Know your raga: Sahana – Soulful & special
Ask any Carnatic musician what their favourite raga is, their instant reply would be Sahana. A beautiful one that would evoke mixed emotion of the listeners. Continue Reading
Music Season 2018
Know your raga: Kalyani – Queen among all ragas
Called the Queen of all ragas, Kalyani is sung quite early on in a concert. There are hundreds of compositions in Kalyani and it also has a number of very popular Janya ragas like Purvi Kalyani, Yaman Kalyani, Hameer Kalyani etc. Continue Reading
Thanjavur R Ramadas gets Sangita Kala Acharya Award
Mridangam vidwan Thanjavur R Ramadas will be conferred with Sangita Kala Acharya Award at the annual conference and concerts of The Music Academy beginning 15 December. Continue Reading
Honour for Carnatic vocalist Vijay Siva
Vocalist Vijay Siva will be conferred with Sangeetha Kala Sikhamani at the inauguration of the annual music conference and festival of Indian Fine Arts Society at Ethiraja Kalyana Mandapam, Alwarpet on 16 December Continue Reading
SIFAS to hold music fest from 7 to 9 December
Singapore Indian Fine Arts Society (SIFAS) will conduct Alangkar 2018, annual music festival. It will be held in association with the Consulate General of the Republic of Singapore, Chennai. Continue Reading
Mylapore Fine Arts Club to hold art festival on 9 Dec
The Mylapore Fine Arts Club will celebrate its 67th Art Festival on 9 December at 5.30 pm at 45, Musiri Subramaniam Salai in Mylapore. Continue Reading
Kartik Fine Arts’s annual festival begins in Chennai
Kartik Fine Arts will celebrate its 44th Annual Art Festival 2018 until 5 January, 2019. The fest was inaugurated on 1 December at the Narada Gana Sabha in TTK Road. Continue Reading
Kalasarathy title for violinist Kanyakumari
The 118th annual music festival of Sri Parthasarathy Swamy Sabha will be inaugurated on 16 December. Continue Reading
Singer Nithyashree to be honoured with Viswa Kala Bharathi award
Veteran dancer Sudharani Raghupathy will inaugurate Bharat Kalachar’s 32nd music and dance festival on 8 December at YGP Auditorium. Orator Prema Pandurang will preside over. Industrialist Nalli Kuppusamy will be the guest of honour. The festival concludes 8 January, 2019. Continue Reading
Governor Purohit inaugurates 17th Annual Fine Arts Festival in Chennai
Fine arts festivals serve the all-important purpose of bringing the performers of Classical arts closer to the people. They provide a platform for budding artists to exhibit their talent. It helps create awareness about varied expressions of the art form by different artistes, said Governor Banwarilal Purohit. Continue Reading