Category: Music

Residents of Vishwashanti Niketan | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement VT entertainers Charitable Trust, started by Dr Vasudha Teertharam in 2018, is back with its fund raiser, Offbeat 2024, a musical extravaganza, conceived and curated by Vasudha, who is also an Ayurvedic physician. The tagline for Offbeat is celebrating the less celebrated, because we are celebrating the marginalised, says...

A group randomly playing the drums might not sound like a great idea. But the soundscape at Trivandrum Cultural Centre in Thiruvananthapuram on September 28 proved to be a memorable experience. The group of musicians included neurodiverse children and adults, their parents, and therapists merrily playing on the drums, with some of them singing along....

Beat Route | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Chowdiah Memorial Hall in Bengaluru, on October 5, will host a performance seeking to bridge the tradition and the modernity of Indian percussion. Beat Route is an audio-visual performance conceived by Roysten Abel, noted director and playwright, and Ranjit Barot, a renowned drummer whose resume spans everything from...

Online ticket aggregator BookMyShow on Thursday (October 3, 2024) said it has filed an FIR over black marketing of tickets for shows of British band Coldplay. In a statement, the company said it is assessing potential cancellation of tickets that are being sold “unethically”. “In its ongoing fight against ticket scalping and black marketing of...

Singer Tanya the Empress performing | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Singer Tanya Dutt or Tanya the Empress, as she is known on stage, considers herself an allrounder, venturing into various disciplines such as theatre, psychology, voice training and even competitive equestrian sports. Her style of music too, she says, is a blend of everything. “Can...

Sikkil Gurucharan, Carnatic vocalist Sikkil Gurucharan. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Several decades ago, as a young boy, when I was asked to sing a kriti for Lakshmi pooja, I sheepishly declared that a school prayer was all I knew, only to be reminded by my teacher that the famous geetham ‘Varaveena’ is on Mahalakshmi....

Bharat Sundar with L. Ramakrishnan (violin), Vijay Natesan (mridangam) and Sai Subramaniam at the Kedaram concert, organised in memory of N.V. Subramaniam, founder Saraswathi Vaggeyakar Trust. | Photo Credit: Courtesy: Kedaram Kedaram recently organised a concert in memory of N.V. Subramaniam (NVS), who founded Saraswathi, a performance-oriented organisation, and the Saraswati Vaggeyakara Trust, which focussed...

A portrait of Muthuswami Dikshitar. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Archives Carnatic music has a rich collection of kritis composed by different vaggeyakaras, particularly the Trinity. Muthuswami Dikshitar’s kritis are known for their intricate phrases, melodic appeal and lyrical beauty. As Dikshitar was proficient in playing the veena, one can also see its influence in...

If one were to peruse the ‘Music@Trincas’ section on the official website of the Kolkata establishment, one would uncover a rich history of food and entertainment in the city. One particular anecdote transports you back to 1963, offering a glimpse into the vibrant scene at Park Street, Calcutta’s bustling food hub: ‘Little Willie Walters, perched...

Alan Walker October 4, 4 pm onwards NICE Grounds, BIEC Entry: ₹2,000 onwards via bookmyshow.com Norwegian electronic music frontrunner Alan Walker has built up a huge following in India over the years and it has led to him bringing his most expansive production to India so far. Between September and October, Walker, behind hits such...