Ravi Shankar

Preparations for Ravi Shankar concert in full swing

New Delhi: There are Promotional events in the capital for the Brahmnaad concert to be organised by the Art of Living Foundation. The concert would be the first of it's kind with 1,200 sitarists from across the country...

Raga a good bargain

A reader wrote to say the Modern Jazz Quartet, who featured here this week, does not fall within their concept of classical music. I cannot resist a challenge like that, so here is another recommendation for raga a good...

Prem’s special treat

PREM Joshua, a pioneer in world music, returns to Kuala Lumpur for a special series of concerts on Dec 1. “Prem Joshua and Friends Live in KL” is in aid of the Temple of Fine Arts which is shifting to a new building in Jalan...

Competitive hydrogen-bonding in polymer solutions with mixed solvents

Competitive hydrogen-bonding between two polar solvents (methanol and water) induces an abrupt conformational change in poly(ethylene oxide) as discerned from viscosity and scattering measurements and predicted by molecular...

Electric and exciting

Photo: Vipin Chandran Winners: Safeer Bawa A.S.and Ravikrishnan. An overflowing hall, 324 teams, 648 participants, 140 schools-as the ninth edition of The Hindu Young World Quiz competition came to Kochi for the regional finals...

Zakir Hussain's first Sydney show a sell-out

SUDNEY: Tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain dazzled Sydney by demonstrating his ability to fuse orchestration, virtuosity and showmanship into a seamless outpouring of music. The tabla maestro's first-ever concert at the Sydney Opera...

Jamiat meet condemns attempts to link terrorism with religion!

Islam is a religion of peace and humanity and the acts of a few individuals should not be linked to Islam or any other religion, said speakers at a massive public meeting organised by the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind in Hyderabad on...

Peter Walker - Echo of My Soul (Tompkins Square, 2008)

News Type: Opinion — Seeded on Sun Nov 9, 2008 3:54 PM EST The mythical status afforded Rainy Day Raga might be a little bit much. Granted, when released in ’66, Peter Walker’s first album pre-dated much of the Eastern music...

Melodies live in the heart music

Anna Reguero • Staff writer • November 9, 2008 European classical music is so old that some listeners — especially younger ones — think it's ancient. That's nothing compared to Indian classical music, which has a 2,000-year...

Travel Agenda: Ryanair launches new route; India Festival kicks off; Beyond Babylon: Art Trade...

Ryanair launches a new route from Edinburgh to Poland's third-largest city, Lodz (ryanair.com). Amsterdam kicks off its two-week India Festival on Wednesday, which includes performances of Keralan dance, an exhibition of...

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