Murali s Musical Excursion (April 22^nd, 2008) - Trichy Murali a stellar disciple of Trichy Thayumanavan a renowned mridangist was recently on a musical excursion to Down Under and its scenic neighbor New Zealand . Murali burnt the midnight oil checking the pitch of his clay pitcher-Ghatam .. more

TNS enthralls Toronto Rasikas...(April 9^th, 2008) - On March 30 the Toronto music Rasikas were treated to one such refreshing traditional art in the form of a Harikatha-“Seetha Kalyanam”. .. more

Found @ Cleveland (April 5^th, 2008) - The Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana has become world famous, thanks to its organizational and performance quality... more

Its Raining Carnatic Music in United States - II (March 31^st, 2008) - In the matter of food,too, VVS & team score highly. High quality S.Indian vegetarian food is ..... more

Its Raining Carnatic Music in United States - I March 29^th, 2008)
The Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana, that is going on, is truly a mammoth festival. The festival lasts for 10days.....

Carnatic Music – Lyrics or Musical Experience? - (March 11^th, 2008)
In December, I took my annual pilgrimage to Chennai to attend the concerts and lecture demonstrations that take place during the music season.....

M S G – Artist Par Excellence - (Feb 22^nd, 2008)
He has a legion of sishyas who are trying to emulate him.MSG is credited to have lifted the art to greater heights of purity and classicism....

Thyagaraja Day celebrations in Dubai - (Feb 13^th, 2008)
The Thyagaraja Aradhana was celebrated with the usual grandeur and jubilation by Indian Fine Arts, Dubai on Sunday 27 January 2008..

The Mallari Experience - (Feb 11^th, 2008)
The mallaari is a composition performed exclusively in the raga gambhira naattai. There is no saahitya associated with the mallaari - only sollukkattu syllables are used and there is focus on the laya or rhythm aspect of the composition/performance...

Mambalam Sisters in Dubai - (Jan 29^th, 2008)
The Mambalam Sister, Vijayalakshmi and Chitra, two gifted vocalists, Hemalatha, a consummate violinist and their grand sire......

Mokshamu Galathaa.... - (Jan 28^th, 2008)
Thyagaraja was an extraordinary divine personality born to teach humanity the path of salvation through Music and Ramabakthi......

The Mandolin Pair - (Jan 25^th, 2008)
Mandolin Magic-Raju and Nagamani : Music is their soul of life......

Isai Payanam DVDs released - (Dec 15^th, 2007)
Live programmes of Charulatha Mani’s Isai Payanam concerts have been released as DVDs......

Na Bhootho Na Bhavishyathi - (Dec 12^th, 2007) - It was on this day (11th Dec, 2004)
that M S Subbulakshmi left her mortal coil and mergied with Nadabrahmam.....

Chennayil Thiruvaiyaru - (Dec 10^th, 2007)
The five-day extravaganza begins with the rendering of Pancha Ratna Kritis of Tyagaraja....

Nandi Fine Arts music festival - (Dec 8^th, 2007)
Nandi Fine Arts is holding the festival from December 14 to December 21 at Gopalapuram....

8th Isai Payanam concert - (Dec 7^th, 2007)
Charulatha Mani will be performing the concert at R K Swamy Auditorium....

Mudhra showcases Carnatic music - (Dec 7^th, 2007)
Mudhra’s Fine Arts Festival is more than a month-long affair....

Busy season for Keyboard Sathyanarayanan - (Dec 1^st, 2007)
The young keyboard player is to perform at various sabhas during the music season....

Lalitha, Nandini December schedule - (Nov 30^th, 2007)
The violin duo has half-a-dozen concerts lined up this December....

Charulatha Mani’s concert schedule - (Nov 22^nd, 2007)
The Carnatic music singer has two special Isai Payanam concerts in December....

Making music for 75 years - (Nov 20^th, 2007)
Mridangam maestro T K Murthi began his career when he was barely eight, writes Mira....

Sudha Ragunathan performs in Dubai - (Nov 17^th, 2007)
The singer presented a soul-stirring programme, writes Parvati....

Isai Payanam with Charulatha Mani - (Nov 14^th, 2007)
Charulatha deals with ragas in classical and film music....

Kutcheri in the park -  (Nov 8^th, 2007)
The Shri Muralidhara Guruji Vidyalayam students presented vocal music at Nageswara Rao Park....

Santhalaya award for Subbulakshmi -  (Nov 1^st, 2007)
Subbulakshmi Muthuswamy was presented with the Sangeetha kala Saraswathi award in the UK....

Alathoor Brothers - 2 -  (Oct 30^th, 2007)
Mira touches upon various aspects of the life of the brothers in this concluding article...

