Ragarasam – Classical Music Training

The Omnipotent, Omnipresent Lord, the Almighty comes down on this earth from time to time due to his abundant love and grace towards us.This holy land of Bharath has given to this world many avatara purushas since time immemorial. Sri Sri Krishna Premi Maharaj fondly known as Sri.Anna is a combination of all the various facets […]

Although the word “aesthetic” may immediately evoke a fuzzy idea, most musical genres have a well-defined and well-orchestrated aesthetic that is readily understood by the initiated. For example, a rock concert is charged by an atmosphere of raw power, high volume, a deep rumbling bass and the wailing of intentionally distorted electric strings, not to […]

The Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer memorial award, being presented annually by the Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer Trust, this year, goes to mridanga vidwan Mannargudi Easwaran.   The award is in memory of Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer, a musician non-pareil who carved a niche for himself in the world of Carnatic music. His son Maharajapuram Santhanam, followed in his […]

There is a need to enhance finance for classical music just as there is an urgency to restore classical values in finance, Y.V. Reddy, the former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, said on Sunday. Mr. Reddy, who presented the Sangita Kalanidhi title to mridangam maestro Trichy Sankaran at ‘Sadas,’ the finale of the […]

This song is a very nice  composition of  Thiru.Papanasam sivan.   https://soundcloud.com/ramsankar1969/mahalaksmi

CHARULATHA MANI Certain ragas occupy a distinctive place in classical music, while they are glossed over in film music. This is because they are grammatically complex and rule-driven. Also, their prayogas are special, exclusive and, sometimes, even peculiar. Raga Gowla is a ghana raga, an ancient and auspicious one that finds mention in musical treatistes […]

Vocalist Sudha Ragunathan, a student of the late M.L. Vasanthakumari (MLV), who has evolved a mellifluous singing style of her own, has been chosen for theSangita Kalanidhi award of the Music Academy for 2013. Among the first in her generation to get the prestigious award, Ms. Ragunathan was the unanimous choice of the executive committee of […]

The “ka-Ta-pa-ya” scheme and its application to Melakarta raagas of Carnatic music The ka-Ta-pa-ya scheme:        The “ka-Ta-pa-ya” rule used by ancient Indian mathematicians and grammarians is a tool to map names to numbers. Writing the consonants of the Sanskrit alphabet as four groups with “ka, Ta, pa, ya” as the beginning letters […]