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The southern song

Edit The Hindu 21 Jul 2016
But the writers missed out on a very valid point; that with Abdul Karim Khan the Kirana Gharana khyal gayaki moved far from its home and took wings darting Southwards, to Karnataka-Maharastra, where it nested spawning generations of a brilliant brood of musicians who have immortalised the gharana and the guru....

An ode to an unsung legend

Edit The Hindu 21 Jul 2016
This guru-poornima week, music school Naadbrahma Shastriya Sangeet Vidyalaya (founded in Bhopal, currently in Hyderabad) commemorating the thirtieth year of its inception is organising a unique musical tribute to Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar ... Ranging from bada khyal to dhrupad to tappa, bhajans, tarana and thumri, ‘Vande Vishnu’ will feature performances across several age-groups ... Keywords....

Vocalist Veena Sahasrabuddhe passes away

Edit The Times of India 30 Jun 2016
Pune. Noted Hindustani classical vocalist Veena Sahasrabuddhe, an exponent of the Gwalior gharana, passed away due to a prolonged illness on Wednesday night. She was 68 and is survived by her husband, son and daughter. The last rites were performed on Thursday. She was born in Kanpur on September 14, 1948. Her parents were from Sangli in Maharashtra ... She was known for her khyal and bhajan renditions ... Veena Sahasrabuddhe ... RELATED....

Centre plans cultural signposts for Kairana

Edit Indian Express 27 Jun 2016
Kairana is among several hundred sites of importance in terms of classical, popular or contemporary culture, which are neglected or forgotten today. (Source. http.//www.mashkooralikhan.com/) ... READ . The others who left Kairana, many decades ago ... Share This Article ... Among the most vibrant gharanas of the country, Kairana produced the Khyal form of singing, and its lineage includes doyens like Begum Akhtar, Mohammed Rafi and Gangubai Hangal....

Classical concerts in Chandigarh: Music maestros enthrall audience at two-day event

Edit Indian Express 21 Jun 2016
Engaged in the promotion of classical, folk music, dance and theatre traditions of the region, the Chandigarh Sangeet Natak Akademi organised two classical music concerts at IMA auditorium on Sunday and Monday ... Share This Article. Related Article ... Next, she presented a Punjabi khyal ‘Tun tan saadi peed na jaani’ before concluding with a semi-classical composition ‘Banavo batiyaan chalo’ in raga Bhairavi ... ....

A cultural treat

Edit The Hindu 15 Jun 2016
As part of the weekend cultural programmes, The Andhra Pradesh Bhasha Samskritika Sangham and G.V.R. Government College of Music and Dance, Vijayawada jointly organised a fine thematic cultural programme in the music college premises ... She started her recital with a bada and chota khyal (trital) in rag Kalyani rendering the melody filled nuances with clarity ... Suresh Babu ... Keywords....

On the path of promise

Edit The Hindu 15 Jun 2016
First, the tanpura sets the tone. How the musician responds to the drone of the tanpura prepares the listener for the music that is to come. Koushik Aithal immerses himself into the resonances of the tanpura, initiating you into the eternal life of each note ... Bhimsen Joshi and Ustad Amir Khan ... *** ... Chaitanya’s Malkauns in his rendition of the khyal “Dhaata mori laaj” is intense and expansive ... gmail.com. Keywords. Pt....

Walthamstow Garden Party 2016: line-up additions announced (Barbican Centre)

Edit Public Technologies 14 Jun 2016
NEWLY ANNOUNCED Electro chaabi keyboard pioneer Islam Chipsy + EEK and Cuban-Iranian quartet Ariwo join the Barbican Music Stage line-up The Cracked, The Hanging Stars, Cosines, Bafula, Norell & The Dub Factory, Fuse It! with Khyal Arts, The B.I.G....

The stamp of a poet

Edit The Hindu 11 Jun 2016
Millions have read him. Yet only a handful can claim to know him. Even fate, capricious as it often is, had not always dealt him the best cards. Understandable then that the joy of Sahir Ludhianvi’s fans knew no bounds last week when President Pranab Mukherjee released a commemorative stamp on his birth anniversary ... For instance, his well known nazm ‘Kabhi Kabhi Mere Dil Mein Khyal Aata Hai’ ... Keywords....

In Spotlight - Khyal & Kathak

Edit Skiddle 28 Feb 2016
The Cockpit Theatre in London. Sunday 28th February 2016 ... In Spotlight - Khyal & Kathak on Sun 28th February 2016 ... Dhanraj is a promising young vocalist trained under Guru Chandrima Misra and he will present a Khyal recital accompanied by Shreshtho on the tabla (student of Pandit Rajkumar Misra) ... ....

Pakistani Taliban kill nine paramilitary personnel in attacks in northwest

Edit Yahoo Daily News 18 Feb 2016
By Jibran Ahmad. PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani Taliban militants on Thursday shot and killed at least nine security forces personnel in two separate attacks in a volatile northwestern region, security and government officials said ... Another government official, Khyal Nabi, confirmed the death toll, saying the bodies were being handed over to their families for burial....

She created a guitar

Edit Deccan Herald 13 Feb 2016
Classical artiste. Varanasi has fostered scholars of every discipline of Indian knowledge systems, including Indian classical music and dance ... She has based her innovation on the Hawaiian guitar. The slide instrument has four main strings, three rhythm strings and 11 strings for sympathetic notes ... Best of both ... With khyal being her forte and Varanasi her home, Kamala is also adept at playing thumri, dadra, hori and other genres ... ....

Walking the middle line

Edit The Hindu 11 Feb 2016
Between the inaugural and valedictory, there were sessions that discussed several issues pertaining to the Changing Profile of Indian Music. In a session, titled Connoisseurs, moderated by Pt. Arvind Parikh, music aficionados gathered to discuss the changing scenario ... “Many things have changed, but for a serious student of music, the pursuit of swaras remains unaltered,” reasoned khyal vocalist Ashwini Bhide Deshpande....
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