Monthly concerts of Sumukhi foundation - (Oct 27^th, 2007)
The Sri Sumukhi Rajasekharan Memorial Foundation will be conducting them on Oct 28...

Isai Payanam with Charulatha Mani - (Oct 26^th, 2007)
This is the sixth in the series of concerts that deal with ragas in classical and film music...

Profile of a contemporary Carnatic music composer - K Ramaraj (1936 -) (Oct 24^th, 2007)
He has composed music in Tamil, Telugu and Sanskrit, writes Sethuraman Subramanian...

Carnatic music programme in LA - (Oct 11^th, 2007)
Students of the Lakshminarayana School of Music gave a scintillating performance...

The power of a raga - (Oct 6^th, 2007)
Ragas have the power to create a mood, an emotion, writes Padma...

Alathoor Brothers - 1 - (Sept 21^st, 2007)
Though they came from different families, music brought Sivasubramania Iyer and Srinivasa Iyer together...

Twins present music in the park - (Sept 5^th, 2007)
Deeptha and Shwetha Vasudevan rendered a sterling Carnatic music performance...

A small step to demystify Carnatic music - (Sept 5^th, 2007)
A workshop was organised by Dr Sundar to unravel the mystique of music...

Neyveli Santhanagopalan at IIT-Madras - (August 27^th, 2007)
The highlight of the concert was the Ragam Thanam Pallavi in Suruti...

Multi-faceted Neyveli Santhanagopalan - (August 10^th, 2007)
This erudite musician has also learnt to play the veena and percussion instruments...

Arul Priya's kutcheri in the park - (August 10^th, 2007)
The 13-year-old from Dubai sang in a mikeless concert at Nageswara Rao Park...

Sunday Kuthceri to feature Dubai kid - (August 4^th, 2007)
Arul Priya has come from Dubai to perform in the park...

HCL holds music concert in Chennai - (July 31^st, 2007)
HCL Infosystems is to hold regualr Carnatic music concerts in the metropolis...

Flute Ramani - (July 27^th, 2007)
His name has become synonymous with the instrument he plays so deftly...

It rained music at Music Academy - (July 20^th, 2007)
Lalgudi Krishnan and Vijayalakshmi gave a scintillating performance at Music Academy... more

Nirmala's veena CD release in US - (July 12^th, 2007)
Nirmala Rajasekar's Songs of the Veena is to be released July 21 at Minneapolis...

Toronto celebrates women composers - (June 29^th, 2007)
The afternoon of Carnatic songs by women composers featured everyone from Auvaiyaar downwards, writes...

Kanjira vidwan Mayavaram Somasundaram - (June 20^th, 2007)
This octogenarian started off as a mridangam player and later switched over to kanjira...

Mangalam Ganapathy CDs released - (June 20^th, 2007)
Nithyasree Mahadevan has rendered the songs in the albums...

Nithyasree music CDs launch - (June 11^th, 2007)
2 CDs of Mangalam Ganapathy's compositions will be released on June 14...

Sumukhi foundation's monthly concert - (June 8^th, 2007)
This month's edition of Kala Poshakam is to be held in Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall this Sunday...

V V S Murari – Inheritor of a great tradition - (June 5^th, 2007)
This violin accompanist is the son and disciple of V V Subrahmanyam...

Mikeless kutcheri at Nageswara Rao Park - (June 2^nd, 2007)
Fifteen-year-old Aishwarya will present the concert on June 3...

A Sundaresan – Holding aloft tradition - (May 28^th, 2007)
This Carnatic musician has assimilated many styles and created his own bani, says Mira... more

Revathy Sankkaran is Sakala Kala Valli - (May 16^th, 2007)
The versatile personality was awarded the title at the Balar Chithirai Kalai Vizha by the Mylapore Trio...

Workshop on understanding Carnatic, Western music - (May 5^th, 2007)
The 10-day workshop is being held at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mylapore...

Title for Revathy Sankkaran - (April 27^th, 2007)
The multi-faceted personality is to receive the award Sakala Kala Valli, says Chitra...

PARUR M S ANANTHARAMAN - (April 24^th, 2007)
His musical odyssey spans 7 decades... 

Shadannan Sathiabalan – In search of his roots - (March 27^th, 2007)
The youngster was in Chennai with his guru Vasudevan Rajalingam of Canada... 

Rasikapriya award for DRS - (March 27^th, 2007)
Dr Shrikaanth K. Murthy was felicitated and presented the award in the UK by Sangeethapriya...

Arangetram of Sivarupan and Sivasuthan - (March 26^th, 2007)
The brothers had their musical arangetram recently in Switzerland...

The versatile Rama Ravi - (March 22^nd, 2007)
The artiste has dabbled in vocal, veena, mridangam and Bharatanatyam with elan...

