It is that time of the year in Chennai when the city goes Carnatic. The December event, popularly called the Margazhi music season after the Tamil month, is only four years from completing a century.

ALAPPUZHA: Musician Manakkala Gopalakrishnan is on a mission to enrich the Malayalam language by adapting famous poems into Carnatic music. The Pathanamthitta resident has already rendered the works ...

A newcomer to the Capital District is dedicating herself to introducing a classical music form largely unfamiliar to Western ears: an ancient musical tradition from southern India. Vocalist Vidya ...

Carnatic music is drawing recruits from different geographies. I expect it to flourish especially among the youth for decades to come. Yet another edition of Chennai’s Carnatic music season has come ...

For decades, our city has quietly nurtured an eclectic but deeply committed community of classical musicians — artistes who straddle carnatic, hindustani, folk traditions and increasingly, ...