The last few years have seen arts management companies enter Indian classical arts – a field that has, largely, been unorganised. So, what is arts management? Simply put, it refers to treating and managing art like any other business – building up the product, managing it from inception to delivery…
Friends in Concert, a unique production featuring 13 well known Carnatic musicians, first aired digitally in 2020. A new, live production premieres on January 19th at The Music Academy. TM Krishna, the brain behind it, explains. “During the pandemic, musicians were putting out clips mostly by themselves. Music making, however,…
Praveen Sparsh’s recent passion project, Unreserved, puts the mridangam in settings outside its traditional confines, and marries it with sounds he painstakingly recorded over the years on treks, at traffic signals, airports, rail and bus stations. To hear music, or the potential for music, in noise – or what the…
At weddings, she noticed that the normally restless child never asked to be taken home – he would run around and stand happily by the nAdhaswaram ensemble. Taking this as a sign, Vignesh Ishwar’s grandmother, Sarada Krishnan, enrolled him for vocal lessons at age 4. The teacher was recalcitrant initially,…
Anirudh Athreya, kanjira exponent, elicits copious appreciative comment from fellow artistes. Senior mridangam vidwan K. Arunprakash says, “He is a genuine team player, knowing how to enhance each of the other artistes on stage.” Vocalist and violinist Amritha Murali notes, “His sense of aesthetics, care and sensitivity towards his own…
“One of my top favourite venues in the world, both as a performer as well as a listener, is the wonderful “Musiri Chamber.” The old world charm coupled with the intimate setting, makes it an ideal venue to make music and experience it at its highest level. The graciousness, warmth…