Pune: Sawani Shende recited a fabulous Ragamala composed by Pandit Bholanath Bhatt. It comprised a journey through 18 ragas, fleetingly touching each raga’s essence. A ragamala in vocal music also ...
T he heart and soul of Indian classical music is the raga, comprising the variants of the seven swaras, and derived from the 72 Melakartha or parent seven note scales, thus enabling composers and ...
BANASHANKARI: Rare ragas from the melakarta will be revived on Sunday through a rendition of Purandaradasa kritis. Renowned Karnatak musician R K Padmanabha has, over the past few months, set ...
Ahead of his Mumbai concert at Ravindra Natya Mandir on July 12, the classical vocalist talks rare ragas, musical honesty, and the science behind dawn melodies Indian classical music has that ...
Even ragas that seem to have less scope for expansion take on a different and fascinating form, if the artiste happens to be a musical genius. Sangita Kalanidhi N. Ravikiran for instance. Two ragas, ...