Acharya Devo Bhava Understanding Guru-Shishya Parampara The culture of a society depends on the culture of individuals comprising it, as also the relationship they have among themselves. Indian Classical Music in any form must be learnt directly from the Guru. Historically, Samaveda or Samagana were taught by sages. The Gurukula system is aimed to preserve […]

Besides Ishtadevata Sree Padmanabha Swami (as well as other Avatars of Lord Vishnu) upon whom Maharaja Swathi Thirunal has composed maximum number of Krithis, the poetic genius was much evident in his compositions extolling other deities as well. When Muthuswami Dikshitar’s Sahitya of the songs in Sanskrit reflected a profound knowledge of the Mantra and […]

The passing away of my worshipful Guru, Padmashri Parassala B Ponnammal has caused a great void in the saga of Carnatic music. Being a humble fortunate Shishya of the great legend, I wish to share my matchless experiences I am blessed with. After the successful run in Ragaratnam Junior (telecasted by Amrita TV) during 2008, […]

S Mahadevan was awarded with the ‘Sri Shanmukhananda Bharat Ratna Dr M S Subbulakshmi Fellowship in Music’ by Hon.Governor of Andhra Pradesh Sri ESL Narasimhan during the week-long celebrations for birth centenary of carnatic singer Subbulakshmi from Sep 12 2016 The Sri Shanmukhananda Fine Arts & Sangeetha Sabha (SSFASS), Mumbai and Sangeet Natak Akademi, New […]

Nadabheri is a contemporary carnatic progressive band. Music of Nadabheri is a blend of various forms of traditional Indian Classical Music which aims to entice purists as well as mavericks. The band draws inspiration from traditional classical music and focuses to deliver a mixture of its various forms by entertaining art connoisseurs and creating a vibrant musical experience.  Performing […]

K. S. Narayanaswamy, (Koduvayur Sivarama Iyer Narayanaswamy ; 27 September 1914 – 1999) was a Carnatic veena exponent of the Thanjavurstyle, in which nuances and subtleties are given more importance over rhythm based acrobatics.[1]He was born on the 27 September 1914 to Narayaniammal and Koduvayur Sivarama Iyer at Koduvayur in Palghat district in Kerala. He underwent initial training in Carnatic music under K.S. Krishna Iyer, his brother, […]

Melody rains on Swathi fete Young talents Last Sunday featured concerts by two young and upcoming musicians, with the same set of accompanists. Master Mahadevan gave a veena concert that included a mix of rare and popular songs like Deva Deva Kalayami in Mayamalavagowla. Surabhi Pusthakam from Mysore sang rare and beautiful songs like Padmanabha […]

Chennai: Veena Fest features 144 veena artistes 02 September 2016 This year’s Veena Mahotsavam in Chennai, India is set to create a new record – 100 slots featuring 144 veena artistes. Besides the main artistes, there will be 23 mridangam and 23 ghatam artistes at the concerts and this makes a total of 190 artistes. […]

Vedanth Ramanujam – June 7th 2017 : PARAMPARA  YUVA SANGEETH I Of 2017 Yesterday Mahadevan Sriram disciple of Padmasri Prof Smt Parasala Ponnammal was outstanding. Calm and composed his Budhamashrayami-Nattakurinji and Thyagaraja Yogavaibhavam-Anandabhairavi were excellent. Brahmmaduttan, disciple of Sangita Kalanidhi Kanyakumari Avasarala simply excelled well supported by Nochur Nagaraj Mahadevan Sriram preferred to invoke Mannargudi Rajagopalaswami with the Dikishtar krithi […]

After eight months of intense competition, Amrita TV’s Raga Ratnam Junior’s grand finale on May 31, 2008 saw three winners KS Harisankar, S Mahadevan, and Arjun Krishna. The selection of the winners was based entirely on the basis of the marks allotted by the jury in the presence of an invited audience of nearly 1,500 music […]