Jyotsna Srikanth’s sliding violin is a mainstay of Europe’s global music circuit. Aged five she heard Carnatic Violin for the first time, and tried to imitate the instrument’s action by scraping together...
Jayanthi Kumaresh’s Saraswati veena is an ancient instrument, named after the Hindu goddess of arts and learning. But her gently electrified version produces a strikingly guitaristic tone, igniting Carnatic classical melodies with...
JA Jayanth ‘Flute’ has fully earned his nickname. As a child his grandmother VS Sundar gave him a grounding in Carnatic vocal music, and his grandfather TS Sankaran (‘a man above caste,...
Ganesh & Kumaresh Rajagopalan are Carnatic music’s foremost violin brothers, having performed together for over four decades. Their insurance broker father was a talented amateur violinist, and started teaching them at the...
D Srinivas is a superbly talented veena exponent from Hyderabad. He studied in the family, making his debut aged nine and going on to be the first veena artist to perform at...
Ranjani and Gayatri are two sisters who sing and play Carnatic music on violin. They were born into a musical family, and their talent was recognised very early – it is said...
The Malladi Brothers (Sreeramprasad and Ravikumar) sing Carnatic vocal music together. They hail from an illustrious Andhra Pradesh musical family, training under their grandfather Srirammurthy and father Suri Babu, as well as...
Ambi Subramaniam is a distinguished violinist and composer, carrying forward the illustrious legacy of his father, Dr. L. Subramaniam, while forging his own unique identity in the world of music. Born into...
Dr. L. Subramaniam, affectionately known as the “Paganini of Indian Classical Music,” is an iconic figure whose musical genius transcends borders. Born in Chennai, India, in 1947, Subramaniam’s journey began with the...
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...