Chennai: Percussion instruments come in various shape and sizes. The rhythmic sophistication of Carnatic classical music has for long depended on the mridangam to guide the tempo. The double barreled ...

K.V. Prasad and G. Narendra honored with prestigious titles at the 69th Margazhi Mela inauguration in Chennai.

Oscar-nominated percussionist and music composer Bickram Ghosh holds forth on traditional Indian drums and how electronic sounds can never replace them. I have spent most of my career trying to break ...

Meet Raju, a master craftsman from Thrissur, and explore a version of mridangam and tabla making that blends centuries-old ...

Akshay Ram began learning how to play the mridangam 25 years ago. But it was earlier this year that the percussionist turned inventor of sorts when he unveiled his Trimukhi mridangam to the world of ...

It was not expected of a young boy growing up in a small town in America to pick up an instrument like the Mridangam to play but then that was what Rohan Krishnamurthy did when he was an 8 year old.

In the heart of Southern India, where percussion rhythms have long been the pulse of diverse music styles, artistes are not only experimenting with sounds but also giving their instruments a new look.

I have completed 70 years of musical career and am stepping into my 71st year . I started playing mridangam at the age of 10. These seven decades of music profession have given me only joy and ...

CHENNAI: As you near Mundakanni Amman temple in Mylapore, beats of the mridangam welcome you. If you follow the sound, you reach a narrow passage beside the temple. We walked till the end of the road ...

Legendary mridangam exponent Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman, who has completed 75 years of his musical career, has authored the book, Musical Excellence of Mridangam, jointly with eminent scientists T.

PALAKKAD: Mridangam maestro Palghat Raghu, 81, passed away at a private hospital at Mylapore in Chennai on Tuesday morning. He was born on January 9, 1928 in Rangoon, Burma, to R Ramaswamy Iyer who ...

The complex world of Indian raga and taal has for long fascinated musicians and students within the country and across the world. Sandy Evans, one of Australia’s leading jazz musicians and composers, ...