Voleti Venkateswarulu – Legend 3 – Compiled by Sashi Kulkarni & T.V. Ramprasadh

Voleti Venkateswarulu (1928-89) Resource Person :Sashi Kulkarni Content Review : TV Ramprasadh (www.tvramprasadh.com) Biography courtesy: Ashok Madhav(www.carnaticcorner.com) Biography Voleti Venkateswarulu was a musician of extraordinary caliber with much imagination. Wherever he performed, he Read more [...]

Karaikurichi Arunachalam – Legend 2 – Compiled by Sashi Kulkarni & T.V. Ramprasadh

Karaikurichi Arunachalam    Resource Person: Sash iKulkarni Recordings Courtesy: Pitchai Adilingam (Karaikurichi’s son-in-law) Content Review: TV Ramprasadh(www.tvramprasadh.com) Biography A disciple of Kalakad Ramanarayana Bhagavatar, a senior vidwan, Arunachalam had further training in Read more [...]

Madurai Somasundaram – Legend 1 – Compiled by Sashi Kulkarni & T.V. Ramprasadh

Madurai Somasundaram: Resource Person: Sashi Kulkarni Audio Clips: Courtesy Raju Asokan, Atlanta, USA Profile: Born in the year 1919, Madurai S. Somasundaram was a great torch bearer of the Chittoor School. Popularly called Madurai Somu, he had his training from Sesha Bhagavatar, Abhirama Read more [...]

Legends of Carnatic Music – Compiled by Sashi Kulkarni & T.V. Ramprasadh

Resource Person: Sashi Kulkarni Our choice of ten artists in showcase with reasons: In a nation like ours, where capturing of historical eras for posterity is compromised by  Skewed representation by recording companies. Self appointed custodians like Sabhas & Magazines. Hero Read more [...]

Is there an age for learning music? – T.V. Ramprasadh

There is absolutely no age for learning. A little child learns music from the tender age of two. Yes, we must initiate the child into formal music at seven, when he can read musical notation and when he can sit focussed in a place for a class at least half an hour. I only advice the children Read more [...]

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