Darbar Festival 2025 Women in Music: A Spectacular Double Bill at the Royal Albert Hall Double Bill featuring Kaushiki Chakraborty, Murad Ali Khan, Ojas Adhiya, Ranjani-Gayatri, S. Krishna, Sai Giridhar, Vittal Rangan...
Lalgudi Gopala Jayaraman (17 September 1930 – 22 April 2013) was a renowned Carnatic violinist born into a distinguished musical family in Lalgudi, Tamil Nadu. Trained by his father, Gopala Iyer, he began accompanying singers...
The Madras String Quartet (MSQ), founded in 1993 by violinist V. S. Narasimhan in Chennai, brings together the violin, viola, and cello to reinterpret Carnatic compositions within a Western classical string quartet format. Alongside Narasimhan, Hemanthraj Muliyil...
Akkarai Sornalatha is a distinguished Carnatic violinist and vocalist hailing from a lineage steeped in musical tradition. Born into the Akkarai family, she was mentored from a young age by her father, Akkarai S. Swamynathan,...
Pandit Vishnu Govind Jog (22 February 1922 – 31 January 2004) was a trailblazing violinist who brought the violin into Hindustani classical music as a leading solo instrument. Born in Satara district, Maharashtra,...
Harikumar Sivan (b. 1980) is a celebrated violinist adept across Carnatic, Hindustani, and Western genres. Born in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, he began learning violin from his father at age seven and made his debut...
When you think of the violin, you might envision an older gentleman in a tuxedo playing in a grand concert hall. But in Indian classical music, the violin takes on a whole...
The violin, a bowed string instrument, has been an essential part of both Hindustani and Carnatic classical music, blending seamlessly with Indian ragas. Adapted from its Western counterpart, the Indian violin is...
St Martin-in-the-Fields, Lunchtime Concerts Experience the Soul of Indian Classical Music at Trafalgar Square Join us for a captivating lunchtime concert as Kirpal Panesar brings the evocative sounds of the Esraj to...
The Electronic Rai Violin is a modern adaptation of the traditional violin, blending electronic amplification and effects with the expressive capabilities of the string instrument. Originating from the fusion of North African...