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The flute holds a revered place in Indian culture largely because of its association with Lord Krishna, who is also known as Venugopala. “The flute is the oldest musical instrument in the world,“ says senior flautist Prapancham S. Balachandran, who holds a Ph.D in the ‘Structural evolution of the flute’. “Flutes dating back to thousands…
After a long journey to the Ziro Festival of Music in Arunachal Pradesh, Bengaluru artiste Rudy Mukta (who goes by Rudy as an artiste) got on stage with her band for the first time on September 27, debuting new songs and new versions of songs. While Ziro does get cool in September, it was sunny…
A file image of Pandit Channulal Mishra | Photo Credit: The Hindu President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday (October 2, 2025) said the demise of renowned classical singer Pandit Channulal Mishra has caused an irreparable loss to Indian music. A luminary of the Banaras gharana, Pandit Mishra imparted new dimensions to classical singing. Along with numerous…
A woman’s refusal to be taken for granted, her journey towards self-realisation and her rebellion: Arya Dhayal’s new single, Kaade, has several layers to it. The track, written and sung by her, and produced and mixed by Varkey, keeps you hooked with the rhythm, the groove and Arya’s voice. Arya traces the birth of the…
KARNATAKA : BENGALURU : 11/04/2025 : Photo taken in OnePlus mobile : Musician Varijashree venugopal interacting with The Hindu in Bengaluru on Friday 11 April 2024. PHOTO : SUDHAKARA JAIN / THE HINDU. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN For Varijashree Venugopal, the stage has been a second home since the age of four. “Music runs…
In a moment suspended between worlds — ancient China and 19th-century Vienna — a quiet spark leapt across centuries to ignite the imagination of a composer in Chennai. It was 2018, and Ganesh B Kumar, city-bred musician, stumbled upon a quote by Confucius: ‘Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every…
Amritha Thankachy | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement “You cannot make Tamil music without Bharathiyar.” This is not a quote you hear every day in a world of trending reels and auto-tuned covers. But singer-songwriter Amritha Thankachy does not just reference Bharathiyar — she converses with him, she says. From her beginnings as a video jockey…
Two photographs, a Yashica 635 camera, and the weight of grief orchestrate a symphony of jazz in the creative world of Tarun Balani, who is all set to release his fourth album Kadahin Milandaasin in May. Intended to be an empathetic epistle to the pain and longing of migrants, the seven-track album has been recorded,…
In 2012, British artiste Fink aka Fin Greenall made his way to India for the first time as a performer, playing every where — from a theatre in Mumbai and the NH7 Weekender festival in Bengaluru, to the erstwhile Blue Frog club in New Delhi. That is quite a range of spaces for the often-acoustic,…
Malladi Suribabu with sons Malladi Sreeram Prasad and Malladi Ravikumar performing at Asian College of Journalism’s M.S. Subbulakshmi auditorium | Photo Credit: M. Srinath From the opening with ‘Shanka chakra gadha pani’ in Poornachandrika to concluding with a ragamalika ‘Udayadri pai,’ the Malladi Trio’s performance at MadRasana’s unamplified concert series had a divine resonance. The…
