by Texas Congressman ...

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• Special abishekam
• Titles for artistes
• Hindustani vocal concert
• Contest
• Music competition
• New venue
• Renovation on
• Fest for the season
• Nutshell
• Navaratri Specials

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