Western instruments have long been part of Carnatic music’s landscape. The violin is credited as one of the earliest to be adapted into Carnatic concerts in the early 19th century by Baluswami ...

Sathyanarayanan has been proving that even the keyboard could be adapted to play Indian classical music. Like his guru, the late Mandolin U Shrinivas, who showed the world that Carnatic music could be ...

Madhuradhwani Sangeetha Sabha Trust seems like any other venue for a Carnatic music concert; only, the stage is set differently. Children sit with keyboards in front of them, and soothing ragas reach ...

It is that time of the year in Chennai when the city goes Carnatic. The December event, popularly called the Margazhi music season after the Tamil month, is only four years from completing a century.