Mridangam maestro Karaikudi R Mani passed away at 12.30 pm on May 4, 2023. He was 77. Mani was credited with creating a tradition in mridangam playing that was innovative and featured his unique style. His demise has left a vacuum in the world of music. Karaikudi Mani’s could be heard in each...
The Music Academy has announced awards for 2023 for some exponents of Carnatic music. There are scores of music aficionados and even general fans who eagerly wait for this award announcement every year. Bombay Jayashree has been chosen for this year's Sangeetha Kalanidhi Award. She joins Sudha...
Three persons uniquely placed to speak about singer Vani Jairam, who passed away recently, pay tribute to the great singer through Inmathi.com. Of these one is Rajkumar Bharathi who has sung many songs with Vaniji in various languages. The second is M V S Prasad who retired as Director of Press...
A saint gave C Saroja and C Lalitha them the name with which they became known to many: Bombay Sisters. Mouna Swamigal of Ambattur who kept eternal silence wrote the name after hearing them perform when they were not so famous. Lalitha passed away on Jan 31, leaving her inseparable sister...
Parivadini has carved out a niche in the world of Carnatic music, webcasting live music concerts held at Raga Sudha, home to Nada Inbam in Mylapore, Chennai, so the connoisseurs of Carnatic music can relish classical notes from the cozy comfort of their home. The credit for this must go to Jaya...
Padma Shri and Kalaimamani Subbu Arumugam slept in music on Monday, his villuppaatu drawing him closer. Born on June 28 in 1928, Subbu Arumugam belonged to Nellai Samuthiram's Puthukulam. And the one person responsible for catapulting him to fame was none other than Kalaivanar N.S. Krishnan....
Professor Rajendran was an expert in improvisational theatre in which on the spot improvisations happen as per the situation in the theatre arena.
This year, Padma Shri, one of the highest civilian awards, has been bestowed on Sheik Mahaboob Subhani and his wife Kaleesha Mahaboob, exponents of Nagaswaram . As much as the award recognizes their talent, it recognizes nagaswaram music as a whole. Sheik Mahaboob Subhani and Kaleesha Mahaboob...
Nagaswaram artiste Prabhavathi who was featured in the article,“Biology is not destiny. Women’s bodies are no hindrance to playing nagaswaram,” recently sent us the alapana of three ragas. They were Ranjani, Saraswati and Purvikalyani. Ranjani has the quality of not allowing errors, i.e., the...
Men have owned the nagaswaram musical instrument as their own over many years. The sacred art of playing the nagaswaram has generally been seen as belonging to the masculine domain. But that is changing. Today, many women are taking up the instrument at a young age, learning how to play it, and...
