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• Under the Raintree: Teased by teen taal, held in trance by Bhairavi

  02 Aug 2013

  Source: newindianexpress.com; Author: Rachelle Chandraan; Photo Courtesy: newindianexpress.com For the connoisseurs, Sunday evening was dedicated to a mehfil featuring Hindustani…

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• Chamber Concerts by Oli

  06 Mar 2012

  Oli, a yearlong project (Feb 2012-Feb 2013), revives the tradition of intense participatory listening, the life-giving matrix of Indian classical…

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• Soulful Strings – Swasti Chatterjee, TOI

  01 Mar 2012

  For over 40 years, brothers Ganesh and Kumaresh Rajagopalan have been on a musical journey together. The violin is their…

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• Can we improve the December Music Season? Asks Sriram.V in his Madras Heritage Blog

  16 Jan 2012

  Sriram V initiates a welcome debate on ways in which the December festival can be made a more visitor –…

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• Kutcheri Season Delights – An overview by The Fifth Estate – IIT Madras official magazine

  11 Jan 2012

  In this article Vignesh Iyer captures the essence of the Kutcheri Season which we just enjoyed in Chennai. What we…

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• Action continues on the “Dance Floor” – an apt note by Veejay Sai in The Hindu

  06 Jan 2012

  There is still a lot of action on the ‘dance floor’ ! No, we are not talking about New Year…

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• Carnatic Music in the Digital Age – a thought provoking article by Ajai Sreevatsan

  26 Dec 2011

  Is Carnatic music “keeping in tune with the digital age” – asks Ajai Sreevatsan in this thought provoking article for…

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• Custom-made for Margazhi

  23 Dec 2011

  The artiste’s costume has always been an interesting and important aspect of the Margazhi season. In fact, designers believe that…

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