Carnatic Musician

Well-known Carnatic musician Bombay Jayashri Ramnath suffered a "health setback" while touring the United Kingdom, her spokesperson said on Friday.

Parassala B Ponnammal was also a recipient of several notable honours including the Lifetime Achievement Award instituted by Chennai Fine Arts, Sangeetha Prabhakara Award, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, Swathi Sangeetha Puraskaram, Sree Guruvayurappan Chembai Puraskaram and so on

Carnatic vocalist TM Krishna has moved the Madras High Court challenging the centre's new digital media rules - the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules of 2021 - as "unconstitutional"

The annual Madras Marghazi season has acquired a reputation as one of the world's largest music festivals. Many of the major music Sabhas also offer meals through the day at their canteens.

A federation of sabhas or the groups that organise Carnatic music concerts in Chennai have instituted anti-sexual harassment committees after some musicians from the city were called out in the MeToo movement that has swept the country.

Cracking down on Carnatic singers facing sexual harassment charges, the Madras Music Academy has barred seven artistes from performing in the prestigious Margazhi festival in Chennai this December. After singer Chinmayi Sripaada "exposed" lyricist Vairamuthu in a series of tweets earlier this week, several artistes came forward to level accusations...

Balabhaskar started his training in Carnatic classical at three from his guru and uncle B Sasikumar.

Mangalamapalli Balamuralikrishna was a child prodigy who rose to become a musician of immense versatility in all fields and held sway over rasikas with his mesmerising voice and unique way of rendering compositions.

Ms Johnson, a trained Carnatic and western musician, was best known for her work as a singer in the Malayalam films Praise The Lord and Thira, and for composing the soundtrack of His Name Is John. Her father Johnson Master was a renowned and respected music composer in Malayalam film industry.

Renowned musician Uppalapu 'Mandolin' Srinivas died in Chennai today. He was 45.

Mandolin exponent U Srinivas died today in Chennai after an illness following a liver transplant

In India, classical music is said to be a male dominated space. Women were not allowed to give public performances for several years until Carnatic music saw some rule breakers like the famous trinity MS Subbulakshmi, DK Pattammal and ML Vasanthkumari.

Subbulakshmi was a renowned Carnatic vocalist and the first Indian musician to be honoured with the Bharat Ratna.

Google celebrates late Carnatic vocalist M S Subbulakshmi's 97th birth anniversary with a Doodle today. The Doodle depicts the musician with a sitar, surrounded by musical instruments and wearing her trademark big red bindi.

Karnataka Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda today inaugurated the fourth edition of Bangalore International Film Festival here.

Well-known Carnatic musician Bombay Jayashri Ramnath suffered a "health setback" while touring the United Kingdom, her spokesperson said on Friday.

Parassala B Ponnammal was also a recipient of several notable honours including the Lifetime Achievement Award instituted by Chennai Fine Arts, Sangeetha Prabhakara Award, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, Swathi Sangeetha Puraskaram, Sree Guruvayurappan Chembai Puraskaram and so on

Carnatic vocalist TM Krishna has moved the Madras High Court challenging the centre's new digital media rules - the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules of 2021 - as "unconstitutional"

The annual Madras Marghazi season has acquired a reputation as one of the world's largest music festivals. Many of the major music Sabhas also offer meals through the day at their canteens.

A federation of sabhas or the groups that organise Carnatic music concerts in Chennai have instituted anti-sexual harassment committees after some musicians from the city were called out in the MeToo movement that has swept the country.

Cracking down on Carnatic singers facing sexual harassment charges, the Madras Music Academy has barred seven artistes from performing in the prestigious Margazhi festival in Chennai this December. After singer Chinmayi Sripaada "exposed" lyricist Vairamuthu in a series of tweets earlier this week, several artistes came forward to level accusations...

Balabhaskar started his training in Carnatic classical at three from his guru and uncle B Sasikumar.

Mangalamapalli Balamuralikrishna was a child prodigy who rose to become a musician of immense versatility in all fields and held sway over rasikas with his mesmerising voice and unique way of rendering compositions.

Ms Johnson, a trained Carnatic and western musician, was best known for her work as a singer in the Malayalam films Praise The Lord and Thira, and for composing the soundtrack of His Name Is John. Her father Johnson Master was a renowned and respected music composer in Malayalam film industry.

Renowned musician Uppalapu 'Mandolin' Srinivas died in Chennai today. He was 45.

Mandolin exponent U Srinivas died today in Chennai after an illness following a liver transplant

In India, classical music is said to be a male dominated space. Women were not allowed to give public performances for several years until Carnatic music saw some rule breakers like the famous trinity MS Subbulakshmi, DK Pattammal and ML Vasanthkumari.

Subbulakshmi was a renowned Carnatic vocalist and the first Indian musician to be honoured with the Bharat Ratna.

Google celebrates late Carnatic vocalist M S Subbulakshmi's 97th birth anniversary with a Doodle today. The Doodle depicts the musician with a sitar, surrounded by musical instruments and wearing her trademark big red bindi.

Karnataka Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda today inaugurated the fourth edition of Bangalore International Film Festival here.