Mysore/Mysuru: CharSur Arts Foundation, a non-profit charitable trust created to support Karnatak music, will host the Karnatak Music Festival themed ‘Shakti – The Primordial Force’ online from Dec. 15 to 30. The two-week-long concert will be available for live-streaming from the comfort of your home on www.charsur.in.live, a US-based online live-streaming platform. With the festive…
Purandaradasa’s methods should be the basis for learning Karnatak music: Scholar
March 13, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that Purandaradasa’s teaching methods and techniques should be the basis for learning Karnatak music, renowned music scholar Prof. R. Visweswaran said that it was the great saint Purandaradasa who introduced Talas that are hugely helpful for singers and music teachers. He was speaking at the 18th anniversary of Sri Krishna Gana Sabha at…
A unique blend of Karnatak Music and Rabindra Sangeet
May 10, 2019An unusual programme of Rabindra Sangeet based on Karnatak music compositions has been organised on Sunday (May 12) at Kalpa Kshetra Auditorium, 581/1, Vijayanagar 4th Stage, 1st Phase, Mysruu at 6.30 pm [Mob: 9449819536]. Noble Laureate Rabindranath Tagore visited Mysore in 1922 as a special guest at the Dasara festival during the reign of Nalwadi…
Melodious & aesthetic
March 10, 2019– Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan There are very few Saxophone artistes in Karnatak music. It was Kadri Gopalnath who successfully adapted this western instrument into Karnatak music with certain modifications. A young Saxophonist Harish Pandava from Mysuru performed for Sri Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha on Feb.9. He was accompanied on violin by C.N. Tyagaraj, mridanga by Vishnuvardhan…
I have practiced Sarangi in graveyards and temples, says Ustad Faiyaz Khan
March 4, 2018By N. Niranjan Nikam The world of music has produced some of the finest legends in the country in both Hindustani and Karnatak. Ustad Faiyaz Khan is one among them. He is one of the youngest persons to take over as the Chairman of Karnataka Sangeetha Nritya Academy. The versatile Sarangi player comes from a…
A Tribute to Muthuswamy Dikshitar
November 3, 2017By Dr. Rama V. Bennur Muthuswami Dikshitar, one of the trinities of Karnatak music, occupies a special place in the heart of musicians and music lovers. Youngest of the Trinity, he has composed with ‘Guruguha’ as his pen name. Dikshitar’s compositions which spread to nearly 500, display his profoundness in music, Sanskrit, Srividyaandadvaitha philosophy. His…
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