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Violin was love at first sight for Balu Raghuraman
London :: United Kingdom | almost 3 years ago
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One of my earliest memories is that of seeing a violin at home. I learnt that it was gifted to my father in Trichy by an Australian gentleman. One fine day, I was sent to a violin class simply because my parents decided I had to use it, recalls one-
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Patriotic songs through traditional Indian musical instruments
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | almost 3 years ago
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A local Indian music academy, the Sangeetha Swara Laya, has perfected the rendition of national patriotic songs using traditional Indian music instruments like veena (string instrument), mirdhangam (south Indian drum) and tabla (north Indian drum).
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Indian rock going places
Mumbai :: India | almost 3 years ago
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Now however, Indian musicians are going beyond the subcontinent, assisted by internet connections. With concerts at Glastonbury and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, in small fishing towns near Oslo and pubs in Liverpool, Indian rock is finally partying
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'We promote our music on the Internet'
New Delhi :: India | 3 years ago
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P alash Sen, founder/lead singer of the Delhi-based music band Euphoria , rues that music companies aren't willing to take the risk of producing and promoting non-film music. Newer bands like Element 21 , Five8 and Shadow , to name a few, admit that
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A creative endeavour
Pune :: India | 3 years ago
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Promising an amalgamation of Indian classical music, North Indian music, western art music, jazz and sufi poetry, Koshish is conceptualized and composed by noted singer Shubha Mudgal and her husband Aneesh Pradhan. Presented by Ishanya Art & Culture
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L.A.-based musician sows religious unity with the sitar
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 3 years ago
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He has also brought together a diverse audience. la-me-beliefs-sitar19-2010apr19 An eclectic group of people sat on floor cushions in a Los Feliz home earlier this month for a concert to mark famed sitar player Ravi Shankar's 90th birthday. In the
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Darbar festival | World music
London :: United Kingdom | 3 years ago
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The headliners at this year's Darbar festival were supposed to include Ranjani and Gayatri, the celebrated sisters who are among the finest exponents of southern India's carnatic vocal tradition...Gayatri has a young baby, and so asked if her husband
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The Band Wagon
New Delhi :: India | 3 years ago
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But the genesis of the song is an interesting one. �I had a friend who used to sing it when he got drunk. He didn�t know what it meant and I didn�t know what it meant, but I picked up the words from him,� says bassist Rahul Ram...We find out that in
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Come April, Carnatic music will blend with jazz
New Delhi :: India | 3 years ago
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This is the second India visit of the LPO. “(It) first performed in India in 1962 in Bombay (as Mumbai was known then), Delhi and Calcutta (now Kolkata),” says Matthew Todd, educative head, LPO. The orchestra will give two more concerts, in Delhi and
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RAHMANIA - A TRIBUTE TO AR RAHMAN
RAHMANIA - Chennai is celebrating one of the greatest composers of this era, the "OSCAR" & "GRAMMY" awards winner, AR Rahman. M/s SHARAN Incorporation & M/s JS ENTERTAINMENT, have come together to
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