Carnatic Music

Renowned Carnatic musician Parassala B Ponnammal passes away

June 22, 2021

Renowned Carnatic musician Parassala B Ponnammal passes away

She was the first female student to enroll in the newly started Swathi Thirunal College of Music in Thiruvananthapuram during the early 1940s.

June 09, 2021
When music band Orfeo treated Rasputin way before it became a rage again

Based in Kochi, Orfeo Quintet, as the band is officially known, comprises mainly Robin Thomas, Carol George, Francis Xavier, Herald Antony, Chandlu Nerimbodath and Maria Grigoreva.
May 16, 2021
Ruling the violin's 4 strings, yet not missing out on teenage delights

Violinist VSP Gayatri Sivani, at the age of 16, has already won the Bala Pratibha Award, and honours by Kalasagaram, Rasika Ranjana Sabha and Madras Music Academy.
September 25, 2020
SPB, the rare singer from south, who made great strides in Bollywood

SPB too was kept out even by famous music directors, while pointing out that his Hindi pronunciation was not right.
September 07, 2020
Singer Harish Sivaramakrishnan to regale music lovers with 'Let's Talk Music' workshop

This session is suitable for students of music who have an intermediate level understanding of some form of Indian classical music.
August 17, 2020
Music legend Pandit Jasraj dies at 90

Jasraj, who belonged to the Mewati Gharana, was in the US when the coronavirus-led lockdown happened and decided to stay back in that country.
June 19, 2020
Lockdown blues: TikTok's singer sensation yearns for brighter times

A native of Mukkam in Kozhikode, Abhinav was a regular at Kerala Youth Festivals and bagged the trophy three times.

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