‘Voice of a generation’ (Part 8)

Chapter 5 General environment and mood, the impetus  Ranjani Govind Photos by Rudrapatnam S. Ramakanth The atmosphere at home in Mysore led Srikantan into the formal road for learning. Come Friday and Saturday, Krishna Sastry’s house would reverberate...

Interview with Pt. Iman Das

Of expressions in melody and gharanas - Ranjani Govind Hindustani expert Pt. Iman Das on stalwart gurus who shaped his artistic sensibilities to become a versatile musician. Ahead of his multi-city book release ‘Reimagining - One Nation One Music’ which he has...

Programmes of Ananya During February 2023

Soulful Concert by Vid T V Ramprasadh Vid T V Ramprasadh presented a  vocal concert at Ananya auditorium on 18-02-2023. He was accompanied by stalwarts Vid.H K Venkatram  on Violin, Vid. Anoor Ananthkrishna Sharma on Mridanga and Vid. Bharadwaj Sathavalli on...

Interview with Vidwan D. Balakrishna

An Ambassador to the Mysore baani - Ranjani Govind While Veena  D Balakrishna was conferred the Sangeetha Kalarathna at the 52nd Music Conference of the Bangalore Gayana Samaja in October, the vainika also bagged the Central Sangeet  Natak Akademi Award for 2021...

‘Voice of a generation’ (Part 7)

Chapter 4 The birth of the star at Rudrapatna Ranjani Govind Photos by Rudrapatnam S. Ramakanth This house - in one of the four main streets at Brahmanara Beedi of Rudrapatna, (those were the days when streets were divided based on caste) - though seemed just as...

Programmes of Ananya During January 2023

Vid B K Chandramouli memorial concert by Vid T S Sathyavathi - Pavan Rangachar A special concert in memory of Mridanga Vidwan Sri BK Chandramouli was organised by Ananya on Jan 7 at Ananya Auditorium. Dr.T S Sathyavathi led the concert accompanied by Vid Charulatha...