Carnatic musician Muktha dead - (March 14^th, 2007)
T Muktha began giving concerts from the age of eight and became a leading singer... 

Indore music festival - (March 6^th, 2007)
The South Indian Cultural Association conducts the festival regularly every year at Indore... 

Kids from Sankruthi in Sunday Kutcheri - (March 3^rd, 2007)
Over a dozen kids from Ghatam Suresh's troupe will take part on March 4... 

An ode to maestro Kunnakudi - (Feb 16^th, 2007)
Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan’s performance at Dubai left a lasting impression, says Parvati... 

Tyagaraja Aradana at Malibu Temple - (Feb 10^th, 2007)
Songs of other composers were also sung at the function... more

Indian music concert at Minnesota - (Feb 7^th, 2007)
The Hindu Society of Minnesota had organised the concert at the Hindu Mandir on Jan 27, 2007... 

Srimushnam Raja Rao - (Feb 5^th, 2007)
He started off as a flautist but now his fingers create magic on the mridangam...

A new Carnatic duo - (Jan 29^th, 2007)
Srikanth and Bhavadhaarini made an unusual combination in a concert recently...

Tyagaraja aradhana in Dubai - (Jan 27^th, 2007)
The programme was organised by Indian Fine Arts at the Indian Consulate Auditorium in Dubai on Bahula Panchami...

Narmadha's violin speaks for her - (Jan 3^rd, 2007)
Dr M Narmadha, daughter and disciple of M S Gopalakrishnan,...

What it means to be Maheetha - (Dec 20^th, 2006)
Little Maheetha is a keyboard player, Bharatanatyam dancer, swimmer, tennis player and maths and language wizard...

DVD of Devi Kshetra Kritis released - (Dec 20^th, 2006)
The live concert DVD contains compositions of different composers on different Devis...

Suryaprakash - 1 - (Dec 6^th, 2006)
This young musician began learning music when he was barely five years of age...

The future of Carnatic music in the US - (Dec 1^st, 2006)
There is hope that Carnatic music will thrive in the foreign land...

Award for T V Shankarnarayanan - (Nov 25^th, 2006)
Nandi Fine Arts will present the title Sangeetha Nandi to this renowned musician...

Devi Kshetra Kritis - (Nov 22^nd, 2006)
M Lalitha and M Nandini will present the thematic violin concert at the P S High School, Mylapore...

Thiruvengadu Jayaraman – Scholarly musician - (Nov 21^st, 2006)
He is a renowned musician and a Vedic scholar to boot...

Isai Perarignar title for Bombay Sisters - (Nov 9^th, 2006)
The noted Carnatic singers have been selected by the Tamil Isai Sangam...

Legend in his life-time: T N Krishnan - (Oct 13^th, 2006)
The violinist is a versatile genius…

Music classes at Sangeetha Vidyalayam - (Oct 2^nd, 2006)
The Sri Thyagaraja Sangeetha Vidyalayam will begin fresh classes on Vijayadasami Day...

National arts council - Singapore - (Sept 30^th, 2006)
The council conducts competitions in classical Indian music every year in Singapore...

Aanayampatti Ganesan and jalatarangam - (Sept 26^th, 2006)
The artiste uses the medium of water to create magical music...

Counting the trees, missing the forest - (Sept 21^st, 2006)
Ram Sriram wonders why we fail to appreciate Carnatic music and indulge in mere criticism...

Marathon music for world peace - (Sep 8^th, 2006)
The music concert would begin on September 9 at 9 a.m... 

Sivaswamy student for Sunday Kutcheri - (Sep 2^nd, 2006)
Anil Gautham will perform on the violin on September 3 at Nageswara Rao Park...

An engaging keyboard arangetram - (Sep 1^st, 2006)
Sharath proved that he is a child prodigy by the skillful play on the keyboard... 

Mridangist Trichy Thayumanavan - (Aug 30^th, 2006)
He is also adept at playing the kanjira and a master of konnakol recitation...

Kalki awards for Savitha, Vaidyanathan - (Aug 26^th, 2006)
The awards would be presented at a function on September 9...

Nirmala wins Bush Foundation fellowship - (Aug 15^th, 2006)
The noted Carnatic music vocalist and vainika...

Haridwaramangalam A K Palanivel - (July 27^th, 2006)
The thavil maestro has carved a niche for himself in his chosen field...

Learning music through the Net - (July 12^th, 2006)
Each online module, which would be in real time, would cost Rs 450... 

Kuwait Sisters music arangetram - (July 6^th, 2006)
The Kuwait Sisters gave a pleasing performance at their Carnatic...

Chinmaya Vidyalaya student in Park Kutcheri - (July 1^st, 2006)
Sahana, a class-9 student, will present a Carnatic progamme...