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SNA fellow Vidushi R. Vedavalli

Sangeet Natak Akademi awards, a glittering event

The All India Radio Doordarshan and the Sangeet Natak Akademi held the Nation's treasures.

14 Feb 2018 1:09 AM IST

(Photo: Bharat Tiwari)

4 all-night long music sessions in Benaras

The event today attracts avid listeners from all over the world.

12 Feb 2018 1:10 AM IST

The premier gharana of sitar

Ustad Imdad Khan was truly a memorable musician, from the stories linked with him.

5 Feb 2018 1:26 AM IST

Pandit Ronu Mazumdar and Pandit Debjyoti (Tony) Bose

Flute, sarod jugalbandi that's taking world by storm

As far as I have been taught, the aim of music is go further, cross new boundaries. One cannot stop musically, there has...

30 Jan 2018 12:55 AM IST

The evening opened with the familiar pas de deux from La Sylphide, version by Bournonville, when the young lovers meet in a forest before their lives are torn apart. (Photo: Seher)

An evening of ballet

The next piece from the exotic, Orient inspired La Bayadere, is the love story of the Indian dancer Nayika and warrior...

29 Jan 2018 1:24 AM IST

This year a first was the introduction of Western classical music for the first time the Astana Symphony Philharmonic Orchestra.

Classical music festival enthrals the audience

Indian classical music is indeed a huge bond between Bangladesh and India, and should be nurtured.

25 Jan 2018 6:06 AM IST

Ambi Subramaniam

Hitting a high note with Ambi Subramaniam

Ambi's next big concert is at the Dover Lane Festival in Kolkata on January 23.

23 Jan 2018 1:12 AM IST

Aashish Khan (Photo: Anuj Agarwal)

Music and dance fest at Modern School from January 11

Delhi audiences have got out of the habit of paying to hear classical music concerts.

10 Jan 2018 1:12 AM IST

Vidushi Girija Devi in concert with her Guru Bhai Pandit Dharamnath Mishra on harmonium in Banaras. (Photo: Rakesh Sinha)

1st World Harmonium Summit begins

Later, in the 1940s the harmonium as an accompanying instrument was banned by All India Radio from 1940 to 1971.

8 Jan 2018 1:55 AM IST

Ustad Amjad Ali Khan. (Photo: Inni Singh)

Kolkata comes alive with music during winter

Kolkata has decades old tradition of several concerts every night in the winter months.

1 Jan 2018 12:27 AM IST

Bombay Jayashri

We need to include music in schools: Bombay Jayashri

Bombay Jayashri is performing in Kolkata at the Behala Festival on January 6, 2018.

27 Dec 2017 6:26 AM IST

To allow classical music to be appreciated fully, there should not be too many restrictions on the audience, says Sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan. (Photo: Inni Singh)

Amjad Ali: Free entry to classical music concerts humiliating

The term Living Legend is today loosely used for anyone of an age; Ustad Amjad Ali Khan is actually a legendary...

25 Dec 2017 12:10 AM IST