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Video | Raga Alapana on the Veena – The Music Academy Madras

16/04/202416/02/2023 by ludwig

How does a vainika internalize a raga1 before he or she presents it? The most concise definition of a raga may be that by Joep Bor: a tonal framework for composition and improvisation. [↩]

Categories Experience, Institutions, Instruments, Lecture recital, Musicians and scholars, Video, Voice

Sangita Kalanidhi: The Lalgudi music journey continues

03/12/2022 by ludwig

Index of Names, p. 374

Categories Instruments, Musicians and scholars, Quotes, Transmission

Video | Playing and tuning the South Indian tambura

30/11/2022 by ludwig
Categories Experience, Free for all learners, Instruments, Musicians and scholars, Tambura, Video, Workshops

Flute Jayant: Europe tour itinerary 2022

04/11/2022 by ludwig
Categories Instruments, Musicians and scholars, News and recommendations

Mahatma Gandhi on “music of mind, of the senses and of the heart”

12/10/202217/07/2022 by ludwig

Very few people know that Gandhi was extremely fond of Music and arts. Most of us have been all along under the impression that he was against all arts such as music. In fact, he was a great lover of music, though his philosophy of music was different. In his own words ‘Music does not … Read more

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