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Dr. Karaikudi Subramanian and Dr. Meenakshi Subramanian salute Dr. Pia Buonomo Srinivasan (May 15, 1931 – April 8, 2022)1 for her respect and selfless contribution to vina and its tradition. […] We dedicate the raga Sri2 she loved particularly in her memory. | Read the full tribute posted on the video channel of Brhaddhvani – … Read more
Source: Musical instrument (tanpura) with keys for four string, © Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2021URL: https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O452622/stringed-instrument/Date Visited: 7 December 2021 The tambura or tanpura is a plucked drone instrument used to accompany instrumental or vocal performances. The four strings are played open rather than being depressed to alter the note. This example is considerably … Read more
The Music Academy Madras presents it’s HCL Concert 2021 featuring JA Jayant – FluteL Ramakrishnan – ViolinK Sai Giridhar – MridangamDr. S Karthick – Ghatam More flute music performed by his grandfather and guru, TS Sankaran, and by JA Jayant >>
Can digital alternatives substitute the original symbol of sruti?by Aruna Chandaraju in The Hindu, 29 March 2018 >> Classical musicians have many concerns. A major one is having a perfectly tuned tambura — when practising and performing. Naturally. The tambura aka tanpura, is the keeper of the pitch. It is the guardian of the right … Read more
Doordarshan television 07/10/2019T.R. Sundaresan Mridangam & Konnakkol, M.A. Sundareswaran Violin, Papanasam Sethuraman Kanjira, Trichy Murali Ghatam, A.S. Krishnan Morsing, Rama Sundareswaran Tampura. Related post“Sampradaya is like a broad river and the bani is a tributary”: Umayalpuram Sivaraman on his 75 years of performance >>