Category: Music

File photo of Ustad Zakir Hussain | Photo Credit: PTI Renowned tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain passed away on Sunday (December 15, 2024) at the age of 73. The eldest son of legendary tabla player Allah Rakha, Hussain had followed in the footsteps of his father, becoming a marquee name in India and across the...

Pt. Nityanand Haldipur, the disciple of Annapoorna Devi, a reclusive musician, and the head of The Annapoorna Devi Foundation, Mumbai, was in Bengaluru recently (November 29, 2024) to confer the Gurumaa Annapoorna Devi Award to Vidushi Lalith J. Rao, senior exponent of the Agra gharana. In its earlier editions, the award was conferred upon musicians...

Niranjan Dindodi with Rohit Prasad (mridangam), Keshav Mohankumar (violin) and Sai Bharath (ganjira).  | Photo Credit: Courtesy: Mudhra Niranjan Dindodi ushered in both halves of his concert with interesting preludes that had a similar pattern. The young vocalist went for two fillers just ahead of his centrepiece. Thus, an unhurried Devagandhari and a breezy Saranga...

The Native Jazz Quartet, featuring Delbert Dale Anderson (Trumpet), Edward William Littlefield II (Percussion), Michael Bartholomew Glynn (Double Bass) and Reuel Vallester Lubag (Pianist/ Drummer). | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Native Jazz Quartet, featuring Delbert Dale Anderson (Trumpet), Edward William Littlefield II (Percussion), Michael Bartholomew Glynn (Double Bass) and Reuel Vallester Lubag (Pianist/ Drummer)....

Aathreyee’s raga alapanas had an emotive appeal. She performed at Mudhra’s 30th annual festival in 2024, with V.V .Srinivasa Rao on the violin, M.S. Varadan on the mridangam and M. Gururaj on the morsing. | Photo Credit: Courtesy: Mudhra Athreyee Krishnaa is endowed with a melodic voice that easily traverses across octaves. She is the...

Sunil Gargyan. | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni KARTIK FINE ARTS @ Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall December 14, 10 a.m.: Abhirama G. Bode; 12.15 p.m.: V.U.M. Ayshwarya; 2 p.m.: Arya Nagarajan; 4 p.m.: Sunil Gargyan; 6.15 p.m.: Jayashree Aravind (veena). December 15, 10 a.m.: Sweta Balasubramanian; 12.15 p.m.: Sreeranjane Kaushik; 2 p.m.: K. Giridharan; 4...

Saketharaman. | Photo Credit: S. Hemamalini Svanubhava (self-experience) took centre stage as S. Saketharaman performed for Kartik Fine Arts at Narada Gana Sabha. It was not a usual start with a varnam or kriti; instead, Saketharaman opened with a mallari in Gambhira Nattai that set the tone for an evening of delightful surprises. Mallaris comprise just jathis...

Each passing Season is a moment of reckoning for the musicians as their learnings and refinements over the previous 11 months culminate in a challenging showcase at the end of the year. The artistes work hard to ensure that they elevate their music and draw in more rasikas each year. Among the artistes, vocalists shoulder the...

Tarun Nayar | Photo Credit: Mark Vonesch As the curious audience listened with rapt attention, the moonlit evening was filled with the music of plants and mushrooms, an experience entirely new to many.    Tarun Nayar, the biologist-turned-musician from Canada, who can make mushrooms and plants sing, was recently at Nisarga Art Hub, in Angamaly, as...

I Built The Sky | Photo Credit: Elgin Huang Jiale Magnetic Music 03 Edition December 13 and 14, 8 pm onwards ZLB23, A Kyoto Speakeasy, The Leela Palace, Old Airport Road Entry: Via WhatsApp message to Zia + 91 -9632060433 The third season of ZLB23 brings a whole different lineup to the now-famous speakeasy housed...