Venkatesh and Sankari are the second couple Parivadini is featuring in Navaratri 2021, Nava Shakthi series. These concerts are supported by Srivathsam and inmathi.com. Vidushi Sankari was born in Thirukazhukundram in Kancheepuram. She learned the basics of Nagaswaram playing from her father...
In the Navaratri Navashakti series curated by Parivadini along with ‘Srivathsam’ and Inmathi.com, we feature nine “Nagaswaram Couples”. First in the series is Vid SP Palanivel and Vid R Prabhavathi based out of Bangalore. Prabhavathi hails from Doddapannandahalli village in Kolar district. Her...
It is normal for Carnatic music lovers settled abroad to long to hear artistes from India. Not often do music buffs in India eagerly await a foreign musician's performance. In the 1960s and 70s, however, music lovers looked forward to the visit of a thavil player, master drummer Yazhpanam ...
We got to know about Mridangam-maker Fernandes last week. We also saw that an award was instituted in his name and that it was his son Selvam, who received it first. Fernandes’ son was as unique and talented as his father was in making the mridangam. Recalling his early days, Selvam said: “My...
People generally know only about personalities who play musical instruments, but those who design and make these instruments are rarely in the public realm. If Carnatic music is a tree, then the fruits seem to hog the limelight, not the roots. Some instrument makers however stand out, with...
Sometime in the late 90s, I tuned in late on radio to a concert. The tanam had just begun. As Khamboji flowed I was trying to figure out who the player was. I was quite sure I hadn't heard this musician before. The measured yet vibrant playing got me hooked onto the rest of the concert. At the...
