Chennai: Percussion instruments come in various shape and sizes. The rhythmic sophistication of Carnatic classical music has for long depended on the mridangam to guide the tempo. The double barreled ...

Patri Satish Kumar was fortunate that he was not fed on aspirations. His gurus never set ambitious goals and his mother, Padmavathy, who initiated him into music, had just one dream: to see her son ...

It was not expected of a young boy growing up in a small town in America to pick up an instrument like the Mridangam to play but then that was what Rohan Krishnamurthy did when he was an 8 year old.

Oscar-nominated percussionist and music composer Bickram Ghosh holds forth on traditional Indian drums and how electronic sounds can never replace them. I have spent most of my career trying to break ...

Anantha R Krishnan, the young mridangam player, has an awesome repertoire and exciting stage presence. Barely 36, the grandson of Vidwan Palghat Raghu is already sharing the stage with his guru Ustad ...

The science presented in this book confirms that UK Sivaraman, a household name in Carnatic music circles, can bring out sounds from his instrument that no one else can Umayalpuram K Sivaraman (UKS), ...

I have completed 70 years of musical career and am stepping into my 71st year . I started playing mridangam at the age of 10. These seven decades of music profession have given me only joy and ...

KOCHI: Mridangam gives life to many artistic forms, be it dance or Carnatic renditions. The percussion instrument is more than an accompaniment for classical performances says the book Resounding ...

TM Krishna performs at the Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet, in association with Victoria Memorial Hall and The Telegraph, on Friday evening The Telegraph picture T.M. Krishna problematises everything ...

If you are used to percussionists raising a sonic storm on stage, you could be forgiven for thinking sometimes that K Arun Prakash has gone into a reverie during a concert. No razzle dazzle virtuosity ...

CHENNAI: On Sunday evening, well wishers, students and fans swarmed into Asian College of Journalism to attend the launch of Carnatic vocalist TM Krishna’s latest book — Sebastian and Sons: A Brief ...

Legendary mridangam 'vidwan' Karaikudi R Mani died in Chennai on Thursday due to age-related issues. He was 77 and a bachelor. Mani had played alongside Carnatic giants like M S Subbulakshmi and D K ...