Know Your Artiste
Flautist G Sridhar
We give you a snapshot view of the musicians of today –flautist G Sridhar is one of them - who have the kind of bio data anyone would envy...
Reviews
Suryaprakash, stalwarts create magic
There was Umayalpuram Sivaraman on the mridangam, M A Krishnaswamy on the violin and Sreesundarkumar on the kanjira...
Doyens of Music
Giving new life to the nagaswaram - Sembanarkovil Vaidyanathan
S R D Vaidyanathan and his brother, the Sembanarkovil Brothers, had the fortune of being born in a family of...
Features
The tale behind Tyagaraja aradhana
Usha goes back to the days when there was nobody to care for the saint-composer’s samadhi at Tiruvaiyaru and how a system evolved over...
Spotlight
The fulcrum of the festival
It is the patrons and rasikas who throng the sabhas, even in this cold weather and time of TV serials, to make the Chennai music season a success...
schedule
Chennaiyil Thiruvaiyaru Schedule
An eight day mega carnatic festival from 18 - 25 December 2009 at Kamarajar Hall, Chennai...
Ragas
Kalyani
This 65th Melakartha raga, Kalyani, has been captivating composers and audiences to a great extent and is an apt choice for singers to render...
Musical Instruments
Veena
There is no need for introducing this divine instrument that is found in the hands of Goddess Saraswati, patron of learning and the arts, according...
Sabha Scene
Tamil Isai Sangam – In the service of Tamil
At a time when it was considered culturally or political correct to sing Tamil compositions, one man dared to dream of starting a movement against it...
Videos
Exploring the genius of Ravikiran
Ravikiran, who gave the name Chitraveeena and became identified with the instrument, speaks to Usha about his musical journey...

Videos

Aruna happy with Chennayil Thiruvaiyaru kutcheri
It was all happening from December 18-25 at the Kamarajar Arangam when Carnatic musicians and rasikas came together to celebrate Chennayil Thiruvaiyaru....