The “Citi-NCPA Aadi Anant: From Here to Eternity” is back in the national capital for the second edition on January 12. Following Delhi, there will be a final performance on January 19 in Pune.

Margazhi, the December month, has almost come to mean music! Chennai has grown over the years with this mega event, from modesty to publicity.

creating Music is an inborn talent that these YOUNGSTERS POSSESS IN ABUNDANCE. EXPERTS TALK ABOUT the future musicians

It really was a teenage dream, as they say. Her proverbial girl-next-door looks, an astonishing voice aided by her classical roots, and course, the charm of a diva in the making: Vasuda Sharma had it all when she shot to overnight fame as part of Aasma, the pop band formed out of Channel V’s Popstars.

His earthly sitar will never be strung to rend the air. His unique sense of humour will never lighten a grim atmosphere. Neither will his warm touch and good-natured spirit bring a smile on a dejected face. For the indefatigable world-renowned sitar genius Pandit Ravi Shankar now rests in peace at his heavenly abode.

It is not fusion in true sense of the word but a classical to classical connect from best of both the worlds. When the sitar is strung to play western classical notes, then the amalgamation exudes only one expression — heavenly ecstasy.

Suhail Yusuf Khan has been hailed as a child prodigy in the world of sarangi. He comes from a rich musical background and descends from the Moradabad-Rampur and Senia Gharana of Miyaan Tansen.

Legendary sitar maestro and composer Ravi Shankar did not just play strings, but also virtually connected three cultures, three continents and three legends together, all with a little help from a small music shop in Delhi.

It would be hard to not write about Pandit Ravi Shankar, but equally hard to write about him, as the media has left no information untouched about the legendary musician. Still, from a musician’s perspective, I would like to share a few thoughts.

Bonjour India is back! Riding the wave of success of the first edition of Bonjour India (2009-2010), the embassy of France in India and the Institut Français en Inde, in association with the Alliance Française India network and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), unveiled the second edition of the festival from January.